The sex-test results from the 2023 International Boxing Association (IBA) Championships have revealed that Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who gained attention after sweeping through a women’s boxing division at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, has male DNA.
The test report was obtained by 3 Wire Sports, which reported that the testing was done at India’s Dr. Lal PathLabs ahead of the New Delhi championships. The lab is a “national reference lab” that is accredited by the Illinois-based College of American Pathologists and certified by the Swiss International Organization for Standardization.
The report stated that the test was conducted on March 17, 2023, and stated, “Chromosome analysis reveals Male Karyotype,” which refers to an individual’s complete set of chromosomes.
Just days before the report was released by 3 Wire Sports, World Boxing, which has been provisionally approved to run Olympic boxing at the LA 2028 Olympics, announced that all athletes, including Khelif, would be required to undergo sex testing to determine gender eligibility.
World Boxing issued a statement to the Algerian Boxing Federation on May 30 that stated, “Imane Khelif may not participate in the female category at the Eindhoven Box Cup, 5-10 June 2025 and any World Boxing event until Imane Khelif undergoes genetic sex screening in accordance with World Boxing’s rules and testing procedures.”
IOC Spokesman Mark Adams had said during a Paris Olympics news conference regarding the IBA testing, “Those tests are not legitim