All about Olympic boxer Imane Khelif and an ill-informed gender debate| Dhanya Rajendran #olympics

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif became the target of intense scrutiny and online abuse following her match against Italian boxer Angela Carini at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Despite winning the fight, Khelif was falsely accused of being a transgender person or "a man pretending to be a woman," with these baseless claims amplified by influential figures.

In this episode of "Let Me Explain," TNM's Editor-in-Chief Dhanya Rajendran explores the origins of these harmful allegations and dismantles the myths surrounding Khelif, Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting and many other athletes . The episode delves into the flawed science and entrenched biases that fuel such attacks, examines the role of the discredited International Boxing Association (IBA) in spreading misinformation, and discusses the broader issues of gender, race, and fairness in sports.

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[Popthekettleonlove]

Nope it’s about internal testes and a DSD. It is about male puberty

[arpanapalle]

There's a good reason why sports/atheletics events are held seperately for males and females. Only biological females should compete with biological females and same should apply to males too. Genetic make up is what decides our gender. It's not their fault that they are genetic males and had a body that is in between mae and females. By puberty testosterone levels shoot up that give them advantage when they compete against women. It is not the question of gender politics but it is a biological truth.

[aaaaak]

The world is just getting crazier and craxier!!!

[willwell]

I totally respect independent media like TNM in India as they always give a different perspective than the mainstream media does when it pertains to Indian issues, however when it comes to international issues they just seem to regurgitate what NYT, WP and Reuters etc put out.

[mja]

Both Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting have clinched gold. They won all their bouts 5-0 and were the only ones to do so in their respective categories. So much for IOC and their 'assumption of no advantage'.

[Joyous]

No matter what you say, the truth remains.

[安居號]

1. No evidence of XY chromosomes or transgender—only “verbal claims” by IBA
The IBA organization held a press conference but failed to produce the report.
2. Only one verbal claim (by IBA) without formal report, but all other normal tests were ignored:
Lin & Khelif have undergone testing in world-class competitions for so many years, but only the IBA in 2023 ‘claimed’ there was an issue and refused to disclose the test items, while previous and subsequent normal test reports by other fair associations have been ignored
3. The whole thing is a political attack and fake news
The IBA is backed by Russian forces, so they’re targeting a Taiwanese athlete disliked by China and Khelif, who once defeated a Russian athlete. Most national boxing associations have already withdrawn from IBA, so they are now trying to get revenge on the IOC.

[thatswhatshesaid]

Why are the IBA keeping the tests they conducted confidential? What a strange way to further create confusion.

[edus]

It's interesting to notice that the presenter of the video does tell about the IBA refusal of revealing their test-results while "forgetting" to tell that both athletes did NOT appeal their disqualification of the IBA's WORLD boxing championship in 2023 (not "an event" like slyly told by this presenter).
It's also interesting to notice that the IOC accepted one athlete merely because the passport (issued a few years ago) states that the athlete is a "woman", a fact NOT mentioned by this presenter.
"Racial discrimination"? When done by Indian men against Indian women, is it also racism? Or is it suddenly something else, maybe "cultural"? It's interesting how the presenter mentioned black and Indian women but "suddenly" forgetting the Spaniard athlete, a "whitie"...
And XY = male and XX = female. As simple as that and nothing "complex" to invent afterwards.

[jeremyshay]

Post actual dna test results of boxers. Safety of competing women is paramont!! Not the feelings of misdiagnosed men.

[tarasri]

Please enlighten me, with the science. . does this person who has XY chromosome get monthly periods? Has this person ever menstruated...? .
As biological women we all know the weakness women feel during the monthly phase .

[harbourhaven]

Olympics losing all credibility sadly. I have two young daughters, XX, and wonder what their world of sports is going to look like in the coming years?

[hassanarafat]

I remember when Australians were unable to handle Harbhajan's spinners (Doosra) they started labeling it as suspicions. And it happened with Muralidharan too. Now another white Karen blames the problem with a brown person. It easy to realize where the problem is.

[dihiahabireche]

If there's something Algerian people despite the most it's definitely INJUSTICE this is why they have her back. Imene definitely has nothing to fear nor to loose as long as she has her people! They picked the wrong fight with the wrong person with the wrong people, little do the haters know that Algerians have an exospheric national integrity and pride.

[arondebreceni]

If you have male chromosomes (xy), you definitely have a big advantage over women in boxing. Even if you have a complete androgen insensitivity syndrome (CAIS). No women with xy chromosomes, only with xx.

[domontweb]

No they have xy chromosomes, so it’s based

They could easily re-do the tests with a cheek swab if they don’t trust the iba

[diarrheaexpress]

Woman genetical test show XX, Man is XY- nothing more needed !!!

[AnyoneCanSee]

In this video, you are literally blaming the victim after she was beaten by a man. You need to apologise.

[commentkiller]

Excellent work @TeamTNM & @Dhanyarajendran

[chrisperez]

Khelif doesn’t even rely on her power. She’s a really good boxer.