Representing Algeria at the Paris Olympics, Imane Khelif won gold in the women’s 66kg category, having been cleared to compete despite being disqualified from the 2023 World Championships
Imane Khelif must undergo sex testing if she wishes to compete in any women’s event organised or sanctioned by World Boxing, the governing body has said.
Khelif won gold in the women’s 66 kilogram category at last summer’s Olympic Games, having been cleared to compete despite being disqualified from the 2023 World Championships organised by the International Boxing Association for allegedly failing to meet gender eligibility criteria.
World Boxing announced on Friday it was introducing mandatory sex testing to determine the eligibility of male and female athletes wishing to take part in its competitions.
The body – which will oversee boxing at the next Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028 – said it had written to the Algerian boxing federation to say that until Khelif had undergone the test, she would not be able to compete in next month’s Eindhoven Box Cup or any other women’s event under its authority.
World Boxing said it was introducing the rules as part of a new…
