Since then, conservatives like Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni and soon-to-be President Donald Trump have voiced their disapproval of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) qualifying requirements for fighters.
After the IBA, one of boxing’s sanctioning organizations, barred Khelif from the 2023 world championship final because of “high levels of testosterone” in her system,
Both politicians have cited discrepancies between the IOC and the sport’s regulatory body. Since then, the circumstances surrounding that exclusion have come under examination.
Khelif has sued the French media over accusations that the 25-year-old has XY (male) chromosomes, calling the whole thing “a big conspiracy.”
Mulvaney said at the time, “I came to London on vacation this summer after months of feeling isolated and when I arrived,