Imane Khelif should go through obligatory intercourse trying out to compete, World Boxing says

Imane Khelif should go through what World Boxing describes as “mandatory sex testing” if she needs to compete in any ladies’s tournament organised or sanctioned by way of the governing frame.

Khelif received gold within the ladies’s 66kg class ultimately summer time’s Olympic Games, having been cleared to compete regardless of being disqualified from the 2023 international championships organised by way of the International Boxing Association for allegedly failing to fulfill eligibility standards.

World Boxing introduced on Friday it used to be introducing the trying out “to determine the eligibility of male and female athletes that want to take part in its competitions”.

The frame – which is able to oversee boxing on the subsequent Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028 – stated it had written to the Algerian boxing federation to mention that till Khelif had gone through the take a look at, she would no longer be capable to compete in June’s Eindhoven Box Cup or every other ladies’s tournament below its authority.

World Boxing stated it used to be introducing the principles as a part of a brand new coverage on intercourse, age and weight “to ensure the safety of all participants and deliver a competitive level playing field for men and women”. The letter mentioned that within the tournament of a problem by way of the federation or by way of World Boxing to Khelif’s intercourse certification, Khelif would stay ineligible to compete till the dispute used to be resolved.

Speaking to ITV News in March in regards to the row over her involvement on the Olympics, Khelif stated: “I see myself as a girl, just like any other girl. I was born a girl, raised as a girl and have lived my entire life as one.

“I have competed in many tournaments, including the Tokyo Olympics and other major competitions, as well as four world championships. All of these took place before I started winning and earning titles. But once I began achieving success, the campaigns against me started.”

All athletes over 18 wishing to compete in a World Boxing owned or sanctioned tournament will want to go through a PCR (polymerase chain response) genetic take a look at to resolve their intercourse at start and their eligibility to compete.

Athletes deemed to be male at start, as evidenced by way of the presence of Y chromosome genetic subject matter (the SRY gene) or with a distinction of sexual building (DSD) the place male androgenization happens, will probably be eligible to compete within the male class, World Boxing stated.