{"id":2441981,"date":"2025-06-02T18:40:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T22:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/olympic-gold-medalist-imane-khelif-sidelined-by-world-boxing-pending-genetic-sex-test\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T18:45:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T22:45:09","slug":"olympic-gold-medalist-imane-khelif-sidelined-by-world-boxing-pending-genetic-sex-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/olympic-gold-medalist-imane-khelif-sidelined-by-world-boxing-pending-genetic-sex-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif sidelined by World Boxing pending genetic sex test"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Folympic-gold-medalist-imane-khelif-sidelined-by-world-boxing-pending-genetic-sex-test%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2441981&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Imane Khelif, the Algerian Olympic boxing champion, has been temporarily suspended from competing in World Boxing events, including the upcoming Eindhoven box Cup, due to a mandatory genetic sex test. This decision comes as part of a new policy implemented by World Boxing aimed at ensuring safety and fairness in sports. Contrary to misinformation circulated on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a>, the suspension is not issued by the World Boxing Association but rather by World Boxing, an entity recognized by the International Olympic Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Following Khelif&#8217;s victory at the 2024 Paris Olympics,her eligibility to compete faced scrutiny,leading to disqualification from the 2023 International Boxing Association World Championships due to unclear rules. Amid growing public concern and the need for clear regulations, World Boxing invoked emergency measures to enforce its new sex testing policy, which will officially take effect on July 1, 2025. The policy requires athletes seeking to compete in sex-specific categories to undergo genetic testing to confirm their biological sex.<\/p>\n<p>Public figures, including author J.K. Rowling, have publicly supported this policy, sparking renewed discussions about the participation of transgender and intersex athletes in women&#8217;s sports. Khelif&#8217;s situation has highlighted the ongoing debates surrounding genetic testing and fairness in competitive sports.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif sidelined by World Boxing pending genetic sex test<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2133699\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Algerian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Olympic\">Olympic<\/a> boxing champion Imane Khelif has been temporarily barred from competing in World <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/boxing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Boxing\">Boxing<\/a> events, including the upcoming Eindhoven Box Cup, pending the outcome of a newly mandated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"genetic sex\">genetic sex<\/a> test. The decision, <a href=\"https:\/\/worldboxing.org\/world-boxing-to-introduce-mandatory-sex-testing-for-all-boxers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"genetic sex\">announced by World Boxing<\/a> on May 30, marks the enforcement of the organization&rsquo;s forthcoming &ldquo;Sex, Age, and Weight&rdquo; policy that aims to ensure safety and fairness in sports.<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to viral social media claims that Khelif was banned by the World Boxing Organization for &ldquo;not being a woman,&rdquo; the present sanction comes from World Boxing, a separate governing body recognized by the International Olympic Committee earlier this year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3428793\/young-democrats-primary-race-challenges-david-scott-jasmine-clark-georgia\/\">David Scott, 79, draws another Democratic primary challenger<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3428700\/senate-candy-desk-markwayne-mullin-reconciliation-battle\/\">What is the candy desk? Mullin&#8217;s Senate seat offers sweet spot amid reconciliation battle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3428675\/operation-spiders-web-ukraine-creative-fight-russia\/\">Operation Spider&#8217;s Web shows how creative Ukraine can get in taking fight to Russia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>World Boxing stated in a letter to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/algeria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Algerian\">Algerian<\/a> Boxing Federation that Khelif would be ineligible for female-category bouts until completing genetic screening via a PCR, or polymerase chain reaction, test, which detects the presence of Y chromosome material, specifically, the SRY gene, to determine an athlete&rsquo;s biological sex. The policy is set to go into effect on July 1, 2025, but the organization invoked emergency powers to apply the rule early in Khelif&rsquo;s case due to public scrutiny and safety concerns.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Algeria&rsquo;s Imane Khelif poses after defeating China&rsquo;s Yang Liu to win gold in their women&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/from-trump-to-tyson-the-10-most-searched-people-on-google-in-2024\/\" title=\"From Trump to Tyson: The 10 most-searched people on Google in 2024\">66 kg final boxing match<\/a> at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo\/Ariana Cubillos)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-appeals-court-upholds-tennessee-kentuckys-bans-on-transgender-treatments-for-children\/\" title=\"Federal Appeals Court supports bans on transgender treatments for children in Tennessee and Kentucky.\">decision reflects concerns<\/a> over the safety and wellbeing of all boxers, including Imane Khelif, and aims to protect the mental and physical health of all participants,&rdquo; World Boxing stated.<\/p>\n<p>Khelif&rsquo;s eligibility came under scrutiny following a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-swimmer-2016-gold-medal-winner-says-race-probably-wasnt-clean-after-losing-to-russia\/\" title=\"US Swimmer, 2016 Gold Medal Winner, Says Race \u2018Probably Wasn\u2019t Clean\u2019 After Losing To Russia\">gold medal win<\/a> at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Khelif was disqualified from the 2023 International Boxing Association World Championships under vague eligibility rules. The IBA, which was permanently banned from the Olympics for governance issues, never released full details, leading to widespread speculation.<\/p>\n<p>That speculation intensified this spring as Khelif&rsquo;s name appeared on rosters for World Boxing events, prompting the governing body to move quickly with its newly designed testing framework.<\/p>\n<p>World Boxing&rsquo;s policy requires all athletes over 18 seeking to compete in sex-specific categories to undergo a genetic test administered by their national federation.<\/p>\n<p>Athletes with XX chromosomes, or no Y chromosome material, will be eligible to compete in the female category. Athletes with a Y chromosome or evidence of male androgenization will be eligible for the male category.<\/p>\n<p>Athletes and federations that fail to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >provide valid sex certifications risk ineligibility<\/a> and possible sanctions.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3427486\/trump-big-beautiful-bill-2026-campaign-jabs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRUMP&rsquo;S &lsquo;BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL&rsquo; SPURS EARLY 2026 CAMPAIGN JABS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The policy drew high-profile support from bestselling <em>Harry Potter<\/em> author J.K. Rowling, who responded to the news on the social media platform X, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1929475092112662818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"writing\">writing<\/a>: &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a win for women because they won&rsquo;t be battered to death in the ring by men. If you had any idea what physical tests women go through routinely in their lives, you&rsquo;d know a cheek swab is no bigger deal than flossing your teeth.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Her post quickly went viral, reigniting debate over sex testing in sports and the broader question of transgender and intersex athlete participation in women&rsquo;s categories.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2133699\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2133699\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif is temporarily banned from World Boxing events, including the Eindhoven Box Cup, awaiting a genetic sex test<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2441982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Imane-Khelif.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[12475,56404,37084,4825,40962],"class_list":["post-2441981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-boxing","tag-gendertesting","tag-imanekhelif","tag-olympics","tag-sportsnews"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Imane-Khelif.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2441981"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2441985,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441981\/revisions\/2441985"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2441982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2441981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2441981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2441981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}