{"id":85698,"date":"2025-08-21T07:43:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T07:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/85698\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T07:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T07:43:09","slug":"imane-khelif-hits-out-at-her-former-boxing-manager-over-malicious-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/85698\/","title":{"rendered":"Imane Khelif hits out at her former boxing manager over \u2018malicious\u2019 claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Olympic boxing<\/a> champion Imane Khelif<\/a> has denied claims made by her former manager that she has retired from the sport, saying she is still training regularly.<\/p>\n

Algerian Khelif and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting<\/a> were in the spotlight at the Paris Games last year over their eligibility after they had been disqualified from the 2023 World Championships by the IBA, which said sex chromosome tests had ruled them ineligible.<\/p>\n

However, they competed in the women’s category in Paris after being cleared by the International Olympic Committee, with both winning gold medals in their weight classes.<\/p>\n

Khelif has not competed since her win in Paris.<\/p>\n

In an interview with French newspaper Nice-Matin on Wednesday, Khelif’s former manager Nasser Yesfah said she had “left the world of boxing”.<\/p>\n

In a follow-up interview with the same newspaper hours later, Yesfah clarified he was only referring to Khelif’s boxing commitments in the city of Nice, where she was previously part of the Nice Azur club.<\/p>\n

\"ImaneImane Khelif won gold in the women’s 66kg boxing event at the Paris Olympics (AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Khelif criticised Yesfah’s comments in a post on Facebook on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

“It is based solely on statements made by a person who no longer represents me in any way, and whom I consider to have betrayed my trust and my country with his false and malicious statements,” Khelif wrote.<\/p>\n

“I have never announced my retirement from boxing. I remain committed to my sporting career, training regularly and maintaining my physical fitness between Algeria and Qatar in preparation for upcoming events.<\/p>\n

“The publication of such rumours is intended solely to disrupt and damage my sporting and professional career.”<\/p>\n

Khelif had been due to compete in a World Boxing tournament in the Netherlands in June, but opted to skip it shortly after the governing body initially announced its plans to introduce sex testing for all boxers in its competitions.<\/p>\n

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World Boxing president Boris van der Vorst later apologised after Khelif was named in their announcement on mandatory sex testing, saying her privacy should have been protected.<\/p>\n

Khelif, 26, has repeatedly said she was born a woman and has a long history in female boxing competitions. In March, she said she would defend her title at the 2028 Los Angeles Games.<\/p>\n

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