Imane Khelif: the Man Who Beat Women, by Teresa Giménez Barbat

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Many celebrated their victory when boxer Imane Khelif admitted in an interview recently that she has high testosterone levels. She was therefore admitting that she is actually a man. This is not the case and factual errors still prevail in the discussion about the participation of intersex women in sports.

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Imane Khelif, an Algerian trans woman (biological man) who competed in the female category as a boxer, has confirmed that she is a man. Indeed, she has publicly admitted to owning the SRY gene (Sex-determining Region Y) which, located on the Y chromosome, is responsible for initiating male development in the embryo. Khelif competed as a woman at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and won the gold medal.