Imane Khelif, the Olympic boxer who won gold at the 2024 Paris Games, is taking legal action against media reports in France that claimed she has XY chromosomes. These reports also allegedly leaked her medical records.
Imane Khelif and Le Correspondant
Algeria’s Imane Khelif was a target of a smear campaign by bad-faith attackers who were looking for a target. Ultimately, as Chael Sonnen explained, “Alleging that this Algerian boxer had a test showing she had the XY chromosome, which would indicate biological maleness. But this is simply not true. The test never happened.