Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif has said she is prepared to undergo a sex test to compete at the 2028 Los Angeles Games, as she pushes back against claims by US President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly described her as a “male boxer.”
Khelif, 26, won gold at the Paris 2024 Olympics, but her participation and victory sparked a global gender-eligibility controversy after claims surfaced that she had allegedly failed a sex eligibility test the previous year. The issue intensified in 2025 when World Boxing announced mandatory sex screening for fighters, a statement that singled out Khelif by name before the governing body later issued an apology.
