{"id":413920,"date":"2026-02-08T03:01:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T03:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/413920\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T03:01:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T03:01:19","slug":"boxer-at-centre-of-olympic-gender-row-reveals-hormone-treatment-and-plan-for-2028-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/413920\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxer at centre of Olympic gender row reveals hormone treatment and plan for 2028 games"},"content":{"rendered":"

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif secured gold at the Paris 2024 Olympics surrounded by controversy and she has now spoken out once more as planning gets underway for the next games<\/p>\n

10:08, 05 Feb 2026Updated 10:08, 05 Feb 2026<\/p>\n

\"Imane<\/p>\n

Imane Khelif won gold in Paris(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Boxer Imane Khelif <\/a>has vowed to undergo all the relevant testing to reach the 2028 Olympics <\/a>having admitted to undergoing hormone treatment. The Algerian courted controversy in Paris a year-and-a-half ago as she claimed gold amid an ongoing row about her gender.<\/a><\/p>\n

The IOC confirmed that Khelif had complied with entry regulations for the games. And with World Boxing having now introduced sex testing<\/a>, the 26-year-old has promised to undergo all of the relevant testing to ensure she makes it to the next games in the USA.<\/p>\n

Khelif has also admitted to undergoing hormone treatment before securing gold in France. Speaking to French outlet L\u2019Equipe<\/a>, she said: \u201cI have female hormones. People don\u2019t know it, but I took hormone treatments to lower my testosterone levels for competitions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am surrounded by doctors, a professor follows me. For the qualifying tournament for the Paris Games, which was taking place in Dakar, I lowered my testosterone level to zero and I won the gold medal.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFor the next Games, if I have to take a test, I will do it. I have no problem with that. I\u2019ve already done this test.<\/p>\n

\u201cI contacted World Boxing<\/a>, I sent them my medical records, my hormone tests, everything. But I didn\u2019t get any answer. I don\u2019t hide, I don\u2019t refuse tests.\u201d<\/p>\n

Khelif was at the heart of criticism during her glory in Paris and in 2024, she filed a criminal complaint <\/a>over social media comments, with both JK Rowling and Elon Musk among those named. But French law made it impossible for either to be charged for their comments.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not a trans person I\u2019m a girl,\u201d Khelif has since reiterated. “I was raised as a girl, I grew up as a girl. The people of my village have always known me as a girl.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Imane<\/p>\n

Khelif is aiming to follow up her gold in Paris at the 2028 Olympics(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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The 2028 Olympics is set to take place in Los Angeles and gets underway on July 14. A major change to boxing has already been confirmed ahead of the games.<\/p>\n

In April last year, it was announced that an additional weight class would be added to the women\u2019s competition to bring it in line with the men\u2019s events – meaning that there are now 14 medals events.<\/p>\n

Khelif previously competed at welterweight where she beat China’s Yang Liu. And she has already confirmed that she is set to change weight class ahead of the 2028 games.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cWith the change in weight classes, I have to compete at 70kg. In Paris, I won at 66 kg, but I don\u2019t think this increase will be difficult for me. I\u2019m 1.80m tall and I\u2019m studying with the team how to best adapt to the new division.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Algerian boxer Imane Khelif secured gold at the Paris 2024 Olympics surrounded by controversy and she has now…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,62488,10258,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-413920","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-imane-khelif","10":"tag-olympic-games","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}