Imane Khelif will comply with genetic tests

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has said she will comply with genetic testing requirements, but only if they are carried out by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in order to be able to compete.

Khelif won the gold medal in the women's 66kg category at the Paris 2024 Games amid controversy over her participation after the International Boxing Association (IBA) disqualified her from the 2023 World Championships based on sex chromosome tests.

World Boxing, which will run the boxing events at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics after receiving provisional recognition from the IOC, announced in May last year that all boxers in its competitions would undergo mandatory gender testing. Khelif, who is appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against World Boxing's decision to bar her from competing unless she undergoes a genetic test to determine her gender, said she would submit to such testing, but only if it was administered by the IOC.

"Of course, I would agree to do whatever is required of me to compete" Khelif told CNN.

"They have to protect women, but they have to be careful that while they are protecting women, they are not harming other women. I am not transgender. I am a woman. I want to live my life. Please don't use me for your political agenda" she added.

The 26-year-old boxer expressed hope that she would get justice from CAS.

"I will not give up until I get justice because I know that justice is on my side no matter what" she said.