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'Imane Khelif confirms she has the SRY Gene'

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Dominoodles · 05/02/2026 21:25

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260204-boxer-khelif-reveals-hormone-treatments-before-paris-olympics?fbclid=IwdGRzaAPx6cpjbGNrA_HpnGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHmDU3flpr6TJm0IDKx8-deTRch_y35a_HypLqtMxmMc_ZtSNOcODpHMg0NZL_aem_yZ2OOucrnoSj57H09A9mPA

Months and months of denial...

Boxer Khelif reveals 'hormone treatments' before Paris Olympics

Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif revealed in an interview with French sports daily L'Equipe that she had undergone hormone treatments to lower her testosterone levels ahead of the 2024 Games, but…

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260204-boxer-khelif-reveals-hormone-treatments-before-paris-olympics?fbclid=IwdGRzaAPx6cpjbGNrA_HpnGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHmDU3flpr6TJm0IDKx8-deTRch_y35a_HypLqtMxmMc_ZtSNOcODpHMg0NZL_aem_yZ2OOucrnoSj57H09A9mPA

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Idontspeakgermansorry · 06/02/2026 09:40

ThisHappyHiker · 06/02/2026 09:35

I'm not defending him but all this must have given him some severe mental health issues.

He knows he's a man but has to do all the mental gymnastics to persuade everyone, including himself, he's a woman.

Yes, I don't think they should be allowed to compete as a woman, but I do have some sympathy. It would be incredibly difficult to be raised as a girl/woman from birth and then have that turn out to not be true.

ThisHappyHiker · 06/02/2026 09:35

I'm not defending him but all this must have given him some severe mental health issues.

He knows he's a man but has to do all the mental gymnastics to persuade everyone, including himself, he's a woman.

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 06/02/2026 07:46

The poor women, facing him in the ring, risking their life and career. I mean boxing carries risks anyway, so to have them compounded by fighting a man, it’s barbaric and desperately unfair.

oldtiredcyclist · 06/02/2026 07:41

Chersfrozenface · 06/02/2026 07:33

It wasn't just to challenge him, it was to avoid injury to female boxers. In fact further injury.

Olympic boxing trainer Rafa Lozano has said this about a training camp:
"We put [Khelif] with Jennifer Fernandez and it hurt her. Whoever we put [Khelif] with was injured.”

Lozano said that to avoid further injury to the women, the coaches eventually paired Khelif with Jose Quiles, one of Spain’s top male boxers."

That is absolutely awful, IMHO Algeria should be thrown out of the next Olympics. This brings the whole sport into disrepute.

Chersfrozenface · 06/02/2026 07:33

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 06/02/2026 07:12

His coaches didn’t treat him like a woman. Didn’t we read, he had to train against men to be challenged? If he still thinks he’s a woman, he’s not very bright. Or doesn’t look around.

It wasn't just to challenge him, it was to avoid injury to female boxers. In fact further injury.

Olympic boxing trainer Rafa Lozano has said this about a training camp:
"We put [Khelif] with Jennifer Fernandez and it hurt her. Whoever we put [Khelif] with was injured.”

Lozano said that to avoid further injury to the women, the coaches eventually paired Khelif with Jose Quiles, one of Spain’s top male boxers."

OpheliaWitchoftheWoods · 06/02/2026 07:16

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PrizedPickledPopcorn · 06/02/2026 07:12

His coaches didn’t treat him like a woman. Didn’t we read, he had to train against men to be challenged? If he still thinks he’s a woman, he’s not very bright. Or doesn’t look around.

deadpan · 06/02/2026 07:09

we all have different hormone levels No shit Sherlock.
i was raised as a girl But you were physically raised up by male coaches when you won, something they never would have done to a female.
If he has been told he's female all his life and they're still telling him that, then I do have some sympathy for him. But in this day and age with the internet at our fingertips - presumably in Algeria too - he has the ability to find out as much information as he can absorb. So hiding behind i grew up a girl isnt enough.

Hoardasurass · 05/02/2026 23:07

He's a lieing pos he knows fine well that hes a man and his bs about having reduced his testosterone to zero is laughable

fashionqueen0123 · 05/02/2026 23:05

Women don’t take meds to lower testosterone

Hicupping · 05/02/2026 23:04

Did not lower it to zero either. What about male puberty and the advantages that brings. Shame on Algerian boxing. And shame on OC for allowing someone who is genetically male beat the crap out of women for sport.

Lovelyview · 05/02/2026 22:39

The next Olympics is in 2028 so Khelif has 2 years to carry on with his grift - getting stuff paid for and sponsorship deals before he drops off the radar. He'll probably open a gym.

Underthinker · 05/02/2026 21:58

That's funny, this BBC article from yesterday has the part about being willing to take a sex test, but not the part about the SRY gene. Was that revelation made after this article was published, or did the BBC "accidentally" omit that detail?

Imane Khelif: Boxer willing to take sex test for 2028 Olympic Games - BBC Sport share.google/N3xv8T6IfCW6ukiCO

GargoylesofBeelzebub · 05/02/2026 21:52

How is he expecting to pass the sex test when he admits he has SRY gene?

AreYouSureAskedNaomi · 05/02/2026 21:38

Wait, I just read it the whole article. He's in complete denial, isn't he? Utterly convinced he's a woman.

PolarGear · 05/02/2026 21:38

That is a very confused speech

AreYouSureAskedNaomi · 05/02/2026 21:35

Oh... and here we were, holding our collective breath, awaiting Imane's lawsuit against JKR to defend Imane's honour or whatever it was...

Dominoodles · 05/02/2026 21:34

StabbyCat · 05/02/2026 21:26

He.

And omg what a surprise.

Yes of course! Fully agree, I'm just quoting the line in the article as it's written

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StabbyCat · 05/02/2026 21:26

He.

And omg what a surprise.