Imane Khelif has been the center of controversy at the Paris Olympics, but after the Algerian's latest victory, Khelif made a damning proclamation.
After clinching a medal in the women's 66kg division, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who has failed gender tests, gave a brief message to the naysayers. Khelif is fighting in the women's category nearly a year after the IBA said a gender test revealed the boxer had XY chromosomes. However, Khelif remains in the women's competition, the boxer feels, for one reason: CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM 'I am a woman.
Let’s be very clear here: We are talking about women’s boxing,' Bach said Saturday. 'We have two boxers who are born as a woman, who have been raised a woman, who have a passport as a woman, and who have competed for many years as women. And this is the clear definition of a woman. There was never any doubt about them being a woman.' The IOC has called the IBA's testing 'flawed.
Khelif will fight for a chance at a gold-medal bout on Tuesday at 4:34 p.m. ET against Thai boxer Janjaem Suwannapheng. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
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