PHOTO: Algeria’s Imane Khelif, red, fights Hungary’s Anna Hamori in a women’s quarterfinal boxing match at the Summer Olympics, Aug. 3, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/John Locher)
As more details emerge in the controversy centering on Algerian Olympic boxer Imane Khelif, Super Bowl champion Benjamin Watson — an outspoken Christian — is urging people to “dig a little deeper” into the issue.
CBN News previously reported that Italian boxer Angela Carini forfeited their fight against Khelif just 46 seconds into the match, after the Algerian competitor landed a significant blow to Carini’s face.
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While the details surrounding Khelif’s sexual makeup remain murky, it appears the Algerian athlete was recognized as female at birth — not male. Additionally, Khelif does not identify as transgender. Nevertheless, Khelif was disqualified from the 2023 International Boxing Association’s Women’s World Boxing Championships after failing a gender eligibility test. That test — although it didn’t measure Khelif’s testosterone levels — reportedly indicated the competitor in question had X and Y chromosomes, which would make the athlete biologically male.
The test results led the IBA to decide Khelif and one other athlete, Lin Yu-ting, “did not meet the required necessary eligibility criteria and were found to
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