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Imane Khelif: Olympic gold medallist appeals to sport's highest court over genetic sex testing

Imane Khelif challenges World Boxing's mandatory genetic sex testing, seeking to compete without it in the 2025 World Championships amid ongoing gender eligibility debates.

  • Imane Khelif has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against World Boxing's mandatory genetic testing rule for female boxers as she seeks to compete in the World Boxing Championships without the requirement.
  • World Boxing introduced mandatory genetic testing in May, specifically mentioning Khelif in their announcement, which they later apologized for.
  • The Algerian Boxing Federation has not submitted Khelif's entry for the upcoming championships while she challenges the genetic testing requirement.
  • World Boxing president Boris van der Vorst defended the testing policy as necessary for safe and fair competitions in boxing.
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The boxers of the tricolor team who should have taken part in the competition in Liverpool were dismissed because of the delay of genetic tests supposed to prove their genre. A novelty required by the organizer after the polemics around Imane Khelif at the Olympics.

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Algerian seeks to reverse World Boxing's decision to compete in the upcoming World Championship without having to undergo controversial genetic tests

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Khelif to miss world champs amid sex testing appeal

Algerian pugilist Imane Khelif, who won gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics, won't be competing at the world...

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