A Hungarian sports official has come out and stated that Algerian boxer Imane Khelif is not female. István Kovács, the European Vice President of the World Boxing Organization and former Secretary General of the International Boxing Association, told Hungarian press that he had warned the International Olympic Committee about males participating in women’s boxing as early as 2022, but that nothing was done.
In a shocking statement made to Magyar Nemzet yesterday, Kovács confirmed the speculation surrounding the Algerian boxer, adding that it had been known as early as 2022 that Khelif was biologically male.
“The problem was not with the level of Khelif’s testosterone, because that can be adjusted nowadays, but with the result of the gender test, which clearly revealed that the Algerian boxer is biologically male,” Kovács said in an interview with Magyar Nemzet, adding that a total of five boxers had been examined including Khelif by the International Boxing Association, and all of them “were indeed men.”
Kovács asserted that he personally reported shocking result immediately to the International Olympics Committee, “but as unbelievable as it is, they have not responded to this to this day.” The retired world champion boxer also commented that he recently spoke with former women’s world champion Mária Kovács, who bitterly remarked that in modern women’s boxing, “there is a 20 percent chance that one of the athletes will suffer a testicular injury.”
Male athletes with DSDs are sometimes actively sought out by national coaches because of their tremendous “natural” advantage over biological females.
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, male runners with DSDs won all three top spots in the Women’s 800m race.
More rubbish, indicated by your classification under “transgenderism”. Imane’s very family have disclosed she’s a woman aka not transgender. So so much ink spilt over this, so much energy. You are weaponising this case. You think this is what feminism is about? How about participating in the National marches to end violence against women? An actual matter that should concern women. Why are self-described gender-critical feminists never present at such marches or organising on this major national emergency? Call yourself a sex fundamentalist, that might be more accurate, or even eugenicist. It’s the same thinking – biological essentialism – that purports to be about the rights of women, but is about some idea of “purity” here. You can be intersex and a woman. These claims, such as put forward by the Hungarian here, are just claims by the way, and yet to be substantiated. The dehumanising discourse about Imane is disgusting.
FLC’s free front line service defending women against domestic violence in the courts was actively closed down by trans activists, despite the protests of many hundreds of women who wrote in support of the work we do. The feelings of a tiny minority of males were prioritised over the safety of women. How would you know whether gender critical feminists are present at such marches? If they identify themselves as such they are violently set upon by trans activists. No one is talking about ‘purity’ – we are talking about women’s safety in sport and in many other areas (DV shelters, jails and detention centres, changerooms and toilets etc).
xx = women. XY = man.
men hit 166% harder than women.
stop lying. ur insulting the entire world with this. gender ideology robs women of their safety allowing men in their spaces. 99% of assaults on women are via biological men (xy). it maters. to claim otherwise is cynical. you dont speak for all women
What a load of rubbish… made up language that has zero scientific backing… you’re a moron.