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Details of Imane Khelif's failed 'sex test' revealed as IBA president calls for Olympic gold to be stripped
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif won a gold medal at Paris Olympics 2024 despite failing a 'sex test' in 2023. Now the International Boxing Association president has revealed the details of the failed test. read more
Imane Khelif continues to be at the center of the gender eligibility storm in boxing. Image: Reuters
International Boxing Association (IBA) president Umar Kremlev has finally revealed the details of why Olympic champion Imane Khelif of Algeria was disqualified from the 2023 World Championships in New Delhi ahead of a gold medal bout.
Khelif, who won the women's 66 kg gold medal controversially at the Paris Olympics 2024, was disqualified before her final match against China's Yang Liu in 2023 after failing the gender eligibility Test. Besides, Khelif, Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan, was also disqualified during the New Delhi event.
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Lin Yu-ting also won the featherweight gold medal at the Paris Games, as both boxers were allowed to compete under International Olympic Committee (IOC) provisions, which state that gender is determined based on the sex assigned at birth.
Meanwhile, the IBA was suspended by the IOC in 2023 as the world governing body of the sport.
'Khelif's tests showed XY chromosomes'
Nonetheless, this has not stopped IBA president Umar Kremlev from taking potshots at Khelif and the IOC as he has demanded the international body strip the Algerian boxer of her Olympic gold medal. Kremlev said that Khelif failed gender tests in both 2022 and 2023.
Kremlev has revealed that the two 'sex tests' conducted on Khelif during the 2022 World Championships showed 'abnormal' results. 'It was the first time we had encountered a situation like this, so we felt it was necessary to conduct a second round of testing to be absolutely sure before making such a serious decision,' he told the Daily Mail.
He added that the results for the second Test, 12 months later in New Delhi, were the same. 'Both tests showed XY chromosomes. That does not meet the eligibility requirements for female boxing. After that, the athletes were disqualified, and of course, we informed the IOC about the situation.'
Kremlev said that Khelif should 'be made to return the Olympic medal from Paris.'
Meanwhile, Khelif has already clarified publicly that despite US President Donald Trump's executive orders barring transgender women from competing in the female categories of sports in the country.
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