Imane Khelif, the Olympic gold medalist who was in the middle of a gender controversy at the Paris Games during the summer, promised to retaliate against the allegations of the International Boxing Association (IBA).
IBA declared earlier in the week that it would file criminal complaints against the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in the United States, France and Switzerland on its decision to authorize Khelif and the Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-te To participate in the games despite the disqualifications in itself tournament. World boxing is the director of the Olympic Games.
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Random Algeria’s Imane Khelif celebrates the victory against Anna Luca Hamori of Team Hungary after the 66 kg women’s match in the quarter -finals on the eighth day of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in North Paris Arena on August 3, 2024 in Paris. (Images Richard Pelham / Getty)
Khelif and Lin won gold medals at the Olympic Games.
“For eight years, I fought for my dream – years of sacrifice, discipline and perseverance to stand on the Olympic scene and represent my country with pride,” said the Algerian boxer in a statement published on Instagram. “I have won my place and I will continue to stay firm in the face of any challenge.
“For two years, I have taken the high road while my name and my image have been used, unauthorized, to new personal and political programs thanks to the spread and the dissemination of lies and baseless disinformation. Silence is no longer an option.
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The Imane Khelif of Algeria reacts before the match against Anna Luca Hamori of Hungary in the 66 kg female boxing match in the quarter -final Olympic Games 2024 at the Arena of the North of Paris on August 3, 2024 . (Mohd Rasfan / AFP via Getty Images)
“The International Boxing Association (IBA), an organization with which I am no longer associated and which is no longer recognized by the International Olympic Committee, has once again made basic accusations which are false and offensive, using them for Advance their program.
IBA cited the executive decree of President Donald Trump on transgender athletes to justify the criminal complaints.
The IOC has again reiterated that Khelif and Lin were not transgender.
IMANE KHELIF of Team Algeria is preparing to compete with Anna Luca Hamori of Team Hungary during the 66 kg female boxing match in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games at the Northern Arena, in Villepinte, France in France , August 3, 2024. (Mehmet Murat Onel / Anadolu via Getty Images)
“The two female athletes mentioned by IBA are not transgender athletes,” the organization said on Monday.
