A medical report, leaked and released by American journalist Alan Abrahamson through the outlet 3 Wire Sports, and later cited by the New York Post, confirms that Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who believes she is a woman, Olympic champion in Paris 2024, has male chromosomes.
As La Derecha Diario previously reported, the chromosomal analysis, conducted in March 2023 at the Dr. Lal PathLabs laboratory in New Delhi, concludes that Khelif is biologically male.
The information came to light just 36 hours after World Boxing, the new governing body of Olympic boxing, announced that Khelif must undergo genetic testing if she wishes to continue competing in the women's division.
The organization established stricter rules: from now on, all boxers over 18 years old will have to undergo a PCR genetic test to detect the presence of the Y chromosome, a biological marker of the male sex.
The Paris Olympic Games
Imane Khelif's case is not recent. The Algerian boxer had already been disqualified in 2023 by the International Boxing Association (IBA), when it was still recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), for failing to pass gender eligibility checks.
