Imane Khelif, the Paris 2024 ladies’s welterweight gold medallist, has actually been disallowed from making an affordable return after World Boxing revealed that it will certainly present compulsory sex screening for all fighters in its competitors.
Khelif was because of contend at the Eindhoven Box Cup in the Netherlands following week having actually gone to the centre of a sex row prior to asserting Olympic gold last summertime.
World Boxing which will certainly run the boxing competitors in the 2028 Olympics after being given provisionary acknowledgment by the IOC, has actually claimed that the Algerian will certainly need to undertake screening prior to she contends at any one of its occasions.
The controling body, which did not run amateur boxing at the Paris Olympics, claimed in a declaration: “World Boxing will introduce mandatory sex testing, to determine the eligibility of male and female athletes that want to take part in its competitions.
“The introduction of mandatory testing will be part of a new policy on ‘Sex, Age and Weight’ to ensure the safety of all participants and deliver a competitive level playing field for men and women.
“The policy is in the final stages of development and has been crafted by a specially convened Working Group of the World Boxing Medical and Anti-Doping Committee, which has examined data and medical evidence from an extensive range of sources and consulted widely with other sports and experts across the world.
“In light of plans to introduce this policy and the particular circumstances surrounding some boxers that competed at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, World Boxing has written to the Algerian Boxing Federation to inform it that Imane Khelif will not be allowed to participate in the female category at the Eindhoven Box Cup or any World Boxing event until Imane Khelif undergoes sex testing.
“This decision reflects concerns over the safety and wellbeing of all boxers, including Imane Khelif, and aims to protect the mental and physical health of all participants in light of some of the reactions that have been expressed in relation to the boxer’s potential participation at the Eindhoven Box Cup.”
