Those who cheered on Imane Khelif showed an outrageous contempt for women’s sport and safety.
How violence against women became an Olympic sport
But it wasn’t just Khelif’s fists that shattered Carini’s Olympic dream – it was also the cowardice of the IOC officials and sporting bodies who monstered anyone questioning his place in the ring.
Now, nearly a year on, a newly leaked medical report shared by journalist Alan Abrahamson confirms what was always obvious: Imane Khelif is a man. A chromosome test carried out by an internationally accredited laboratory identified an XY karyotype – a male pattern. In response, he has been banned from competitions run by World Boxing.
This is now the second report that appears to confirm Khelif’s male biology.
