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Olympic golden medalist boxer Imane Khelif was embroiled successful different sex contention implicit the play aft World Boxing declared that the jock would beryllium incapable to vie until a enactment trial was completed.
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."
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Gold medalist Imane Khelif of Algeria poses connected the podium during the medal ceremonial for the women's 66kg last boxing class during the 2024 Olympic Games successful Paris connected Aug. 9, 2024. (MOHD RASFAN/AFP via Getty Images)
"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.
Fox News Digital reached retired to World Boxing, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Algerian Olympic Committee and reps for Khelif for comment.
Khelif was disqualified from the 2023 championships earlier a golden medal bout implicit sex eligibility issues. IBA President Umar Kremlev released a connection to Russia’s TASS Agency astir wherefore Khelif was disqualified.
"Based connected DNA tests, we identified a fig of athletes who tried to instrumentality their colleagues into posing arsenic women. According to the results of the tests, it was proved that they person XY chromosomes. Such athletes were excluded from competition," Kremlev said.
The Algerian Olympic Committee said astatine the clip that Khelif was disqualified for "medical reasons." Algerian media reported that Khelif was disqualified for precocious testosterone levels, according to Reuters.
"There are immoderate countries that did not privation Algeria to triumph a golden medal," Khelif told Algerian Ennahar TV. "This is simply a conspiracy and a large conspiracy, and we volition not beryllium soundless astir it."
Khelif 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, but the IOC defended Khelif.
Algeria's Imane Khelif reacts anterior to the lucifer against Hungary's Anna Luca Hamori successful the women's 66kg quarter-final boxing lucifer during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games astatine the North Paris Arena, successful Villepinte connected Aug. 3, 2024. (MOHD RASFAN/AFP via Getty Images)
"Everyone competing successful the women’s class is complying with the contention eligibility rules," said IOC spokesperson Mark Adams. "They are women successful their passports, and it’s stated that this is the case, that they are female."
Then, 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."
As the contention grew, Khelif kept connected winning and yet was awarded a golden medal.
Throughout the full 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 was signed.
Imane Khelif, right, from Algeria and Luca Anna Hamori from Hungary combat each other. (Sina Schuldt/picture confederation via Getty Images)
Khelif told ITV that the policies bash not use to the boxer.
"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."
World Boxing said past week that Khelif indispensable instrumentality a enactment trial earlier being capable to vie successful sanctioned fights.
"Imane Khelif whitethorn not enactment successful the pistillate class astatine the Eindhoven Box Cup, 5-10 June 2025 and immoderate World Boxing lawsuit until Imane Khelif undergoes familial enactment screening successful accordance with World Boxing’s rules and investigating procedures," a missive sent by World Boxing to the Algerian Boxing Federation read.
The missive besides stated that World Boxing decided to follow mandatory enactment tests this month.
"These caller eligibility rules were developed with the explicit intent of safeguarding athletes successful combat sports, peculiarly fixed the carnal risks associated with Olympic-style boxing," the missive read.
Imane Khelif, right, and Angela Carini respond aft their fight. (REUTERS/Isabel Infantes)
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World Boxing added successful a connection that the caller policies are "designed solely to guarantee the wellness and information of each participants successful World Boxing competitions (including Imane Khelif) and is not deemed to successful immoderate mode pre-judge the result of immoderate investigating that volition beryllium introduced arsenic portion of the caller argumentation connected ‘Sex, Age and Weight.’"
Fox News' Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.
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