- Alleged report claims Olympic boxer Imane Khelif is a biological man
- Khelif has previously stressed that she was “born a woman” amid the scrutiny.
- This leads to new calls for the Algerian to be stripped of her Olympic medal
Fresh calls have emerged for Olympic boxer Imane Khelif to be stripped of her gold medal after a ‘leaked’ report claimed she is a biological man.
Khelif and Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting were at the center of a “gender dispute” controversy at the Olympics after both were given the green light to compete despite failing gender eligibility tests at the world championships. from last year.
Both boxers ignored the criticism and went on to win the highest Olympic gongs in their respective weight categories, while their participation was defended by the president of the IOC, Thomas Bach.
However, the question of Khelif’s credibility in winning women’s gold at the Olympics has come back into the spotlight after an apparently leaked excerpt from a report, first reported by imagewhich claims Khelif is a “biological male”, although it is unclear if the report is legitimate.
The report was initially produced in 2023 thanks to collaboration between French and Algerian expert endocrinologists working at the Kremlin-Bicetre hospital in Paris and the Mohamed Lamine Debaghine hospital in Algiers.
An alleged report on Imane Khelif’s biology has apparently revealed that she is a biological male.
Piers Morgan (right) has led calls for Khelif (left) to be stripped of her Olympic gold medal.
Khelif has previously insisted she is a biological woman despite failing gender eligibility tests at last year’s world championships (pictured: Khelif in 2023).
Khelif photographed in September at a Bottega Veneta show as part of Milan Fashion Week
The unverified report alleges that Khelif has masculine characteristics.
Upon hearing the news, Piers Morgan took to X, where he criticized the IOC’s decision to allow Khelif to compete in the Paris Games and demanded that his gold medal be taken away.
A furious Morgan posted to his 8.8 million followers on Thursday: “Confirmation of what some of us said at the time: Khelif is a biological man.” “The gold medal should now be stripped and awarded to the best royal woman.”
Meanwhile, tennis legend Martina Navratilova also spoke out on the issue and backed Morgan’s claim that Khelif should be stripped of her medals.
In a post about unknownHe said: ‘What we’ve been saying for months. And for calling his person a man or at least a man, we were called all kinds of names and especially the women from whom this man obtained medals and won. Just horrible.’
Khelif beat Chinese boxer Yang Liu by unanimous decision to win Olympic gold during an eventful medal run that included Italy’s Angela Carini crying after fighting her opponent’s power.
Khelif has previously insisted that she is a biological woman and raged at journalists after winning the gold medal at the Paris Olympics, stating: ‘As for whether I qualify or not, whether I am a woman or not, I have made many statements in the media.
‘I am fully qualified to participate in this competition. I am a woman like any other woman. I was born a woman, I lived as a woman, I competed as a woman, there is no doubt about that.
‘(Critics) are enemies of success, that’s what I call them. And that also gives my success a special flavor because of these attacks.’
Khelif defeated Chinese boxer Yang Liu (right) by unanimous decision to win gold at the Olympic Games.
Khelif previously claimed that she is a “woman like any other woman” after winning Olympic gold.
The fallout surrounding Khelif’s participation in the Olympics, along with that of fellow boxer Lin Yu-ting, sparked angry protests from author JK Rowling and Elon Musk on social media, while Donald Trump also protested. mocked the Algerian fighter.
Nabil Boudi, Khelif’s Paris-based lawyer, later revealed that they opened a lawsuit that was filed with French authorities over comments made about her gender online.
No one has been named as a defendant in the lawsuit, but several well-known celebrities have been referenced for their social media posts.
The 25-year-old Olympic champion revealed at the time that she was “very hurt” by the intense scrutiny of her gender and questioned the intentions of those she believes have harassed her.
