International Olympics Committee (IOC) spokesman Mark Adams declared that the Commission "fully supports" two trans fighters who are set to compete this week against females. However, he also made contradictory remarks about how the fighters were cleared to compete.

Adams sought to clarify why Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan and Algeria's Imane Khelif have been allowed to compete as women in this year's Olympics boxing contests.

On the one hand, he claimed that as long as the boxers have "female" marked on their passports, then as far as the IOC is concerned, they are women, the Associated Press reported.

Yet, on the other hand, he also noted that the rules now state that the federations and governing bodies that govern any particular sports are the ones that set the final eligibility rules for trans athletes, which would necessarily negate anyone's gender categories on passports.

"Everyone competing in the women's category is complying with the competition eligibility rules," Adams said, according to the AP.

He added, "They are women in their passports, and it's stated that this is the case, that they are female."

WATCH: