Imane Khelif: Olympic champion unable to participate in the world boxing championship with the call to hear | Boxing news

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The Algerian Olympic Boxing Champion Imaif will not make a call hearing heard at the Sports Court (Case) in time so that she can participate in the world boxing championships that start in Liverpool on Thursday.

Khelif posed an appeal to cases on Monday to determine whether global boxing is legally authorized to emphasize that, if it wanted to participate in the female category at world boxing events, including the world championships, Khelif should pass a Sry gene test which can detect the presence of the characteristic or male chromosome.

Khelif's call wants to challenge the rules of World Boxing, but case said Sky Sports that the hearing will be planned for the agreement of the parties and this can take several weeks.

Wednesday morning, case listed its next audiences until September 19 and no hearing involving cases, Imane Khelif or the Algerian Boxing Federation is listed.

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The world boxing championships start in Liverpool on September 4 and end on September 14.

Khelif won the gold of the Welters Olympic Welters in Paris last summer after being authorized to compete by the International Olympic Committee, although the International Boxing Association of having prohibited it from the World Championships of the previous year for having pretended to meet the criteria of eligibility in the sexes.

After his victory as a gold medal, Khelif said: “I am fully qualified to participate in this competition – I am a woman.

“I was born a woman, I lived as a woman and I contributed as a woman. There is no doubt that there are enemies of success, and that gives my success a special taste because of these attacks.”

2025-09-03 09:50:00

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