Imane Khelif is an amateur boxer from Algeria who was born on May 2, 1999. She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo and is now engaged in the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris for Algeria.
In the recent 2024 Olympic Games victory after defeating Italy’s Angela Carini, Khelif has been the target of fake claims as to whether she is a transsexual or a woman. Algeria is a Muslim nation, and transitioning cannot be performed there as it is prohibited by the country’s law.
A Russian media report said it is proven that she has a Y chromosome, which is false. The Paris Boxing Unit and the IO have produced an official statement in which they state that she has the right to participate in the competition, labeling many of the publications as inaccurate.
How Was Imane Khelif’s Early Life?
Khelif was raised in a countryside village in Tiaret Province in northwestern Algeria. She started from football sports before moving to boxing. She had been attending training sessions in the early years of her career in a neighboring village; hence, to afford the bus fare, she sold scrap metal.
She stated her father, at one point, disabled her from engaging in sports, saying, “he did not approve of girls boxing.”
Imane Khelif’s Entrance To 2024 Olympics
Two years later, namely in January 2024, Khelif became a national UNICEF ambassador.
Later, the IBA was suspended from overseeing the process of the boxing competition during the Olympics that would be held in Paris in 2024 because of governance problems as well as editing judging scandals. [Refer: sources] Therefore, concerning the boxing events in Paris, the IOC has organized the Paris 2024 Boxing Unit.
The same rules that the IBA set was not followed by the IOC, and this one cleared Khelif to compete in Paris, where the eligibility and medical requirements for the event were met.
The IOC pointed out that according to her passport, Khelif was a woman and ensured that all athletes participating in Paris met the competition’s requirements enshrined in eligibility and entries.
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