The outcomes of a medical take a look at on Olympic champion Imane Khelif on the 2023 World Championships have steered the boxer is a organic male.
The alleged outcomes comes lower than two days after World Boxing dominated that Khelif would wish to bear intercourse screening to be eligible for any future appearances in feminine occasions.
Khelif received a ladies’s boxing gold medal representing Algeria boxing on the Paris Video games.
Khelif was deemed eligible to compete in France regardless of World Boxing having recognized concerning the 2023 take a look at greater than a yr earlier, with IOC president Thomas Bach beforehand questioning the take a look at’s legitimacy.
‘Chromosome evaluation reveals male karyotype,’ the doc, seen by 3 Wire Sports activities through Telegraph Sport, states.
Broadcaster Piers Morgan was among the many first to reply to studies of the take a look at, writing on social media website X: ‘The biology-denying woke brigade abused and shamed me for saying it was outrageous and harmful for Khelif to be beating up ladies on the Olympics.
‘I’m prepared for his or her apology, however received’t maintain my breath.’
Former Olympian Sharron Davies was equally satisfied by the report, writing: ‘When did we cease believing in our eyes & intestine! Oh yeah after we determined ladies’s sport didn’t matter…’
Outcomes have emerged reportedly exhibiting Imane Khelif’s 2023 failed gender eligibility take a look at
Conservative activist Riley Gaines additionally weighed in, referring to Khelif with male pronouns and saying: ‘To all of the folks that insisted Imane Khelif was a lady as a result of his passport mentioned so…
‘You had been improper. We had been proper. Sincerely, Individuals with functioning eyes and a shred of honesty.’
The outcomes reportedly have a date of being collected on March 17, 2023 – the identical yr that Khelif was disqualified by the Worldwide Boxing Affiliation (IBA), the previous governing physique for the game for ‘failing gender eligibility assessments’.
The doc claims to have come from Dr Lal PathLabs in New Delhi, a laboratory which is accredited by the American School of Pathologists and authorized by the Worldwide Organisation for Standardisation.
The report was initially printed by the journalist Alan Abrahamson, who first introduced studies of Khelif’s alleged failed gender eligibility take a look at to public consideration on the Paris Video games.
Mail Sport has contacted Khelif’s representatives for remark.
The boxer has been engulfed in controversy since information of her alleged failed take a look at in Paris
Khelif (pictured at Bottega Veneta’s S/S 2025 style present in September) has strenuously denied claims that she will not be a lady
Khelief has beforehand acknowledged that she deliberate to defend her gold medal on the Los Angeles Olympics in three years’ time.
World Boxing does have some Olympic authority, as they’ve been introduced to provisionally run testing for the Los Angeles Video games, with any particular person over 18 required to bear PCR testing to find out their intercourse.
The governing physique mentioned the PCR take a look at is a laboratory method used to detect particular genetic materials, with the SRY gene revealing the presence of the Y chromosome, which is an indicator of organic intercourse. The take a look at could be a be performed by nasal/mouth swab, saliva or blood.
The governing physique mentioned the testing shall be a part of a brand new coverage on ‘Intercourse, Age and Weight’, which it claims will guarantee a secure and aggressive taking part in discipline.
World Boxing revealed the contents of a letter despatched to the Algerian Boxing Federation, confirming Khelif is unable to compete within the feminine class on the Eindhoven Field Cup or any World Boxing occasion till she undergoes intercourse testing.
Khelif received a gold medal representing Algeria competing in boxing on the Paris Olympic Video games
Since her win, Khelif has appeared on numerous tv programmes defending herself
‘Imane Khelif might not take part within the feminine class on the Eindhoven Field Cup, 5-10 June 2025 and any World Boxing occasion till Imane Khelif undergoes genetic intercourse screening in accordance with World Boxing’s guidelines and testing procedures,’ the letter learn.
‘In accordance with the World Boxing Statutes, amendments to the Competitors Guidelines are sometimes made by Congress. Nonetheless, beneath particular or emergency circumstances, the World Boxing Govt Board holds the authority to make speedy amendments when a rule is deemed not purposeful or when evolving circumstances necessitate a change.
‘In Could 2025, the Govt Board exercised this authority and adopted new eligibility standards for participation in sex-specific boxing classes. These new eligibility guidelines had been developed with the specific goal of safeguarding athletes in fight sports activities, significantly given the bodily dangers related to Olympic-style boxing.
Piers Morgan, Sharron Davies, and Riley Gaines had been all fast to weigh in on the alleged outcomes
3 Wire Sports activities printed an alleged excerpt of the gender eligibility take a look at Khelif underwent
Then-IOC President Thomas Bach beforehand questioned the take a look at’s legitimacy in Paris final yr
‘Please be suggested that, per World Boxing coverage, “…within the occasion the athlete’s intercourse certification is challenged by the athlete’s federation or by World Boxing, the athlete shall be ineligible to compete till the dispute is resolved…’
Khelif was not the one controversial boxer in Paris, as Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting additionally received a gold medal in ladies’s boxing regardless of having been banned by the IBA in 2023.
Morgan beforehand weighed in on Khelif’s alleged gender ineligibility in November, when a ‘leaked’ report printed in German outlet Bild claimed that she was a ‘organic male’.
He posted to his 8.8m followers on the time: ‘Affirmation of what a few of us mentioned on the time: Khelif is a organic man. The gold medal ought to now be stripped and awarded to the most effective precise lady.’
It stays unclear whether or not the report was reputable, with Algerian Olympic Committee calling out ‘unsubstantiated allegations (which aimed) to tarnish the picture of an athlete who has introduced honor to our nation on the worldwide stage.’
The report was initially put collectively in 2023 through collaboration between French and Algerian professional endocrinologists working on the Kremlin-Bicetre hospital in Paris, and the Mohamed Lamine Debaghine hospital in Algiers.
The unverified report alleges that Khelif has male traits.
However Jacques Younger, an endocrinologist at Bicetre Hospital in Paris who reportedly co-authored the doc, has instructed DW in Germany that he feels his identify is getting used to unfold false data.
Younger additionally hinted he had been used to disseminate an anti-trans agenda. ‘I feel your assertion completely displays actuality,’ when he was requested whether or not his identify was getting used for these functions.
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