Olympic boxer Imane Khelif shows off new look
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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 entailed. But more boxing organizations have begun making changes to their competitive policies as a direct response.
Khelif has not stepped back into the ring since winning Olympic gold, having skipped a planned return at the Eindhoven Box Cup shortly after mandatory sex testing was introduced.
IMANE KHELIF has shown off a dramatic new look, over a year after her last boxing match. The Algerian, 26, won her nation’s first ever gold medal in women’s boxing in the welterweight
Olympic gold medal-winning boxer Imane Khelif looks almost unrecognisable after unveiling a dramatic new look this week. The Algerian star was cleared to compete at the Paris 2024 Summer Games despite the International Boxing Association (IBA) previously disqualifying both her and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting from the 2023 World Championships.
The governing body for Olympic-style boxing will require sex testing for all fighters wishing to compete in the women’s division at its world championships next month.
World Boxing introduced mandatory genetic screening for women's competitions following global controversy over two boxers who won Olympic gold in Paris
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Inquisitr on MSNBoxing Star Imane Khelif Stuns With Feminine Transformation as Sex Test Battle Looms
Imane Khelif, the Algerian Olympic boxing champion who captured global attention at Paris 2024, has just dropped jaws with her latest transformation, just as she faces mounting pressure over a looming sex-testing showdown.