French media said Imane Khelif had stopped racing boxing. The boxer himself now denies the claim.
Olympic winner Imane Khelif’s career is about to end at the age of 26. Aop
French magazine Le Parisien reported Nice-matin’s information, citing that boxer Imane khelif Would have decided to step aside from competitive boxing.
Algerian 26-year-old Khelif won gold in the 66 kg series at the Paris Olympics last year.
According to Le Parisien, Khelif has not risen in the ring since the Olympics. He left his training room in Nice, and he was reported to be about becoming a professional boxer.
As an agent of Khelif Nasser Yesfah However, it now claimed to French media that the racing career would be at least past.
“Imane has not just left Nice behind, but boxing is also a life behind,” Yesfah said.
Khelif himself has now rushed to deny Yesfah’s claims.
– The news about ending my career is wrong and the statements have been given by a person who no longer represents me in any way.
– He has cheated me in a nasty way. I’m still committed to boxing, Khelif wrote on Facebook after seeing the news.
Talk
Khelif drove to the center of the Olympics and after the Games, as he was accused of boxing as a man in the women’s series.
Khelif tried to return to the ring in the Netherlands, but the athlete was not allowed. The tournament required the results of new sex tests, but before new test results came, the old test results brought to the public overturned the participation.
However, Khelif himself swears that he will continue towards the Los Angeles Olympics 2028.
At the time of the Olympics, there was plenty of debate around Khelif that the Russian IBA boxing federation denied his participation in IBA’s boxing events in 2022.
Bullying
At the time of the Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee published a statement in which Kok supported Khelif and the other in the same way Lin yu tanging.
The case of Khelif and Lin also sparked comments from the US President From Donald Trumpwho often mentioned in his speeches that men are not part of women’s boxing.
After the Olympics, Khelif reported to the authorities about cyberbullying.
Updated at 10:15 pm: Khelif denied French media on Facebook that he would have finished his career. Edited and added Khelif’s statements.