Imane Khelif will not be able to compete in female category at upcoming event due to new testing rules, body says

Boxing's caller planetary governing assemblage is introducing enactment investigating from July - but has already informed Imane Khelif she won't beryllium eligible to vie arsenic a pistillate combatant astatine an lawsuit successful the Netherlands adjacent week.

The Algerian's disputed failed sex eligibility trial - conducted by a antithetic arguable boxing assemblage - was a large contented astatine the Paris Olympics earlier she won gold.

World Boxing said its caller argumentation "reflects concerns implicit the information and wellbeing of each boxers, including Imane Khelif, and aims to support the intelligence and carnal wellness of each participants."

This, it says, is "in airy of immoderate of the reactions that person been expressed successful narration to the boxer's imaginable information astatine the Eindhoven Box Cup."

The governing assemblage wrote to the Algerian Boxing Federation contiguous to say: "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.

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"In accordance with the World Boxing Statutes, amendments to the Competition Rules are typically made by Congress.

"However, nether peculiar oregon exigency circumstances, the World Boxing Executive Board holds the authorization to marque contiguous amendments erstwhile a regularisation is deemed nary longer functional oregon erstwhile evolving conditions necessitate a change.

"In May 2025, the Executive Board exercised this authorization and adopted caller eligibility criteria for information successful sex-specific boxing categories."

It added: "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."