{"id":7581,"date":"2024-08-12T13:13:56","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T13:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/?p=7581"},"modified":"2024-08-12T13:13:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T13:13:57","slug":"imane-khelifs-trainer-break-the-silence-admits-problem-with-chromosomes-after-boxer-took-gold-but-when-this-secret-was-revealed-everyone-surprised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/?p=7581","title":{"rendered":"Imane Khelif\u2019s trainer break the silence admits \u2018problem with chromosomes\u2019 after boxer took gold, but when this secret was revealed everyone surprised"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The coach of controversial Olympic Gold medalist Imane Khelif has let slip that a \u2018problem with chromosomes\u2019 prompted boxing chiefs to ban her from women\u2019s competition last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The International Boxing Association (IBA) disqualified her after conducting medical tests which suggested the powerful welterweight was \u2018biologically male\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the Algerian brushed aside all opposition after being allowed to compete as a woman by the Olympics, simply because it said \u2018woman\u2019 in her passport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now her coach, Georges Cazorla, has confirmed that the tests identified \u2018a problem with hormones\u2019 and \u2018with chromosomes\u2019, suggesting that she may have the XY gender chromosomes typical of a man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018This poor young girl was devastated, devastated to suddenly discover that she might not be a girl,\u2019 he told French magazine Le Point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Imane Khelif celebrates with her gold medal after winning the women\u2019s welterweight boxing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games amid a storm of controversy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Khelif\u2019s coach Georges Cazorla has admitted that it was a \u2018a problem with hormones\u2019 and \u2018with chromosomes\u2019 that led to her previously being banned from women\u2019s competition<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Italy\u2018s Angela Carini threw her helmet onto the floor and sobbed after just two devastating punches from Khelif in the round-of-16 on August 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The police officer from Naples said she had \u2018never been hit so hard in my life\u2019, as she lost in just 46 seconds to her opponent from across the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now Spanish national coach Rafa Lozano has revealed that Khelif was considered too dangerous to pair with women at a boxing retreat in Madrid ahead of the Olympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018They were doing a retreat at Blume and we couldn\u2019t put her with anyone,\u2019 he told Radio Marca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018We put her with Jennifer Fernandez and it hurt her. Whoever we put her with was injured.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said coaches only found a match for her after pairing her up with Jose Quiles, one of Spain\u2019s leading male boxers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018I don\u2019t see it as fair,\u2019 he said. \u2018Everyone can think what they want, but that\u2019s how I see it.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Khelif has been hailed as a national hero after dispatching China\u2019s Yang Liu in the final, and was selected as one of Algeria\u2019s flag bearers for the Olympic closing ceremony in Paris on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the success of Khelif, and of Taiwan\u2019s Gold medalist Lin Yu-Ting, has brought intense pressure on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to tighten up who can compete in its women\u2019s categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Khelif took the gold after a bout with Liu Yang of China on Friday, defying those who criticized her or spread misinformation about her gender<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spanish national coach Rafa Lozano has revealed that Khelif was considered too dangerous to pair with women at a boxing retreat in Madrid ahead of the Olympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The organization has not conducted chromosomal tests since 1999, and stopped testing for elevated testosterone levels in 2021 after concluding that they prevented \u2018fairness, inclusion and non-discrimination on the basis of gender identify and sex variation\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Everyone competing in the women\u2019s category is complying with the competition eligibility rules,\u2019 said IOC spokesman Mark Adams last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2018They are women in their passports and it\u2019s stated that this is the case, that they are female.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Carini was not the first former opponent to testify to the power of Khelif\u2019s punches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mexican boxer Brianda Tamara Cruz said she was lucky to escape with her life after sharing a ring with the Algerian at the Golden Belt Series Finals in Guadalajara in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018When I fought her, I felt it was very out of my reach, I was hurt a lot by the punches,\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018I think I had never in my 13 years as a boxer felt like this, not even in my sparring with men.\u2018Thank God, that day I came out of the ring well.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Friday Olympics chief Thomas Bach again defended Khelif\u2019s right to box but added that he would be the first to adopt an agreed \u2018scientifically solid system\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018This system is working and so therefore our decision is clear,\u2019 he added. \u2018Women should be allowed to take part in women\u2019s competitions and the two are women.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The IBA has refused to share further details of its tests, saying the \u2018specifics\u2019 would \u2018remain confidential\u2019, and Khelif has now filed a formal legal complaint with French prosecutors urging them to investigate online harassment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Having just won a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, the boxer Imane Khelif has decided to take on a new fight: that of justice, dignity and honor,\u2019 her lawyer Nabil Boud said on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Ms Khelif has recruited (our) firm which has filed, yesterday, a complaint for aggravated cyber harassment with the online hate unit of the Paris prosecutor\u2019s\u2019 office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018The criminal investigation will determine who has initiated this misogynistic, racist and sexist campaign but will also focus on who has fed this digital lynching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018The unfair harassment suffered by this champion boxer will remain the greatest stain of these Olympic Games.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Khelif was banned from the International Boxing Association\u2019s (IBA) Women\u2019s World Boxing Championships in New Delhi last year after tests indicated she had XY chromosomes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But she won gold on Friday in the face of online hatred and claims that she is \u2018biologically male\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Khelif has lodged a complaint with French police against aggravated cyber harassment and slammed critics who \u2018cannot digest my success\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 25-year-old welterweight is now a national hero and was selected as one of Algeria\u2019s flag bearers for the Olympic closing ceremony in Paris on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But in its own statement, the IBA condemned \u2018inconsistencies in eligibility\u2019 at the Paris Games, adding: \u2018Both Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting post testing, did not meet the required eligibility criteria to compete within the female category of our respective events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018The urgent nature of the decision (to disqualify the boxers) was justified, as the safety of our boxers is our top priority.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Khelif told a press conference after winning her medal: \u2018I am a woman like any woman. I was born a woman and I have lived as a woman but there are enemies to success and they can\u2019t digest my success.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She later added: \u2018All that is being said about me on social media is immoral. I want to change the minds of people around the world.\u2019<\/p>\n

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