2024 Olympic boxing champion from Algeria, Imane Khelif, has stated that she has not seen any documentation indicating her having a male chromosome.
Khelif remarked that she has not reviewed the documents following her exclusion by the Rusꦆsian-led International Boxing Association (IBA). She also mentioned that she was only asked to sign a document stating that she would not participate in competitions.
Helif was quoted as saying by Rai:
We, along with the Algerian Boxing Federation, opposed this decision an🌜d filed an appeal. After the appeal, we realized there was no longer any trust in the IBA.
Previously, journal🐻ist Djaffar Ait Aoudia published a revealing report on social media regarding the Algerian athlete Imane’s failure in a gender test.
The 2🐟5-year-old Khelif became an Olympic champion at th🐎e Games held this year in Paris, France. In the finals of the boxing competition in the 66 kg weight category, Imane secured victory against Chinese representative Yang Liu.
Khelif first participated in the World Ch🌼ampionship in 2018, where she finished in 17th place af🌜ter losing in the first round to Kazakh athlete Karina Ibragimova.