Imane Khelif: Boxer at centre of Olympic gender row says winning gold would be 'best response'T

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Published 2024-08-06
Boxer Imane Khelif has said winning an Olympic gold medal would be the "best response" to the wave of scrutiny she has faced over misconceptions about her gender.

The 25-year-old Algerian is set to fight in the women's 66kg semi-finals where she will take home a medal even if she loses.

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All Comments (21)
  • @bgreg6069
    Olympic Shame. They made it look like a freak show....
  • @eddiebaby22
    XX vs XX Good. XY vs XY Good. XX vs XY is not even a contest!
  • @StealthEagle9
    Closed comment session in uk protests where British can be heard. Open comment session in everything else
  • @vonblood80
    Almost 95% of all men could beat any woman in boxing.
  • @irons28
    Who is the bully here ? Perhaps it’s Imane for getting in the ring to beat up women. Shame on the IOC and shame on France for staging the most outrageous woke olympics ever. Can’t wait for the closing ceremony to bring it an end, though am dreading what will be paraded out to the world in that !
  • @batteringnoobs
    The worlds gone mad. it's a joke he should not be allowed to compete full stop.
  • @YewanMemnos
    There is no confusion here. Khelif is a male boxer who has been permitted by the IOC to publicly abuse women. Regardless of how he was raised, identifies, or what his passport shows, referring to a man like Khelif as a woman is an insult to human dignity. Stop gaslighting people who can clearly see with their own eyes that Khelif has a male body. People aren't trying to "discredit the credibility of the Olympics," the IOC has done that to themselves with inane decisions like this.
  • Silly me, I thought getting punched out by a dude was the ultimate bully.
  • @oleleo999
    "66kg semi-finals where she " She with XY chromosome?
  • @TheDaveParky
    "Two women!"... oh my god what a filthy outrageous disgrace!
  • @Kevin-pe7fu
    cant win boxing ive tried very hard no success , oh yes ill just declare myself a woman i hope will turn my career successfully. wish me luck everyone
  • @chrisl442
    Do a sex test. Simple. Oh, but that would be offensive wokes say.
  • Press asked if he would clarify what kinda test it was and he said I don't wanna talk about it umm
  • @lenjon7478
    They are not women… stop saying this.. he is tested Y chromosome and that means a man.. let them take another test now