Controversial boxer Imane Khelif plans to compete in 2028 LA Olympics, disregards Trump's gender policies

After stirring the biggest contention successful a controversy-filled Olympics successful Paris past summer, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif plans to bash it each again successful 2028.

The golden medalist told ITV successful an exclusive interrogation that the jock plans to vie successful the 2028 Olympics successful Los Angeles, which volition beryllium the archetypal Summer Games based successful the U.S. since 1996. The 2028 games volition besides travel successful the last twelvemonth of President Donald Trump's term, which has truthful acold been partially defined by strict sex eligibility policies successful women's sports. 

Khelif brewed planetary outrage successful Paris during a tally to a golden medal successful women's boxing contempt being antecedently disqualified from the International Boxing Association World Championships successful 2023 for sex edibility issues. IBA President Umar Kremlev released a connection to Russia’s TASS Agency astir wherefore Khelif was disqualified. 

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Imane Khelif, right, from Algeria competes against Luca Anna Hamori from Hungary. (Sina Schuldt/picture confederation via Getty Images)

"Based connected DNA tests, we identified a fig of athletes who tried to instrumentality their colleagues into posing arsenic women. According to the results of the tests, it was proved that they person XY chromosomes. Such athletes were excluded from competition," Kremlev said.

Khelif has not been proven to beryllium transgender. 

The Algerian Olympic Committee said astatine the clip that Khelif was disqualified for "medical reasons." Algerian media reported that Khelif was disqualified for precocious testosterone levels, according to Reuters. Khelif claimed the disqualification was portion of a "conspiracy" to forestall Algeria from winning gold. 

However, Khelif was permitted to vie successful Paris, and had the afloat enactment of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and president Thomas Bach. As a result, the boxer prompted dense backlash from those who believed Khelif should not beryllium capable to vie successful the women's class based connected their past sex eligibility issues.

Those critics included Trump, billionaire Elon Musk and writer J.K. Rowling. Khelif has filed a suit successful France citing "acts of aggravated cyber harassment" implicit the nationalist effect to her participation.

"When I saw that adjacent heads of state, celebrated figures and erstwhile athletes were speaking astir maine without having verified facts, it shocked me," Khelif told ITV.

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Algeria's Imane Khelif, right, looks astatine Italy's Angela Carini aft their women's 66kg preliminary boxing lucifer astatine the Summer Olympics, Aug. 1, 2024, successful Paris. (AP Photo/John Locher)

"They were speaking conscionable for the involvement of talking without immoderate reliable oregon documented information. I besides noticed connected societal media that radical were discussing the contented without immoderate trustworthy sources. That was what affected maine the astir successful the beginning. Why was I, Imane Khelif, the people of specified a campaign?’’

Khelif besides told ITV the backlash impacted the wellness of the athlete's mother. 

"It affected maine mentally, arsenic good arsenic my family. Even my parent was profoundly affected. She was going to the infirmary astir each day. My relatives were besides impacted, and the full Algerian radical felt the value of the situation. This went beyond conscionable a sporting contented oregon a game; it escalated into a large media run that could person had a terrible antagonistic effect connected me, my household and my intelligence well-being," she said.

"I was profoundly affected mentally and felt discouraged, but I remained alert of what was happening. Even during the Paris Olympics, I had a squad of specializer doctors who provided maine with enactment and assistance. Without their support, I mightiness person fallen into a spiral of depression."

But that isn't stopping Khelif from mounting retired to vie again successful 2028, adjacent with imaginable stricter sex eligibility policies successful place.

Trump has already signed an enforcement bid banning trans athletes from women's and girls' sports nationwide, and said Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem volition beryllium ordered to support trans athletes retired of the state for the 2028 Olympics. 

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Imane Khelif of Algeria, right, and Angela Carini of Italy are shown aft their fight. (REUTERS/Isabel Infantes)

However, Khelif claims these policies bash not use to the athlete. 

"I volition springiness you a straightforward answer: the U.S. president issued a determination related to transgender policies successful America. I americium not transgender. This does not interest me, and it does not intimidate me. That is my response," Khelif told ITV.

"For me, I spot myself arsenic a girl, conscionable similar immoderate different girl. I was calved a girl, raised arsenic a girl, and person lived my full beingness arsenic one."

With Bach acceptable to permission bureau this year, the adjacent IOC president whitethorn besides bring astir a antithetic basal to the committee's sex eligibility policy. One imaginable successor is erstwhile Olympic golden medalist Sebastian Coe.

Coe published his manifesto for his imaginativeness arsenic IOC president, and it stresses the value of protecting pistillate athletes.

He antecedently said successful a November interrogation with the BBC the concern involving Khelif made him consciousness "uncomfortable."

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