Olympic champion boxer Imane Khelif shows off a dramatic new feminine makeover after winning gold in Paris, where her failed gender tests sparked a huge row

Olympic champion Imane Khelif has sported a new look to show off her hard-won gold medal in Paris.

Khelif’s participation in the women’s Olympic boxing event was a source of debate during the Games, especially after Italian fighter Angela Carini abandoned their bout after just 46 seconds.

Khelif, along with his Taiwanese colleague Lin Yu-ting, were disqualified from the 2023 World Championships by the IBA after they reportedly failed a gender test.

Still, the Algerian boxer kept a low profile and won gold for her country in Paris, showing off her new precious metal after undergoing a makeover.

In a video posted to Instagram, Khelif is seen hitting the camera, then seen in a pink floral dress with matching earrings, pink eyeliner and lip gloss.

Imane Khelif poses for the cameras and shows off her gold medal from the Paris Olympics

The clip, uploaded to social media, begins with the fighter punching the camera and laughing

Khelif won gold for Algeria in the women’s 66kg boxing competition at the Paris Olympics

She also proudly shows off her medal and smiles at the camera in the short clip she posted on social media.

Her participation in the competition, which was vigorously defended by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), was discussed during the Games. The reason for this was that she had been disqualified from an earlier competition, which had led to controversy.

Although the IBA banned her and Lin from the world championships, the IOC had a different opinion on the matter.

“This is a question of justice: women should be allowed to participate in women’s competitions. And the two are women,” said President Thomas Bach.

Khelif even defended her own participation, saying, “I am fully qualified to take part in this competition. I am a woman like any other woman.

“I was born a woman. I’ve lived a woman. I’ve competed as a woman – there’s no doubt about that.”

However, she has still faced criticism from a number of figures, including X and Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Harry Potter author JK Rowling, who named and shamed the 25-year-old in a lawsuit.

The fighter was also referred to as a man by former President of the United States of America Donald Trump, and Khelif admitted she was “affected” by the “noise”.

Donald Trump called Khelif a man when he stood on stage, not long after the Algerian’s victory

However, the 25-year-old told Donald Trump not to get involved in sports after he called her a man

Khelif defeated China’s Yang Liu in the final of the women’s welterweight division for Olympic gold

“Who wants men to compete in women’s sports? I want to congratulate the young woman who went from being a man to being a woman. He… She won gold,” Trump said.

His comments were false: Khelif is not transgender and was born female, but it was claimed she has male XY chromosomes after undergoing testing through the IBA last year. Since then, authorities have largely refused to answer questions about how the process works.

“Right after that there was a lot of noise from politicians, athletes, stars, artists – Elon Musk and Donald Trump – and it hurt me a lot. I can’t describe how scared I was,” the 25-year-old said.

“This touched me. I’m not lying to you, it touched me very much. It hurt a lot. I can’t describe the fear I had, but thank God I was able to overcome it. Thank God all the people in Algeria and the Arab world knew Imane Khelif with her femininity, her courage, her will.”