Embattled Boxer Imane Khelif Left Past Female Fighter Thanking God for Survival, Long Before Olympic Match
If you’re the International Olympics Committee, or a broadcaster, or an amateur athlete, it would ordinarily be good news that people are talking about the quadrennial games.
Unfortunately, that hasn’t been the case in Paris in 2024. From mockery of God to effluence in the Seine disrupting the men’s triathlon, it seems there’s been little cause for organizers to celebrate. And now, they face what’s likely their biggest challenge yet: a women’s boxer named Imane Khelif.
Khelif, who is Algerian, also has the relative advantage of XY chromosomes, which would typically make her male. Multiple outlets, including Reuters, reported that she suffers from one of a range of extremely rare medical conditions known as Differences of Sexual Development,
