International Boxing Association Issued Demand To Imane Khelif
The International Boxing Association has issued a demand to gold medal-winning boxer Imane Khelif on Thursday morning.
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Khelif, an Algerian boxer, won gold at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Khelif had previously been barred from competing in the 2023 World Championships, after failing a gender eligibility test. She passed all requirements for the Summer Olympics.
The boxer, who says she is not transgender, did not pass a medical test administered by the IBA in 2023. Umar Kremlev, president of the IBA, has made it clear that he believes Khelif should not have been competing.
Now, the IBA is demanding that Khelif return her gold medal.
PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 09: Liu Yang of Team China looks on as Match Referee Jakov Peterson raises the hand of Imane Khelif of Team Algeria to announce the winner of the Boxing Women's 66kg Final match on day fourteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Roland Garros on August 09, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by)"I am not satisfied. A medal should be won on real merit," Kremlev said during an interview with SunSport. "We must protect athletes and ensure a level playing field for all. Now that the truth has come out, that medal should be returned to its rightful owner – a real woman."
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The International Olympics Committee does not recognize the International Boxing Association, which has strong ties to Russia.
Meanwhile, IOC president Kirsty Coventry has made it clear that no action against Khelif will be taken.
"It was agreed by the members that the IOC should take a leading role in this," Coventry said recently, according to The Guardian. "And that we should be the ones to bring together the experts and the international federations and ensure that we find consensus.
"We understand that there will be differences depending on the sports. But it was fully agreed that as members, as the IOC, we should make the effort to place emphasis on protection of the female category."
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Khelif has maintained that she was a deserving gold medal winner at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
She could be back competing at the 2028 Olympics in the United States.
International Boxing Association Issued Demand To Imane Khelif first appeared on The Spun on Jul 3, 2025
This story was originally reported by The Spun on Jul 3, 2025, where it first appeared.
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