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imane khelif has been allegedly confirmed to be a man.

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Cartwrightandson · 04/11/2024 13:15

A leaked French medical report from 2023 has confirmed that Algerian boxer Imane Khelif is male.

Top endocrinologists found that Khelif has XY chromosomes, no uterus, internal testicles, and a "micropenis."

The report was drafted in June of 2023 via a collaboration between the Kremlin-Bicêtre hospital in Paris, France, and the Mohamed Lamine Debaghine hospital in Algiers, Algeria. Drafted by expert endocrinologists Soumaya Fedala and Jacques Young, the report reveals that Khelif is impacted by 5-alpha reductase deficiency, a disorder of sexual development that is only found in biological males.

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TheKeatingFive · 04/11/2024 14:08

Blaggoshpereish · 04/11/2024 14:04

I feel like we already knew this … and idiotic stupid IOC panel of men, decided that anyone without a penis was a woman.

That wasn't even their criteria. It was anyone with an F on a passport.

TiredEyesSoreHeart · 04/11/2024 14:07

His own trainer admitted he was male months back. Even after that people were still pretending he is female.

LarkspurLane · 04/11/2024 14:07

user1471500282 · 04/11/2024 13:51

It’s disgusting that this person has complete randomers discussing such intimate details of their body like this. Aside from sports or medals, they deserve not to have this information out there so that User1234 from Nowhereville can smugly announce it online. Human decency seems totally lacking.

He could simply have not competed in boxing against women.
Nobody would be saying anything then.

TheKeatingFive · 04/11/2024 14:07

LBFseBrom · 04/11/2024 14:05

Poor soul. Imagine having all that personal stuff (internal testes, micropenis), being made public.

He didn't have to go down the road of competing in women's sport, though did he?

pattihews · 04/11/2024 14:07

Allthegoodnamesarechosen · 04/11/2024 13:59

‘still don’t agree with the witch hunt. If Khelif reasonably believed themselves to be female and had been brought up as female since birth without knowing about the chromosomal disorder, they were not acting as a man boxing against women. Intent counts here, I think.’

Reasonably believed themselves to be about eight inches taller and a complete different body shape to all the other women in the village… or indeed in the rest of the country…..okay then.

He can't have believed he was female. He wasn't required to cover his hair, he was backslapped and hugged and high-fived by men (which they wouldn't have done to women) and he was hoisted onto his team's shoulders, legs around their necks, and paraded around — which would have been unacceptable for a Muslim man to do to a Muslim woman. Everyone around him knew: he may well have been targeted for a career in sport because of this DSD.

IAmAWarriorPrincessHonestGuv · 04/11/2024 14:06

WetBandits · 04/11/2024 13:30

I still don’t agree with the witch hunt. If Khelif reasonably believed themselves to be female and had been brought up as female since birth without knowing about the chromosomal disorder, they were not acting as a man boxing against women. Intent counts here, I think.

If they knew and still competed, that is a different story.

Edited

I’m afraid I don’t believe for one second that Imane thinks he’s female. He doesn’t behave like someone socialised female in a Muslim country - a woman would have definitely avoided being hoisted onto the shoulders of men, would have worn a hijab out voting when all women around him were covering their hair and would not be hugging and high fiving men.

There is also the questionable family photograph that appeared to show him dressed as a little boy - I don’t even think his family thought he was a girl.

Btw does anyone want to see my surprised face? 🥸

LBFseBrom · 04/11/2024 14:05

Poor soul. Imagine having all that personal stuff (internal testes, micropenis), being made public.

Blaggoshpereish · 04/11/2024 14:04

I feel like we already knew this … and idiotic stupid IOC panel of men, decided that anyone without a penis was a woman.

OolongTeaDrinker · 04/11/2024 14:04

user1471500282 · 04/11/2024 13:51

It’s disgusting that this person has complete randomers discussing such intimate details of their body like this. Aside from sports or medals, they deserve not to have this information out there so that User1234 from Nowhereville can smugly announce it online. Human decency seems totally lacking.

He showed no human decency to the women whose medals he stole, and to those whose places at the Olympics he took. Why do you not think that is important?

wombat15 · 04/11/2024 14:04

user1471500282 · 04/11/2024 13:51

It’s disgusting that this person has complete randomers discussing such intimate details of their body like this. Aside from sports or medals, they deserve not to have this information out there so that User1234 from Nowhereville can smugly announce it online. Human decency seems totally lacking.

