The ‘diversity’-championing Left will need to do some soul-searching now that a lab report has surfaced that proves beyond doubt that controversial Paris Olympics women’s boxing champion Imane Khelif is in fact—a man.
The result of Khelif’s sex test results from the 2023 World Championships has been made public by Alan Abrahamson, the American journalist who disclosed in Paris how the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had been warned more than a year earlier that Khelif had the DNA of a “male.”
The revelation comes less than two days after World Boxing ruled that Khelif would need to undergo sex screening to be eligible for any future appearances in the female category.
The document published on the 3 Wire Sports website summarises the findings on Khelif as “abnormal,” stating: “Chromosome analysis reveals male karyotype.” A karyotype denotes an individual’s complete set of chromosomes, which in Khelif’s case has been reported to be XY, the male pattern.
While the news does not really come as a surprise to anyone even moderately familiar with the saga, the test results should dispel any doubts as to the sex of Khelif. The results originate from Dr Lal Path Labs in New Delhi, accredited by the American College of Pathologists and certified by the Swiss-based International Organisation for Standardisation.
This obviously debunks the earlier claims of IOC spokesman Mark Adams who, at a news conference at the Paris Olympics, described the results as “ad hoc” and “not legitimate.” The alleged lack of legitimacy was ‘proven’ by Thomas Bach, the IOC president, with the suggestion that the results are the product of a Russian-led ‘misinformation campaign.’ As The Telegraph recalls, Bach pointed out in an interview earlier this year that the IBA, headed by Russia’s Umar Kremlev, had been stripped of IOC recognition in a row over ethics and financial management.
As europeanconservative.com reported last year, young Italian boxer Angela Carini quit her match after Khelif delivered a violent blow to her head. Only 46 seconds into the match, the young Italian Olympian was demolished by the Algerian, who punched her in the face. The sportswoman immediately chose to forfeit: “I went into the ring to fight. I didn’t surrender, but one punch hurt too much and I said that’s enough,” she later said, crying.
While the Algerian boxer was set to return to competitive women’s boxing in the Netherlands in June, this now may prove to be at least complicated, if not (hopefully) impossible. World Boxing, provisionally approved to run Olympic boxing in Los Angeles 2028, has announced that all athletes in its competitions over 18 years old must undergo a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) genetic test to determine their sex. The test detects chromosomal material through a mouth swab, saliva, or blood. Khelif has failed to provide any evidence of having female chromosomes in the nine months since the scandal in Paris erupted.
It is unfortunate that this whole matter has been ideologized, and those trying to protect women in sports labelled bigots and haters. Androgynous people exist, and nobody denies that. Displaying certain male biological characteristics at the same time as others that are female is something these people were born with and have to deal with on a daily basis. They deserve no discrimination or mocking. However, their condition does not entitle them—and especially not those who exploit them for financial or prestige reasons—to abuse it and use it as an advantage over their women competitors.
It is therefore indeed time to “trust the science,” as we heard time and again from the righteous left-liberals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Those advocating for the existence of more than one gender and the right of transwomen or intersex athletes to compete with biological women should now readily embrace the concept, and accept the scientific evidence that debunks their narrative of “misinformation” and “discrimination.” And although it is now too late to render full justice to the female athletes who were forced into the boxing ring to face a man, Khelif must be stripped of his gold medal—as a cheater should.
