Episode 2649
Imane Khelif
Sat, 2024-Aug-03 03:16 UTC
Length - 1:43
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With 2,637,462 views on Friday, 2 August 2024 our article of the day is Imane Khelif.
Imane Khelif (Arabic: إيمان خليف, romanized: ʾĪmān Khalīf, pronounced [ʔiːˈmaːn xaˈliːf]; born 2 May 1999) is an Algerian professional boxer. She represented Algeria at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Following Khelif's victory over Italy's Angela Carini during the 2024 Olympic Games, rumors surfaced on social media falsely claiming that Khelif was a transgender woman, or speculation that she is intersex. The controversy traces back to Khelif's disqualification from the 2023 Women's World Boxing Championships organised by the International Boxing Association (IBA). The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and its Paris Boxing Unit stated Khelif was eligible to compete in the Olympics, criticized the IBA disqualification, and described many reports as misleading.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 03:16 UTC on Saturday, 3 August 2024.
For the full current version of the article, see Imane Khelif on Wikipedia.
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