Imane Khelif celebrates parents amid latest gender controversy

Olympic golden medalist Imane Khelif celebrated Global Parents Day successful an Instagram station amid the boxer's latest sex controversy.

"Today, I became a champion, but it each started agelong ago! When my parents believed successful me, adjacent erstwhile the imagination felt excessively big. When they supported me, listened to me, and stood by me.

"Being a genitor isn’t easy. There’s nary manual. But the love, patience, and spot you springiness your kid tin alteration everything. On this #GlobalDayOfParents, I conscionable privation to accidental convey you.

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Imane Khelif celebrates triumph astatine the Paris Olympic Games connected Aug. 3, 2024. (Richard Pelham/Getty Images)

"Thank you to each genitor who chooses, each azygous day, to beryllium determination for their children. Together with @unicefalgerie, I’m celebrating these mundane heroes. Because erstwhile parents are supported, children tin imagination and succeed."

Khelif’s societal media station came arsenic a study from 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.

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.

Algeria's Imane Khelif celebrates aft winning against Tunisia's Mariem Homrani Ep Zayan during the Tokyo Olympics connected July 30, 2021. (Buda Mendes/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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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.

"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 controversy, Khelif has maintained that their sex is female. Khelif adjacent filed a suit against detractors and critics connected societal media.

Imane Khelif, right, fights Luca Anna Hamori. (Sina Schuldt/picture confederation via Getty Images)

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.

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. 

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.’"

On Monday, World Boxing apologized to the Algerian Boxing Federation for singling Khelif retired successful the letter.

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"I americium penning to you each personally to connection a ceremonial and sincere apology for this and admit that her privateness should person been protected," World Boxing president Boris van der Vorst reportedly said successful a letter.

Fox News' Jackson Thompson and the Associated Press contributed to this report.

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