A doctor who is said to have co-authored the ‘leaked’ report claiming that Olympics gender row boxer Imane Khelif is a biological man has broken his silence.
Fresh calls for Khelif to be stripped of her gold medal won in Paris emerged on Tuesday after the findings of the alleged report, which was said to date from 2023, surfaced online.
Khelif and Taiwan boxer Lin Yu-ting were at the centre of a ‘gender row’ controversy at the Olympics after both were given the green light to compete despite failing gender eligibility tests at last year’s world championships.
Both boxers shrugged off criticism and went all the way to winning top Olympic gongs in their respective weight categories as their participation was defended by IOC president Thomas Bach.
However, the issue over Khelif’s credibility in winning women’s gold at the Olympics was thrust back into the spotlight following an apparently leaked excerpt from a report, first reported by Bild, that claims Khelif is a ‘biological male’ -…
