Imane Khelif not eligible to compete in boxing world championships 2025

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https://boxingnewsonline.net/iba-confirms-stance-on-imane-khelif-ahead-of-womens-boxing-world-championships/

The IBA is sticking with its rules and Khelif failed its 'gender eligibility tests'. The writer of the article shows remarkably little concern with saying what a 'gender eligibility test' involves and that it shows Khelif is male.

Astonishingly, yes.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK539904/

Males with 5ARD are born with very small penises, or malformed genitals but they go through male puberty like any other male.

I'm reserving my sympathies for the women punched in the face by men, and for all the women worldwide who were gaslit into thinking this was fair.

Medals, sure, it's unfair.

Watching MVAWG turned into an Olympic sport? That's fucking sick.

Sorry, heath, if that sounded angry. It wasn't directed at you!

The IBA did publish the criteria, in their Technical & Competition Rules.

Timeline is as follows:

9th February 2023 - no definition of women or men, no mention of any tests

25th March 2023 - women defined by XX chromosomes, men by XY chromosomes, and notes that boxers may be submitted to gender (sex) testing.

13th May 2023 - further clarification that women/female/girls are defined by XX chromosomes, and men/male/boys by XY chromosomes. Notes that boxers may submitted to gender (sex) testing and discusses the procedure for adverse results.

Given the timing of the 25th March 2023 policy document, being published one day after Khelif (and the other male boxer, Lin) was notified of disqualification for having an XY karyotype test result, it's clear this update was the IBA recording the procedure and definitions they'd decided upon to determine eligibility in the women's (and men's) category, after it had previously been left undefined.

Also the lab results were leaked to sports journalist Alan Abrahamson, which he details in these articles:

IBA letter to IOC, June 2023: Boxer's 'DNA was that of a male consisting of XY chromosomes'

Paris 2024 women's boxing stirs so much emotion - can facts take back the moment?

These report that blood samples supplied by Khelif (and Lin) revealed an XY karyotype.

You obviously missed that he failed two sex tests, @SophieStrange . That is public knowledge, and even acknowledged by the IOC themselves. And here is evidence from a French medical report that he has internal testes, no uterus, cervix or ovaries, and has a micropenis. https://www.francsjeux.com/en/short/A-medical-report-relaunches-the-Imane-Khelif-case/

I'm sure @SophieStrange will be along any time now to acknowledge her misunderstanding of the facts

For accuracy, I haven’t seen it confirmed that Francine Niyonsaba and Margaret Wambui are also both 5-ARD, only that they’re both male. They could have one of the other conditions.

Here is the source of that leaked file.

lecorrespondant.net/imane-khelif-ni-ovaires-ni-uterus-mais-des-testicules/

How remarkable that it is still up on the site! I would have thought if it was falsified there would be some kind of immediate action that would have been taken. But it is still up and no sign of that supposed court action.

And of course, it all fits with what one of Khelif’s coaches stated during or just after the Olympics. The information is known, the IBA tests were legitimate and accurate.

What I don't get about @SophieStrange is this.
She could take the opportunity to learn on this subject, there's plenty of articles linked to etc on the subject on this thread. She could do it in secret, take time to process it, no one is watching. She could think about it, and ponder over why so so so many people think differently to her. She might even still come out thinking that the evidence supplied isn't good enough, and her original thoughts stand. But I doubt she'll even read any of it. Just dismiss it all with 'transphobes.' And pop up on another thread to say the same thing as here. Why? Why wouldn't you want to learn.

I don't have sympathy for Khelif because I think it's quite clear that he and everyone around him has known he is a male since he was a teenager at least. There is plenty of evidence to show he isn't and hasn't been treated as a female in his own country for some time.

Au contraire, the Algerian media continues to treat Khelif as a national 'heroine' who was subjected to vile calumnies and harassment on social media.

And of course there's also Algeria's unfriendly neighbour, Morocco, who Algeria suspect is the source of this campaign of lies about Khelif's irrefutable femininity..

Khelif was appointed ambassadrice nationale de l’UNICEF en Algérie, alongside the ambassadeur, male footballer Ismaël Bennacer [ yes the name is familiar: Arsenal 2015-17]

The person wearing a suit and tie in the photo [interesting choice of outfit!] is Katarina Johansson, UNICEF rep in Algeria.

According to Algerian media, poor Khelif is now being victimised by Trump who won't let 'her' box in the next Olympics.

Note that his clothing is modest but not observant, which is not unusual in Algeria, and is obviously completely acceptable at formal national occasions such as this UNICEF one.

I'm trying to work out if Bennacer is significantly smaller than Khelif, or just far away

It does pay to remember that Khelif was talent scouted while playing football with teenaged boys while Khelif was about 15 or 16? In rural Algeria. Yet, apparently we are supposed to believe that Khelif didn't know what sex they were before the IBA testing was done.

