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Imane Khelif’s leaked medical record triggers social media after Paris Olympics Fiasco

The International community is once again divided around the question of the sexuality of Algerian boxer Imane Khelif.

New Delhi: The International community is once again divided around the question of the sexuality of Algerian boxer Imane Khelif. According to the latest ‘leaked’ medical report, the presence of ambiguous genitalia and secondary male characteristics has made many suggest that the pugilist is indeed a ‘biological male’.


A report by French journalist Djaffar Ait Aoudia stressed that Imane Khelif had internal testicles and an XY chromosome makeup, which hint towards a 5-alpha reductase deficiency. As the report became public, IBA President Umar Kremlev demanded an apology from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach for allowing a ‘man’ to compete against women in the Paris Olympic Games.

In the latest interview, Kremlev was seen venting out his fury at the IOC president, Thomas Bach as he remarked:

Everyone already knows the news. The International Olympic Committee has violated all sports rules by putting a man against a woman. Tests have again confirmed that Imane Khelif is indeed a man. Today, as the President of the International Boxing Association, which upholds gender equality and protects both women’s and men’s boxing, I demand that Thomas Bach and his team both verbally and in writing, apologise to the global boxing community….