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Imane Khelif, the boxer in the center of the Olympic gender controversy, is omitting a boxing tournament in the Netherlands after World Boxing announced mandatory sexual evidence for all athletes.
The Algerian boxer, who won gold in the Paris games last summer in the midst of scrutiny about his eligibility, was not recorded in time for the event before requests close on Thursday.
Khelif intended to return to international competition in the tournament at the Eindhoven hotel before World Boxing announced its new sexual test policy last Friday.
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The Gold Medalist Imane Khelif of Algeria poses during the medal ceremony at the Paris Olympic Games on August 9, 2024. (Mohd Rasfan/AFP through Getty Images)
The mayor of Eindhoven, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, criticized the decision of World Boxing.
“As far as we are concerned, all athletes are welcome in Eindhoven. Excluding athletes based on controversial ‘gender tests’ certainly does not fit that,” said Dijsselbloem in a letter addressed to the Dutch Boxing Federation and the International Boxing Federation. “We are expressing our disapproval of this decision today and we are asking the organization that admits Imane Khelif after all.”
3 wire sportsCiting medical documents for chromosomes tests given by the International Boxing Association (IBA) before the 2022 and 2023 World Championship, he reported that Khelif’s DNA showed “markers with male karyotypes.” The International Olympic Committee (IOC) defeated the way in the midst of concerns about the governance of the organization, the financial dependence of the Russian state energy firm Gazprom and integrity of the fighting.
“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, according to 3 Wire Sports.
Imane Khelif de Algeria is seen before the fight against Angela Carini of Italy. (Reuters/Isabel Infantes)
Pak Gazette Digital communicated with World Boxing, the Algerian Olympic Committee and Khelif representatives to comment.
The IOC issued a statement to Pak Gazette Digital on Tuesday morning.
“The IOC has always made it clear that the eligibility criteria are the responsibility of the respective International Federation,” said the IOC. “The factors that matter for sports performance are exclusive to each sport, discipline and/or event. We expect the full details of how sexual tests will be implemented in a safe, fair and legally enforceable way.”
Khelif was disqualified from the 2023 championships before a gold medal fight on gender eligibility problems.
The boxer 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, and the IOC defended Khelif. As the controversy grew, Khelif continued winning and finally received a gold medal.
But he was doubled, saying that Khelif, along 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 metica review, was extremely important and necessary to maintain the level of justice and the integrity of the justice.
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.”
Throughout the 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 planned to participate in the 2028 Olympic Games despite the president Donald TrumpExecutive Order of “No Men In Women’s Sports”: The 2028 games take place in Los Angeles.
Khelif He told ITV that policies do not apply to the boxer.
Imane Khelif of Algeria and Angela Carini of Italy after their fight. (Reuters/Isabel Infantes)
“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 do not intimidate me. That is my answer,” Khelif He said to the exit.
“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.”
