'Take gold back': Harbhajan Singh reacts after Olympics medalist Imane Khelif confirmed as man in leaked medical report
PTC News Desk: Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who won a gold medal in the women's 66kg category, continues to make headlines months after the Paris Olympics 2024 campaign.
Many labelled Khelif as a biological man, yet she went on to win gold in the women's 66kg category despite her eligibility for the competition being called into question. Months after the Paris Games ended, a new controversy sparked when a leaked medical report revealed that Khelif was, in fact, a man.
Former India cricketer Harbhajan Singh reacted to the report and tagged the Olympics on social media while asking them to take the gold medal back.
According to the leaked medal report, which French journalist Djaffar Ait Aoudia obtained, the Algerian boxer has internal testicles and XY chromosomes. According to the document, the condition suggests a medical condition known as 5-alpha reductase insufficiency.
The report has been allegedly drafted by experts from the Kremlin-Bicetre Hospital in Paris and the Mohamed Lamine Debaghine Hospital in Algiers in June 2023. The detailed report thoroughly describes Khelif's biological characteristics, such as the presence of internal testicles and the absence of a uterus. According to Redux, an MRI result also indicated the presence of a micropenis.
The International Boxing Association (IBA) barred Khelif from competing for the World Championship Gold Medal in New Delhi in 2023.
In fact, US presidential candidate Donald Trump used Khelif's example in an ad campaign denouncing the Biden-Harris administration's gender-ad sports policy, seeking to strengthen his position by turning the conflict into an election issue.
- PTC NEWS
