Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif requires the genderdest to continue fighting | Olympic news

World Boxing says that Algerian gold medal winner must receive genetic screening to compete in future events, including Olympic Games.

Algeria’s Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif Genetic sex screening must undergo to participate in upcoming events, said the sport administrative body, because it introduced compulsory sex tests for all boxers in its competitions.

World Boxing announced the new policy on Friday and mentioned specifically Algeria Khelif, which last year won the Welterweight Van Welterweight at the Paris Olympic Games and led to a row of gender-under-intelligence row.

“Imane Khelif is not allowed to participate in the female category at … any worldboxing event until Imane Khelif Genetic sex screening undergoes in accordance with the rules and test procedures of World Boxing,” the organization said in a statement.

“World Boxing has written the Algerian boxing federation to inquire that Imane Khelif is not allowed to participate in the female category at the Eindhoven Box Cup or a Worldboxing event until Imane Khelif is undergoing sex tests,” it added.

World Boxing is responsible for organizing attacks at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028, after receiving a provisional recognition of the International Olympic Committee.

According to the new policy, all athletes above the age of 18 who want to participate in a World Boks ownership or sanctioned competition will undergo a PCR or polymerase chain reaction genetic test, to determine which gender they were at birth and qualify to compete.

The PCR test is a laboratory technique that is used to detect specific genetic material, in this case the Sry gene, which reveals the presence of the Y chromosome, which is an indicator for biological sex.

The test can be performed by a nose or mouth bar, or by taking a sample of saliva or blood.

National federations will be responsible for testing and will be obliged to confirm the gender of their athletes when they participate in worldbox races by producing certification of their chromosomal sex, as determined by a PCR test.

Reuters News Agency reported that Khelif could not be achieved for comment, while the Algerian boxing federation did not immediately respond to questions about the development.

Khelif Said in March: “For me I see myself as a girl, just like any other girl. I was born like a girl, raised as a girl and lived all my life like one.”

“I participated in many tournaments, including the Olympic Games of Tokyo and other major competitions, as well as four world championships,” she said at the time.

“All these took place before I started winning and earning titles. But once I started to achieve success, the campaigns started against me.”

The 26-year-old focuses on a second gold medal at the 2028 matches in Los Angeles after her triumph in Paris.

Her Olympic success, together with that of Taiwan’s Lin Yu-Ting, led to a furious one The debate of the genus eligible in ParisWith controversial figures such as President Donald Trump of the United States and Elon Musk those weigh.

In February Trump signed an executive order that forbade transgender athletes to participate in women’s sports.

Khelif said she would not be intimidated by Trump because she is not transgender.