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Controversial boxer Imane Khelif refutes retirement rumours, but skips World Championships as sex test is made mandatory
Paris Olympics gold medallist Imane Khelif has refuted the rumours of her retirement, but she will not be taking part in the World Boxing Championships 2025, which has made a sex test mandatory for women’s boxers.
Olympic Champion Imane Khelif Denies Rumors of Retirement from Boxing
In 2023 the International Boxing Association (IBA) disqualified Khelif from the World Championships after she failed a gender test. Despite that, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allowed her to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where she won the gold medal in the 66 kg division. In the final she defeated China’s Yang Liu.
“I Am Imane Khelif”: Controversial Female Olympian Reveals Transformation While Preparing Comeback
Algerian female boxer Imane Khelif, 25, who was at the center of a gender controversy after her Italian rival backed out of a fight at the 2024 Paris Olympics 46 seconds in, has resurfaced to show off a soft,
It's been a year since Imane Khelif won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris and the controversy that the win ...
Khelif has not stepped back into the ring since winning Olympic gold, having skipped a planned return at the Eindhoven Box ...
The governing body for Olympic-style boxing will require sex testing for all fighters wishing to compete in the women’s ...
Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting both won gold medals at the 2024 Olympic Games but were at the centre of a gender-eligibility ...
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Huge setback for Imane Khelif as sex test mandatory for Women's Boxing in World Championship
The World Boxing governing body will implement mandatory sex testing for women competitors at the 2026 World Championships.
Imane Khelif, the boxer who won gold at the last Paris Olympics, does not currently have boxing at the center of her life.
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