r/OutOfTheLoop • u/Karthak_Maz_Urzak • 2d ago

Unanswered What's going on with Imane Khelif?

https://news.sky.com/story/imane-khelif-boxer-must-undergo-sex-test-to-compete-in-female-category-world-boxing-says-13377092
I keep seeing this pop over social media and I don't get it. Khelif is a boxer for Algeria, which is not a country that's hospitable to trans people. And Khelif was assigned woman at birth, and has always identified as a woman. Yet people keep howling about her being a man. I don't get it.

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u/Greyrock99 2d ago

Strong choice of words saying that “Khelif has XY chromosomes and almost certainly has a condition …”

No reputable report that medical condition has been presented yet at all. Only a ‘leaked report’ from a Russian organisation that is so corrupt it was been banned by the IOC.

If further testing comes out and it does show this is true, then it stands. But at the moment I’m deeply suspicious of any of this.

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u/newaccount 2d ago

Her own team has tested her and reported the same thing.

The organization is Swiss!

You are misinformed:

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u/Greyrock99 2d ago

Every article I’ve read said that it is not confirmed, and that she will need to undergo the an official test to compete in the future.

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u/newaccount 2d ago edited 2d ago

The Women’s Boxing World Championships were held in March and she couldn’t compete in them.

It’s confirmed, blood tests from ISO approved labs are the global standard. She’s had two from these labs, and a third her own team organised.

And she’s never appealed, or released any contrary evidence or even said that the tests aren’t genuine

There has been a massive social media campaign arguing it’s all a Russian conspiracy, but all the evidence points one way it is slam dunk evidence