CALLS for Olympics gender row boxer Imane Khelif to be stripped of her gold medal have been made following a leaked medical report.
New documents have emerged allegedly proving that Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, 25 is a “biological man”.
According to French magazine Le Correspondant, Khelif’s medical records from 2023 showed she had neither ovaries or a uterus,
The report was initially put together in 2023 via collaboration between French and Algerian expert endocrinologists working at the Kremlin-Bicetre hospital in Paris, and the Mohamed Lamine Debaghine hospital in Algiers, as reported by BiLD.
Medical experts determined that Khelif allegedly has what is known as a “5a-reductase-2 deficiency.”
This is a sexual development that is outside the norm and can only occur in biological men.
Newborns with the condition are often classified as girls as the testes are located inside.
The two reports are part of Khelif’s medical records, which have been known to the International Olympics Committee since May 2023.
It is not yet clear whether the IOC will now initiate a retrospective investigation and revoke the gold medal
Earlier this year, the WBO were forced to deny “obviously false” reports that they had banned Khelif and stripped her of her Paris medal for failing gender eligibility tests.
The WBO’s legal counsel Gustavo Olivieri said in a statement the body had “not tested, nor had it banned,” Khelif and had had no communication with her.
A year prior to the Olympics, Khelif was disqualified from the Women’s World Championships for failing the International Boxing Association’s (IBA) gender eligibility rules.
But the Russian-led body was stripped of its governance by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over integrity and governance issues.
The IBA’s tests result and credibility was also called into question.
Khelif has previously insisted she is a biological female, stating: “As for whether I qualify or not, whether I am a woman or not, I have made many statements in the media.
“I am fully qualified to take part in this competition. I’m a woman like any other woman. I was born a woman, I lived as a woman, I competed as a woman, there’s no doubt about that.”
The Olympic gold medalist made international headlines when Italian opponent Angela Carini quit just 46 seconds into their bout.
Following the controversial victory, Khelif’s dad Amar came out swinging to defend his daughter.
He said: “The attacks against her are immoral, it is not fair.
“Imane is a little girl that has loved sport since she was six-years-old, she used to play football.
“These critics and rumours aim to destabilize Imane, they don’t want her to be the champion of the world.
“I tell her prove them wrong in the ring and I hope that she will honour Algeria and Arabic countries and win the gold medal.
“She is our role model, and we want to be like her and honour Algeria and Tiaret.”
Explaining how she first got into the sport, Khelif said: “I have always loved football and I played it in my little village. My father always preferred football to boxing.
“But I was very good at sports in my school and my teacher encouraged me to become a boxer since I had good physical qualities and he was right.”
She also went on to add: “I come from a conservative region and family. Boxing was a sport dedicated only to men.”
It was not a straightforward path into boxing as Khelif was forced to come up with the money to get her to the gym.
