Overview

Leaked Imane Khelif medical report refers to a legal action taken by Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, the Paris 2024 Olympic champion in the 66 kg category, against people who claimed to have leaked an unverified medical report suggesting she suffered from a sexual development disorder and that she was recorded inappropriate as a woman in it. childhood. The scandal about the boxer’s sex sparked a heated debate on the Internet during Khelif’s boxing match against the Italian Angela Carini at Paris 2024 Olympic Games. In November 2024, Khelif’s gender again became a viral topic after Fench magazine Le Correspondant claimed to have seen a leaked medical report about the Algerian.

Background

On October 25, 2024, the French magazine Le Correspondant posted an exclusive article titled “Imane Khelif: no ovaries, no uterus, but testicles”, claiming that it had access to Imane Khelif’s medical file from two renowned hospitals: the Kremlin Bicêtre hospital from Paris. and the Mohamed Lamine Debaghine hospital in Algiers. According to the medical report filed in June 2023 found by the tabloid, the doctors, Soumaya Fedala and Jacques Young, point out that Khelif has internal testicles and XY chromosomes due to a medical condition. (see below)

The BBC and many other news outlets could not verify the claims.

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Lawsuit for Imane Khelif’s medical report

On November 6, 2024, Imane Khelif revealed that she is taking legal action over reports that allegedly detail her medical records, the International Olympic Committee said in a press release. On November 7, 2024, YouTube page @WION posted a video detailing the boxer’s upcoming trial (seen below), which garnered over 2,600 views and 21 likes in one day.

Online reactions

Khelif’s leaked medical file reignited a massive debate about the boxer’s gender, as netizens shared unverified information to attack the Algerian, while others defended her and pointed out the lack of credibility in the documents and transvestigation the internet’s obsession with sports.

For example, on November 4, 2024, the X page @BRICSinfo posted a picture of the boxer holding the Olympic gold medal, with the caption Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who won gold at the Paris Olympics in women’s boxing, has been confirmed as male, according to a medical report.” The post (seen below) garnered more than 13 million views and 104,000 likes in four days.

That same day, Reddit user u/beggleboggle posted a screenshot of the alleged medical report, writing that Khelif has XY chromosomes and “testicles,” which received about 206 upvotes and 361 comments in four days.

Also on November 4, 2024, user X @arianajasmine__ posted a video commenting on the transphobic comments and attacks Khelif received online after the alleged medical report went viral. The video (seen below) has amassed over 133,000 views and 1,300 likes in four days.

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