@arethereanyleftatall

This is a possible explanation:
https://nitter.poast.org/JustineBateman/status/1888665734244446478#m

Trump has only banned Trans athletes. Women like Khelif are welcome to complete.

Provided they pass a cheek swab sex test.

I'm sure Khelif is rushing to do one right now and clear up any misunderstanding. Or they could take this to the International Court of Sports Arbitration with the tests they have already done. I look forward to seeing Khalif defend thir Olympic title in 2028.

Trump has only banned Trans athletes.

Trump hasn’t banned anyone from the 2028 Olympics. The relevant paragraphs read:

(c) The Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall review and adjust, as needed, policies permitting admission to the United States of males seeking to participate in women’s sports, and shall issue guidance with an objective of preventing such entry to the extent permitted by law, including pursuant to section 212(a)(6)(C)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)(C)(i)).

(d) The Secretary of State shall use all appropriate and available measures to see that the International Olympic Committee amends the standards governing Olympic sporting events to promote fairness, safety, and the best interests of female athletes by ensuring that eligibility for participation in women’s sporting events is determined according to sex and not gender identity or testosterone reduction.

So this includes males who identify as trans and males with DSDs. They can enter the country and compete as long as they’re competing in the appropriate sex category.

As you say, I’m sure Khelif will be making it abundantly clear which sex category that is…

The eligibility criteria is having two X chromosomes. Imane failed that test. Are you really so wilfully obtuse that you won't extrapolate the obvious conclusion which is that Imane has a Y chromosome and is therefore male? The most likely DSD given imane's physique is 5ARD meaning imane has testes that produce testosterone in the male range and benefitted from male puberty, a fact anyone with eyes can see?

😂😂😂 love that!

If IK was genuinely female, that sex-test result would have been all over the media in flashing lights during the Olympics.

So why wasn't it? Why not lay the "rumour" to rest for once and for all?

I can't really think of any good reason, so can only presume that the result leaked (that IK and the Taiwanese athlete are genetically male) is genuine and that would be that. End of the Olympic dreams for both these males.

Of course, their being in the female categories ended multiple Olympic dreams for the female athletes that they displaced but hey, they're just women, who gives a feck, hey?

Thank you for allowing sunlight in, yet again, for those that missed the original scandal at the Olympics.

This isn't an issue where "be kind" works - these athletes were in the wrong category. Would you support IK, in his 20s and I expect his athletic prime, entering a boxing ring against a 12 year old boy? Why not?

Remember here are some of the reasons that we have seen that the IBA is wrong:

They are Russians.

They didn't publish the results when legally they were directly prevented from doing so just before the press conference they called where they wanted to do just that - but apparently, they should have anyway.

That they don't know what they are doing - despite their medical advisor being a fertility specialist who would surely understand genetics and how to tell the difference between male and female, even those with DSDs.

This is an image of the three winners of the Rio 800m - Oliver Brown has been very clear in the Telegraph that all three are male. We know for a fact that Semenya has 46 XY 5ARD but I don't know if the other two males have had their exact DSD published.

They all have the wide shoulders, slim hips, completely flat chests and nuchal crests of men. Much like Khalif and Yu Ting.

https://www.iba.sport/news/following-trumps-order-on-transgenders-iba-to-take-legal-action-against-ioc-for-allowing-khelif-and-lin-to-participate-in-paris-2024

The IBA are taking some sort of legal action against the IOC. Not sure if this has been covered.

Well I wonder now whether those test results will be forthcoming evidence.

All those posters who have resorted to 'why didn't the IBA release the evidence' may just get what they wanted.

Have a day off, FFS 😤

Is it up to them whether we say what we see, or not?
I thought compelled speech was no longer compulsory?

Big News the IBA is suing the IOC.

Following Trump’s order on transgenders, IBA to take legal action against IOC for allowing Khelif and Lin to participate in Paris 2024

https://www.iba.sport/news/following-trumps-order-on-transgenders-iba-to-take-legal-action-against-ioc-for-allowing-khelif-and-lin-to-participate-in-paris-2024/
As a result, IBA is filing an official complaint with the Attorney General of Switzerland, Mr Stefan Blätter, regarding the IOC’s actions that facilitated the participation of these ineligible athletes in the 2024 Olympic boxing tournament in Paris. According to the Swiss law, any action or inaction that poses a safety risk to competition participants warrants investigation and may serve as grounds for criminal prosecution. In addition, similar complaints are to be filed with the Attorneys General of France and the USA.

Basically the IOC are screwed. This could be a game changer in saving women's sports worldwide too. Anyone fancy suing FIFA?