{"id":4047,"date":"2024-08-13T19:43:42","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T19:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=4047"},"modified":"2024-08-13T19:43:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T19:43:42","slug":"imane-khelifs-former-sparring-partner-makes-shocking-statement-about-the-boxers-gender-following-massive-olympic-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=4047","title":{"rendered":"Imane Khelif\u2019s Former Sparring Partner Makes Shocking Statement About The Boxer\u2019s Gender Following Massive Olympic Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"

A former training opponent of Olympic gold medal boxer Imane Khelif has now put the controversy surrounding her gender back into focus with recent comments.<\/p>\n

A former\u00a0boxing<\/a>\u00a0opponent of Imane Khelif has claimed the Olympic champion is a \u201cman\u201d and suggested the Algerian has been \u201cbiologically altered.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bulgarian-Nigerian women\u2019s boxer Joana Nwamerue, who is a 6-0 professional boxer and sparred with Khelif in the past, labeled Khelif a \u201cman\u201d and became convinced during sparring sessions in February that the Algerian has \u201cmale power and male techniques.\u201d<\/p>\n

Per an interview with\u00a0REDUXX<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201c(Khelif) has some kind of internal issues. But he is a man. I will stay [by] my words until he\/she does a test to prove to the world that he\/she is a woman. But we all know that won\u2019t happen,\u201d Nwameru said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The newest claims come in the wake of the Games in Paris, where Khelif \u2013 and Taiwan\u2019s Lin Yu-Ting \u2013 both won Olympic gold in boxing while being subjected to huge global scrutiny over eligibility due to their gender.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think we played 3-4 sparring sessions. I have a record of everything. I can confirm that this is a man to me. Male power. Men\u2019s techniques, everything.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Nwamerue claimed that she was told Imane Khelif has been\u00a0\u201cbiologically altered\u201d<\/em>\u00a0by living in the mountain ranges in her native Algeria, she added:\u00a0\u201c[Khelif\u2019s] teammates came to me and told me \u2018Imane is not a man. She is a woman and just lives high in the mountains with her relatives and parents, and so there may be a change in her testosterone or chromosomes and the like.’\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Imane Khelif Files Online Harassment Complaint After Gender Controversy<\/h2>\n

Imane Khelif won gold, but she is not going away without at least one more fight.<\/p>\n

Khelif, the Algerian boxer who won the Olympic gold medal in the women\u2019s boxing 66-kilogram division, filed a complaint over online harassment in Paris.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old athlete was subject to online scrutiny after one of her opponents, Italian boxer Angela Carini, abandoned their fight after 46 seconds and declared she \u201cnever felt a punch like this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many mentioned that Imane Khelif was disqualified by the International Boxing Association (IBA) from last year\u2019s Women\u2019s World Championships after she failed a gender eligibility test.<\/p>\n

However, Khelif was born female and does not identify as transgender or intersex.<\/p>\n

Khelif filed the complaint to the National Center for Combating Online Hate.<\/p>\n

Variety<\/a>\u00a0reports that the Paris Prosecutor\u2019s Office, which has yet to receive the complaint, is expected to proceed with an investigation.<\/p>\n

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