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The boxer of the Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif was involved in another gender controversy during the weekend after world boxing declared that the athlete could not compete until a sex test was completed.
3 Wire Sports, citing medical documents for chromosomes tests given by the International Boxing Association (IBA) before the 2022 and 2023 World Championship, reported that Khelif’s DNA showed “markers with male cariotypes.”
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Algeria Imane Khelif gold medalist poses on the podium during the medal ceremony for the final 66 kg female boxing category during the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on August 9, 2024. (Mohd Rasfan/AFP through Getty Images)
“The chromosomes analysis reveals the male karyotype. There are no numerical or chromosomal anomalies detected to the resolution of 450-550 bands”, a screenshot of the document on reading 3 wire sports. The test was in an accredited laboratory in New Delhi, called Dr. Lal Pathlabs, before the boxing championship.
Pak Gazette Digital communicated with World Boxing, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Algerian Olympic Committee and Khelif representatives to comment.
Khelif was disqualified from the 2023 championships before a gold medal fight on gender eligibility problems. The president of IBA, Umar Kremlev, issued a statement to the Russian Tass agency about why Khelif was disqualified.
“According to DNA tests, we identified several athletes who tried to deceive their colleagues to pass through women. According to the results of the tests, it was shown that they had XY chromosomes. Such athletes were excluded from the competition,” Kremlev said.
The Algerian Olympic Committee said at that time that Khelif was disqualified for “medical reasons.” The Algerian media reported that Khelif was disqualified for high levels of testosterone, according to Reuters.
“There are some countries that did not want Algeria to win a gold medal,” Khelif told Algelian Ennahar TV. “This is a conspiracy and a great conspiracy, and we will not shut up in this regard.”
Khelif was pushed to the global care center after qualifying for the Olympic Games, with the gender controversy coming to light. Khelif defeated Angela Carini in the initial fight during the Paris Olympic Games, but the IOC defended Khelif.
Imane Khelif de Algeria reacts before the match against Anna Luca Hamori of Hungary in the quarterfinal boxing match of 66 kg female during the Olympic Games of Paris 2024 at the North Paris Arena, in Vilepinte on August 3, 2024. (Mohd Rasfan/AFP through Getty Images)
“All those who compete in the women’s category are complying with the eligibility rules of the competition,” said COI spokesman Mark Adams. “They are women in their passports, and it is said that this is the case, which are women.”
Then, the IBA doubled, saying that Khelif, together with the Lin Yu-Thing of Taiwan, were disqualified from the World Championship due to “a result of their inability to comply with the eligibility criteria to participate in the competence of women, as established and established in the regulations of IBA. This decision, taken after a metic review, was extremely important and necessary to maintain the level of justice and integrity of justice and integrity The competition.
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He added that Khelif underwent two tests: one in 2022 and the other in 2023. He said that Khelif appealed the decision before the court for the arbitration of the sport but retired during the process, making the “decision to legally binding.”
As the controversy grew, Khelif continued winning and finally received a gold medal.
Throughout the entire controversy, Khelif has maintained that its gender is feminine. Khelif even filed a lawsuit against detractors and critics on social networks.
Before world boxing made its decision, Khelif was planning to participate in the 2028 Olympic Games despite the fact that the executive order of “No Men in Women’s Sports” of President Donald Trump was signed.
Imane Khelif, on the right, from Algeria and Luca Anna Hamori of Hungary fight each other. (Sina Schuldt/Picture Alliance through Getty Images)
Khelif told ITV that policies do not apply to the boxer.
“I will give you a direct answer: the president of the United States issued a decision related to transgender policies in the United States. I am not transgender. This does not worry me, and I am not intimidated. That is my answer,” Khelif told The Outlet.
“For me, I see myself like a girl, like any other girl. I was born a girl, raised as a girl and I have lived my whole life as one.”
World Boxing said last week that Khelif should be done sex before competing in sanctioned fights.
“Imane Khelif does not participate in the women’s category in the Eindhoven Box Cup, June 5-10, 2025 and any world boxing event until Imane Khelif is subjected World Boxing to the Algerian Boxing Federation Lee.
The letter also declared that World Boxing decided to adopt mandatory sex evidence this month.
“These new eligibility rules developed with the express purpose of safeguarding athletes in combat sports, particularly given the physical risks associated with Olympic style boxing,” said the letter.
Imane Khelif, right and Angela Carini react after her fight. (Reuters/Isabel Infantes)
World Boxing added in a statement that new policies are “designed only to guarantee the health and safety of all participants in world boxing competitions (including Imane Khelif) and is not considered that in any way the result of any test that is introduced as part of the new ‘sex, age and weight’ policy.
