The Algerian boxer, gold in Paris, will not be able to participate in the championships in Serbia because IBA has different criteria than the IOC
The Algerian boxer IMane Khelif – gold medal at the Paris Olympics last summer – will not be able to participate in the next women’s world boxing championships to be held in Nis in Serbia from 8 to 16 March. The decision was made by the International Boxing Association, because “does not meet the criteria of suitability due to too high levels of testosterone”. Khelif therefore returns to the center of the controversy: its kind is called ‘intersex’ that is, suffering from hyperandrogenism, an excessive production of male hormones, including testosterone. This creates precisely controversy and different evaluation criteria. Like those between the International Olympic Committee – which presides over the Olympics and which does not allow its participation – and the IBA that presides over the boxing World Cup and which excludes it, as also happened even a year ago.
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The Secretary General and CEO of the IBA, Chris Roberts from Serbia said: “Imane Khelif is not suitable for our world championships, does not satisfy the admissibility criteria. Our technical regulation clearly establishes the requirements and criteria for the event We conduct gender suitability tests in a accidental way and we will lead them during the world championships here “. Khelif became famous all over the world after our boxer Angela Carini in Paris decided to retire from the match against Algerian. “He did it on pressure from the IBA,” the president of Coni Giovanni Malagò commented on that occasion. Finally, it should be noted that just a few days ago the US President Donald Trump announced an executive order with which he prohibits the transgender girls and women to participate in sports competitions.
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