"She's completely quit right now. She hasn't even started again; she doesn't box anymore. After what happened at the Olympics... In any case, if she were to turn pro, she'd be subjected to the same type of test (gender test, ed.)."

Thus, interviewed by the French newspaper “Nice-Matin”, Nasser Yesfah, mentor and former manager of Imane Khelif , announced the possible retirement of the Olympic boxing champion, victorious amid controversy last year at the Paris Olympics.

"Imane does training sessions in Algeria or goes to Qatar, to the national training center, but nothing more. And then she travels mainly for sponsorship deals," added Yesfah.

In June of this year, Khelif, who has not entered the ring since Paris 2024, was scheduled to return for the Eindhoven Box Cup, a tournament that, as required by the rules of World Boxing, the new body governing Olympic boxing, required mandatory gender testing for participants. Khelif was excluded from the competition, although it was not clear whether she had agreed to undergo the tests.

(Unioneonline)

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