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Imane Khelif, the boxer astatine the halfway of the Olympic sex controversy, is skipping a boxing tourney successful the Netherlands aft World Boxing announced mandatory enactment investigating for each athletes.
The Algerian boxer, who won golden astatine the Paris Games past summertime amid scrutiny implicit her eligibility, did not registry successful clip for the lawsuit earlier applications closed connected Thursday.
Khelif had intended to instrumentality to planetary contention astatine the tourney successful Hotel Eindhoven earlier World Boxing announced its caller enactment investigating argumentation past Friday.
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Gold medalist Imane Khelif of Algeria poses during the medal ceremonial astatine the Olympic Games successful Paris connected Aug. 9, 2024. (Mohd Rasfan/AFP via Getty Images)
Eindhoven Mayor Jeroen Dijsselbloem criticized World Boxing’s decision.
"As acold arsenic we are concerned, each athletes are invited successful Eindhoven. Excluding athletes based connected arguable ‘gender tests’ surely does not acceptable successful with that," Dijsselbloem wrote successful a missive addressed to the Dutch Boxing Federation and International Boxing Federation. "We are expressing our disapproval of this determination contiguous and are calling connected the enactment to admit Imane Khelif aft all."
3 Wire Sports, citing aesculapian documents from chromosome tests fixed by the International Boxing Association (IBA) earlier the 2022 and 2023 satellite championships, reported that Khelif’s DNA showed "markers with antheral karyotypes." The International Olympic Committee (IOC) derecognized the IBA amid concerns astir the organization's governance, fiscal reliance connected Russian authorities vigor steadfast Gazprom and integrity of the bouts.
"Chromosome investigation reveals Male karyotype. No numerical oregon chromosomal anomalies detected astatine 450-550 banding resolution," a screenshot of the papers connected 3 Wire Sports read. The trial was astatine an accredited laboratory successful New Delhi, called Dr. Lal PathLabs, earlier the boxing championships, according to 3 Wire Sports.
Imane Khelif of Algeria is seen up of the combat against Angela Carini of Italy. (Reuters/Isabel Infantes)
Fox News Digital reached retired to World Boxing, the Algerian Olympic Committee and reps for Khelif for comment.
The IOC issued a connection to Fox News Digital connected Tuesday morning.
"The IOC has ever made it wide that eligibility criteria are the work of the respective International Federation," the IOC said. "The factors that substance to sports show are unsocial to each sport, discipline, and/or event. We await the afloat details however enactment investigating volition beryllium implemented successful a safe, just and legally enforceable way."
Khelif was disqualified from the 2023 championships earlier a golden medal bout implicit sex eligibility issues.
The boxer was thrust into the planetary spotlight aft qualifying for the Olympics, with the sex contention coming to light. Khelif defeated Angela Carini successful the archetypal combat during the Paris Olympics, and the IOC defended Khelif. As the contention grew, Khelif kept connected winning and yet was awarded a golden medal.
But the IBA doubled down, saying Khelif – on with Taiwan’s Lin Yu-thing – were disqualified from the satellite championships owed to "a effect of their nonaccomplishment to conscionable the eligibility criteria for participating successful the women’s competition, arsenic acceptable and laid retired successful the IBA Regulations. This decision, made aft a meticulous review, was highly important and indispensable to uphold the level of fairness and utmost integrity of the competition."
The IBA added that Khelif underwent 2 tests: 1 successful 2022 and the different successful 2023. The IBA said Khelif appealed the determination to the Court for Arbitration of Sport but withdrew during the process, making the "IBA determination legally binding."
Throughout the controversy, Khelif has maintained that their sex is female. Khelif adjacent filed a suit against detractors and critics connected societal media.
Before World Boxing made its decision, Khelif was readying connected participating successful the 2028 Olympics contempt President Donald Trump's "No Men successful Women’s Sports" enforcement bid – the 2028 games instrumentality spot successful Los Angeles.
Khelif told ITV that the policies bash not use to the boxer.
Imane Khelif of Algeria and Angela Carini of Italy aft their fight. (Reuters/Isabel Infantes)
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"I volition springiness you a straightforward answer: the U.S. president issued a determination related to transgender policies successful America. I americium not transgender. This does not interest me, and it does not intimidate me. That is my response," Khelif told the outlet.
"For me, I spot myself arsenic a girl, conscionable similar immoderate different girl. I was calved a girl, raised arsenic a girl, and person lived my full beingness arsenic one."
Fox News' Ryan Gaydos, Jackson Thompson, and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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