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Imane Khelif vows to defend Olympic boxing title in Los Angeles: ‘President Trump would not intimidate me’
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Imane Khelif vows to defend Olympic boxing title in Los Angeles: ‘President Trump would not intimidate me’

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By Tycoon Herald 5 Min Read Published March 19, 2025
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Imane Khelif goals to return to the Olympic Video games and win a second gold medal in Los Angeles.

The 25-year-old Algerian boxer gained gold final yr on the Paris Olympics whereas being the topic of a contentious gender eligibility row.

She desires to compete in her third Video games in 2028, even after United States President Donald Trump wrongly claimed she had transitioned from a person.

Chatting with ITV Information in an interview to be broadcast on Wednesday night, Khelif mentioned: “I will give you a straightforward answer: the US President issued a decision related to transgender policies in America. I am not transgender. This does not concern me, and it does not intimidate me. That is my response.”

That got here after Khelif interrupted a query about her dream of repeating her triumph, saying: “Second gold medal, of course. In America, Los Angeles.”

Worldwide boxing’s disgraced governing physique, the IBA, has been expelled from the Olympic motion and boxing was liable to being eradicated from the Video games altogether. However the Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC) has recognised new organisation World Boxing, which has changed the IBA, and the IOC is ready to vote to verify readmitting the game to LA 2028.

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Imane Khelif vows to defend Olympic boxing title in Los Angeles: ‘President Trump would not intimidate me’

Sky Sports activities Information senior reporter Geraint Hughes defined why Algerian boxer Imane Khelif is taking authorized motion over media stories in France

It means competing within the Olympics shall be an possibility, although all boxers, together with former champions, should qualify.

Khelif’s triumph in Paris, together with that of Chinese language Taipei’s Lin Yu Ting, sparked a gender eligibility debate that high-profile figures corresponding to President Trump, Elon Musk and JK Rowling fuelled.

Khelif revealed she was “deeply affected mentally” by the “major media campaign” surrounding her, and mentioned her mom was attending hospital virtually day by day as her household shared the brunt of the assaults.

The furore adopted an IOC determination to dismiss the blood exams which had prompted the now-discredited IBA to disqualify Khelif from the World Championships in 2023.

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Geraint Hughes explainer on how boxing could remain an Olympic sport

Sky Sports activities Information’ Geraint Hughes explains how boxing is ready to be included on the Los Angeles Olympic Video games in 2028

She mentioned: “As we say in Algeria, those who have nothing to hide should have no fear. The truth became clear at the Paris Olympics – the injustice was exposed and later, the truth was acknowledged by the Olympic Committee in Paris.”

She added: “For me, I see myself as a girl, just like any other girl. I was born a girl, raised as a girl, and have lived my entire life as one.

“I’ve competed in lots of tournaments, together with the Tokyo Olympics and different main competitions, in addition to 4 World Championships. All of those occurred earlier than I began profitable and incomes titles. However as soon as I started reaching success, the campaigns towards me began.”

IBA marketing campaign ‘faux information’

IOC president Thomas Bach not too long ago criticised the IBA, which is headed by Russian businessman Umar Kremlev, for stirring up controversy round Khelif.

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Sky Sports activities clear up questions surrounding whether or not we are going to see boxing on the 2028 Olympic Video games

“I would not consider this [Paris Games gender row] a real crisis because all this discussion is based on a fake news campaign coming from Russia,” Bach advised Reuters. “This was part of the many, many fake news campaigns we had to face from Russia before Paris and after Paris.

“[The dispute] has nothing to do with the fact. These two feminine focuses have been born as ladies, they have been raised as ladies, they’ve been competing as ladies, they’ve been profitable and shedding as each different particular person.”

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