Female Boxer Who Won Gold Medal In The Paris Olympic Confirmed As Male

Female Boxer Who Won Gold Medal In The Paris Olympic Confirmed As Male

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif continued to be in new throughout her journey in the Paris Olympics 2024. In many ways Khelif has been dubbed a biological man who competed for the gold medal in the women’s 66k g category although her right to participate in the event was greatly debated.

Some months after the end of the Paris Games, a new scandal emerged since a report which showed that in fact Khelif was a man, was leaked. Former India cricketer Harbhajan Singh too tweeted in on the report and tagged Olympics on Twitter while asking them to take back the gold medal awarded to the Algerian.

As per the leaked medal report, which French journalist Djaffar Ait Aoudia was able to secure, the Algerian boxer has internal testicles and XY chromosomes. The condition, as per the report, hints at a disorder called 5-alpha reductase insufficiency.

Apparently, the report was prepared in June 2023 by Kremlin-Bicetre Hospital clinical team and Mohamed Lamine Debaghine Hospital in Algiers. In the detailed report of the case of Khelif, more biological parameters like internal testicles, the absence of the uterus has also been covered in detail that even MRI report stated the presence of micropenis.

In 2023, Khelif was banned by the International Boxing Association (IBA) from participating in the World Championship Gold Medal fight in New Delhi.