At the Paris Olympic Games 2024, the person who attracted the most attention in Boxing is the iMane Khelif. This boxer entered the competition when many side allegations were men. The rumors increased, as the opponent of Imane Khelif in the first match asked to give up after only 46 seconds of competition.
So readers can better understand iMane Khelif, iThethao.vn Please summarize the basic information about this boxer. IMane Khelif was born in 1999, the Algerian Boxing athlete. She was born in a remote village in Tianeet province, in northwestern Algeria, in a normal family.
Before pursuing Boxing, Imane Khelif used to play football. During the first time of practicing this martial art, she had to hide her family because Algeria was not encouraged at that time. Imane Khelif's imprint in the international arena started in 2018, when she played in adulthood.
At the 2018 Women's Boxing Championship, Imane Khelif stopped in the first round. She lost to Kazakhstan boxer Karina Ibragimova with a close score of 2-3. At the 2019 World Championship, IMane Khelif continued to lose to the opening match against Natalia Shadrina, Russian female boxer.
The performance of Minane Khelif started to get better since the Tokyo Olympic Qualifier. She won tickets directly to the Olympics after winning 4 consecutive matches in the African region qualifier. Coming to the Tokyo Olympic Games, Imane Khelif won the opening match, and stopped in the quarterfinals.
The achievement of IMane Khelif suddenly improved markedly in the past 2 years. She reached the final of the 2022 and 2023 World Championships. But before the 2023 finals took place, Imane Khelif was required to check gender. The following result showed that this boxer was actually Nam.
For the above reason, the iMane Khelif was banned by the International Boxing Association (IBA) in the women's tournament managed by IBA. She was still attending the Paris Olympic Games, in the context of IBA who was deprived of the Olympic Committee of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). This has caused a lot of controversy about the true gender of Khelif, who has a male chromosome (XY).