I agree.

LBFseBrom · 04/11/2024 14:04

Hoppinggreen · 04/11/2024 13:20

In other news Bears shit in the woods and The Pope is Catholic

You're joking!

TheKeatingFive · 04/11/2024 14:03

We all knew this. Not that it matters though, because the IOC don't give a damn.

TheKeatingFive · 04/11/2024 14:01

user1471500282 · 04/11/2024 13:51

It’s disgusting that this person has complete randomers discussing such intimate details of their body like this. Aside from sports or medals, they deserve not to have this information out there so that User1234 from Nowhereville can smugly announce it online. Human decency seems totally lacking.

I think it's much more disgusting that we're letting heat up women in the name of sport. But we all have different priorities, hmm?

Chersfrozenface · 04/11/2024 14:00

NewGreenDuck · 04/11/2024 13:55

On another point, would it be possible for his opponents to sue the Olympics committee for allowing him to compete and cheat them out of medals, and for injury?

Unfortunately not, because by competing they accepted the IOC's rules.

Which are unconscionably wrong.

Allthegoodnamesarechosen · 04/11/2024 13:59

‘still don’t agree with the witch hunt. If Khelif reasonably believed themselves to be female and had been brought up as female since birth without knowing about the chromosomal disorder, they were not acting as a man boxing against women. Intent counts here, I think.’

Reasonably believed themselves to be about eight inches taller and a complete different body shape to all the other women in the village… or indeed in the rest of the country…..okay then.

imane khelif has been allegedly confirmed to be a man.
pattihews · 04/11/2024 13:59

WetBandits · 04/11/2024 13:30

I still don’t agree with the witch hunt. If Khelif reasonably believed themselves to be female and had been brought up as female since birth without knowing about the chromosomal disorder, they were not acting as a man boxing against women. Intent counts here, I think.

If they knew and still competed, that is a different story.

Edited

The test that confirmed he was male was last year. The Olympics were this year. Go figure.

DieStrassensindimmernass · 04/11/2024 13:57

He was clearly male, no matter what lies anyone told him or that he told himself.

Underthinker · 04/11/2024 13:56

user1471500282 · 04/11/2024 13:51

It’s disgusting that this person has complete randomers discussing such intimate details of their body like this. Aside from sports or medals, they deserve not to have this information out there so that User1234 from Nowhereville can smugly announce it online. Human decency seems totally lacking.

The IOC knowingly let at least one and almost certainly two male fighters win gold by punching female boxers. They could have avoided all this and taken scrutiny off individual fighters by having some sex verification process. Instead they said testing for sex was impossible and passports were all that was necessary.

HazelLion · 04/11/2024 13:56

Do you have a reputable source for this claim? That website you linked is clearly not a legitimate source.

NewGreenDuck · 04/11/2024 13:55

On another point, would it be possible for his opponents to sue the Olympics committee for allowing him to compete and cheat them out of medals, and for injury?

CosmicRoomster · 04/11/2024 13:55

Human decency was certainly lacking when he was allowed to compete and win against women.

The processes of any sports committee is letting down all women if they continue to allow these men to cheat. That’s what has opened up the speculation.

It’s about time women stood up for women instead of some that constantly centre men - at this point I fully believe it’s an ingrained fawn response, because surely no one is stupid enough to believe a man should compete against women.

nauticant · 04/11/2024 13:53

It’s disgusting that this person has complete randomers discussing such intimate details of their body like this.

If only there had been a way for Khelif's sex to have not become such an issue of valid public interest.

BigTubOfLard · 04/11/2024 13:53

user1471500282 · 04/11/2024 13:51

It’s disgusting that this person has complete randomers discussing such intimate details of their body like this. Aside from sports or medals, they deserve not to have this information out there so that User1234 from Nowhereville can smugly announce it online. Human decency seems totally lacking.

Would you say this if your daughter had been in the boxing ring against him?

KoalaCalledKevin · 04/11/2024 13:53

SpudleyLass · 04/11/2024 13:42

I believe its the same DSD as Caster Semenya.

If this is the case, you have a ludicrous system where someone is ineligible to run the 800m against women because it's unfair, but is allowed to box them.

holju · 04/11/2024 13:53

Even if you have some sympathy for Khelif, the collusion of the IOC in this was disgraceful. A man beating up a woman was broadcast on daytime television while people cheered him on. It felt utterly dystopian.

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