World Boxing Chief has apologized after the Imane Khelif Olympic Champion was distinguished in the announcement of the Board of Directors to make sex test mandatory.
Algerian boxer Khalif, who won gold in the Paris games last summer, was mentioned amid a scrutiny around her eligibility, specifically when World Boxing released her new policy last Friday.
On Monday, its president, Boris van Deir Forest, called the Algerian Boxing Federation to admit that it was a mistake.
He wrote in a message that Associated Press saw: “I am writing to you all personally to make an official and sincere apology for this and acknowledged that its specificity should have been protected.”
Van der Forest added that he hoped to “communicate with you personally, we show our true respect for you and your sport.”
Khalif and his colleague in the gold medal Lin U-Ting from Taiwan were in the spotlight in Paris because the former Olympic Boxing Authority, the International Boxing Association, was not eligible for both World Championship fighters for the year 2023, claiming that it failed to test the unspecified eligibility.
However, the International Olympic Committee has applied the revenues of the qualification of sex used in the previous Olympic Games and Khelif and LIN to compete.
Global boxing was temporarily approved as a boxing regulator in Los Angeles 2028 games and faced pressure from boxers and their federations to create the standards of sexual eligibility.
She said there will be mandatory tests for all boxers from July 1 “to ensure the safety of all participants and to provide a competitive stadium for men and women.”
The ruling body announced that all athletes over the age of 18 in its competitions should be subject to the genetic test of the PCR series to determine their gender at birth. The PCR test detects chromosomes through the mouth, saliva or blood.
If an athlete is determined by competing in women’s categories for the presence of a chromosome material for males, “preliminary examinations will be referred to independent clinical specialists for genetic examination, hormonal features, anatomical examination or any other assessment of endocrine definition files by medical professionals.” Policy also includes an appeal.
Khelif plans to defend its gold medal in La games, but some boxers and their federations have already spoken against its inclusion.
She intended to return to international competition this month in the Einhoven Box Cup in the Netherlands.
