A male boxer has just “won” the gold medal in the women’s welterweight boxing final at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
Imane Khelif of Algeria has brutally dominated every round leading up to Friday’s final, which was no different.
His first match ended in just 46 seconds after his female competitor sustained several barbaric blows to the head.
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Khelif of Algeria fought against China’s Yang Liu, a real woman, in the final bout, and won every single round.
The controversial fighter dominated Yang, as he has done with every other female opponent.
Khelif never lost a single round during the Paris Olympics and won every single judge’s card.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) permitted Khelif to compete in the women’s division despite failed gender tests in 2019 and 2023.
He was banned by the International Boxing Association (IBA) after DNA tests proved he was male.
The IBA said Khelif was pretending to be female to compete in women’s events.
Under the IOC’s “transgender” policy, the Olympics’ gender eligibility standard for boxing is based merely on a fighter’s passport.
However, Khelif doesn’t claim to be “transgender” but deceitfully insists he was “born a woman.”
“As with previous Olympic boxing competitions, gender and age of the athletes are based on their passport,” IOC spokesman Mark Adams stated at a press conference.
Adams has also made it clear that testosterone levels are not important to the IOC.
“Many women can have testosterone which will be called ‘male levels’ and still be women and still compete as women,” he said.
“This idea that you do one test for testosterone and that sorts everything out? Not the case, I’m afraid.”
However, Adams’ response appeared to be suspiciously misleading as the IBA said Khelif failed DNA tests, not testosterone tests.
The IBA confirmed again this week that Khelif’s DNA test shows he has XY chromosomes, meaning he is male.
As the IBA noted, Khelif did not appeal his ban after the DNA test proved his gender.
The International Boxing Association (IBA) — an organization the IOC no longer associates with — said two fighters, including Khelif, were given gender tests during the world championships.
They were tested after the IBA was made aware of concerns about safety from a number of fighters, coaches, and medical staffers.
“Both boxers were asked to take a further blood test,” IBA CEO Chris Roberts said at a press conference in Paris on Monday.
“That happened the 23rd of March, the results came through and it demonstrated the chromosomes we refer to in competition rules that make both boxers ineligible.”
Roberts further explained that Khelif had failed the chromosome test and was given the opportunity to appeal the findings to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
The IBA, he said, offered to pay the majority of the appeal.
Khelif appealed initially but then withdrew the appeal.
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IBA President Umar Kremlev has criticized the IOC for permitting Khelif to compete with women.
He said in a press release that he doesn’t understand why the IOC is “killing” women’s boxing.
Kremlev emphasized that “only eligible athletes should compete in the ring for the sake of safety.”
The IOC is standing by its position, calling the IBA “not credible.”
Instead, the IOC is shaming people who have questioned the gender issue on the basis of fairness and safety.
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