Subsequently, the Italian boxer declined to grasp Khelif’s hand after the athlete was declared the victor. She subsequently disclosed that she withdrew from the competition due to experiencing “a severe nasal pain.”
After the match, there was some speculation regarding Khelif’s eligibility to compete in women’s boxing, with some citing concerns over potential testosterone advantages.
This was due to the fact that the International Boxing Association (IBA) banned the athlete and Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting from the world championships last year for failing to meet gender eligibility criteria.
Nevertheless, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has criticized the IBA’s tests as profoundly defective and has since prohibited them due to concerns regarding governance, alleged corruption, and affiliations with Russia.
The boxer’s father addressed the controversy by presenting his daughter’s birth certificate to the public as evidence that she was born a female.
“We have two boxers who are born as a woman, who have been raised as a woman, who have a passport as a woman,
