Olympic boxer Imane Khelif fights back as boxing association files suit in gender row
Olympic champion Imane Khelif has accused the International Boxing Association of making “false and offensive” accusations after it launched legal action against the International Olympic Committee for allowing her to compete.
Imane Khelif, who won Paris Olympics boxing gold amid a gender-eligibility row, has accused the International Boxing Association of making “false and offensive” accusations after it launched legal action against the International Olympic Committee for allowing her to compete.
The IBA announced in a statement on Monday it was filing a complaint with Swiss Attorney General Stefan Blatter against the IOC, citing safety concerns over gender eligibility. Similar complaints are to be filed in France and the U.S..
The IBA’s complaint specifically mentioned Algeria’s Khelif and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting.
The boxing body cited U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender women from female sports as validation of its stance. Trump had called Khelif “a male boxer” in his speech after signing the order last week.
Khelif, who has always competed as a woman, was banned by the IBA from the 2023 world championships after a sex chromosome test that the IBA said rendered her ineligible.
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