In 2023 the International Boxing Association (IBA) disqualified Khelif from the World Championships after she failed a gender test. Despite that, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allowed her to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where she won the gold medal in the 66 kg division. In the final she defeated China’s Yang Liu.

Paris Olympics gold medallist Imane Khelif has refuted the rumours of her retirement, but she will not be taking part in the World Boxing Championships 2025, which has made a sex test mandatory for women’s boxers.

Olympic gold medal-winning boxer Imane Khelif looks almost unrecognisable after unveiling a dramatic new look this week. The Algerian star was cleared to compete at the Paris 2024 Summer Games despite the International Boxing Association (IBA) previously disqualifying both her and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting from the 2023 World Championships.