Imane Khelif declared male: What did the Algerian Olympian’s medical report reveal? Born with testicles, no uterus, more

A medical report has revived the controversy round boxer Imane Khelif’s gender. The Algerian sportsperson clinched gold in girls’s boxing on the Paris Olympics 2024 amid accusations of being male since start.

French journalist Djaffar Ait Aoudia reportedly shared Khelif’s medical report, drafted in June 2023 by professional endocrinologists Soumaya Fedala and Jacques Younger.

What did Imane Khelif’s medical report reveal?

The contemporary media report claims that Khelif was born with “testicles” and a “micro-penis.” The report got here months after Khelif clinched a gold medal in girls’s boxing on the Paris Olympics, which was held in July-August of this yr.

In line with Djaffar Ait Aoudia’s report revealed in Lecorrespondant, the medical report of the Algerian boxer indicated “an absence of a uterus,” the presence of “gonads within the inguinal canals” (testicles in her stomach), “a blind vagina” and a micro-penis within the type of “clitoral hypertrophy.”

The report was drafted in collaboration between the Kremlin-Bicêtre Hospital in Paris, France, and the Mohamed Lamine Debaghine Hospital in Algiers, Algeria. It additionally advised that Imane Khelif was affected by 5-alpha deficiency.

What’s 5-alpha deficiency?

The deficiency, which primarily impacts males, impacts people on the time of start and influences the traditional development of a kid’s sexual organs. Because of the deficiency, male infants are incorrectly assigned feminine as a result of presence of deformed genitalia.

The medical report additionally advised that Imane Khelif might need been born to “mother and father who had been maybe blood relations” and likewise advisable “surgical correction and hormone remedy.” 

Controversy round Algerian boxer Imane Khelif’s gender

Imane Khelif confronted intense scrutiny in the course of the Paris Olympics boxing competitors for her organic intercourse and gender id. Many even claimed that Khelif is transgender. In 2023, Imane Khelif was disqualified from the World Boxing Championships after allegedly failing an eligibility take a look at.

The controversy garnered consideration when Khelif’s opponents, Italy’s Angela Carini, surrendered within the first spherical of their battle, saying she had “by no means felt a punch like this.” The controversy grew when celebrities like Elon Musk and JK Rowling posted on their social media accounts about Khelif being a person.