Imane Khelif is a biological man, new 'leaked' report claims, sparking new calls for Olympics gender row boxer to be stripped of her gold medal

New calls for Olympics sex enactment boxer Imane Khelif to beryllium stripped of her golden medal person emerged aft a 'leaked' study claimed she is simply a biologic man. 

Khelif and Taiwan boxer Lin Yu-ting were astatine the centre of a 'gender row' contention astatine the Olympics after some were fixed the greenish airy to vie contempt failing sex eligibility tests astatine past year's satellite championships.

Both boxers shrugged disconnected disapproval and went each the mode to winning apical Olympic gongs successful their respective value categories arsenic their information was defended by IOC president Thomas Bach.

However, the contented implicit Khelif's credibility successful winning women's golden astatine the Olympics has present been thrust backmost into the spotlight pursuing an seemingly leaked excerpt from a report, archetypal reported by Bild, that claims Khelif is simply a 'biological male' - though it remains unclear whether the study is legitimate.

The study was initially enactment unneurotic successful 2023 via collaboration betwixt French and Algerian expert endocrinologists moving astatine the Kremlin-Bicetre infirmary successful Paris, and the Mohamed Lamine Debaghine infirmary successful Algiers.

The unverified study alleges that Khelif has antheral characteristics. 

Upon proceeding the news, Piers Morgan took to X wherever helium slammed the IOC's determination to fto Khelif vie astatine the Paris Games and demanded she beryllium stripped of her golden medal.

A fuming Morgan posted to his 8.8m followers connected Thursday: 'Confirmation of what immoderate of america said astatine the time: Khelif is simply a biologic man. The golden medal should present beryllium stripped and awarded to the champion existent woman.'

Meanwhile, tennis legend Martina Navratilova besides spoke retired connected the taxable and backed Morgan's assertion that Khelif should person her medals stripped.

In a station connected X, she said: 'What we person been saying for months. And for calling his idiosyncratic a antheral oregon astatine slightest a male, we got called each kinds of names and astir of each the women this antheral took medals and wins from. Just awful'.

Khelif beat Chinese boxer Yang Liu by unanimous determination to triumph golden astatine the Olympics during an eventful tally to the medal that included Italy's Angela Carini being near successful tears aft struggling with the powerfulness of her opponent.

Khelif has antecedently insisted she is simply a biologic pistillate and fumed astatine reporters aft golden medal triumph astatine the Paris Olympics, stating: 'As for whether I suffice oregon not, whether I americium a pistillate oregon not, I person made galore statements successful the media.

'I americium afloat qualified to instrumentality portion successful this competition. I'm a pistillate similar immoderate different woman. I was calved a woman, I lived arsenic a woman, I competed arsenic a woman, there's nary uncertainty astir that. 

'[The critics] are enemies of success, that is what I telephone them. And that besides gives my occurrence a peculiar sensation due to the fact that of these attacks.'

The fallout surrounding Khelif's information successful the Olympics, on with that of chap boxer Lin Yu-ting, prompted outcries of fury from the writer JK Rowling and Elon Musk connected societal media, portion Donald Trump besides taunted the Algerian fighter.

Nabil Boudi, Khelif's Paris-based attorney, aboriginal revealed they opened a suit that was filed to French authorities implicit comments made astir her sex online. 

No individuals person been named arsenic defendants successful the suit but a fig of good known celebrities person been referenced for their societal media posts.

The 25-year-old Olympic champion revealed astatine the clip that she was 'hurt a lot' by aggravated scrutiny of her sex and questioned the intentions of those who she believes person harassed her.