- Two transgender boxers have been cleared to fight at the Paris Olympics
- The boxers in question are Imane Khelif from Algeria and Lin Yu-Ting from Taiwan
- Footage of Khelif delivering heavy blows to a former opponent has gone viral
Footage has surfaced on social media of a transgender boxer, who is eligible to compete in the Olympic Games, mercilessly attacking a female opponent.
Two boxers who were banned from competing in the world championships because they were biologically male have now been allowed to compete in the Olympic Games as women.
A stir broke out in Paris after it emerged that Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin Yu-Ting of Taiwan were disqualified from last year’s tournament over questions about their biological gender.
But IOC bosses said both athletes met the eligibility criteria and will box in the coming days.
Now, however, there are images that X The photo of Khelif dominating one of her previous opponents has gone viral as fans reacted to the news of her participation in the Olympics.
Footage has surfaced on social media of a transgender boxer, who is eligible to compete in the Olympics, brutally beating a previous female opponent
Imane Khelif (pictured) of Algeria is one of two boxers who has been allowed to compete as a woman at the Olympic Games, despite being banned from the world championships.
A video shows Khelif delivering hard blows to the head of her Mexican opponent Brianda Tamara in December 2022.
The video’s caption asked fans to “pay attention to the power of the punches” Khelif displayed as she hit her opponent in a flurry of punches.
After the disqualification, Mexican Tamara came forward with her own experiences during a fight with Khelif earlier in the tournament.
“When I fought her, I felt completely out of my mind,” she wrote on X. “Her punches hurt me so much, I don’t think I’ve ever felt that way in my 13 years as a boxer, or in my sparring with men. Thank God I got out of the ring safely that day, and it’s good that they finally realized it.”
Both Khelif and Yu-Ting were disqualified from the Women’s World Boxing Championships in New Delhi in March 2023 after a series of DNA tests were ordered over concerns about the gender of some of the participants.
At the time, International Boxing Association (IBA) president Umar Kremlev claimed that the tests had shown that the athletes – including Khelif and Yu-Ting – had “XY chromosomes”.
Lin Yu-Ting from Taiwan (left) will compete with Khelif at the Olympic Games in Paris this summer
Umar Kremlev, president of the International Boxing Association, had previously claimed that tests had shown the athletes had ‘XY chromosomes’
He added that they “unmasked athletes who tried to mislead their colleagues and pretended to be women.”
However, the IBA has been stripped of its right to host Olympic boxing events due to concerns about governance. The IOC has said that all athletes involved should be allowed to compete, with the current rules seen as more lenient than those of the IBA.
After last year’s ban, the Algerian Olympic Committee responded, claiming the disqualification was part of a “conspiracy” to prevent them from winning a gold medal. They said there were “medical reasons” behind the high testosterone levels.