Overview

Imane Khelif Medical Report Leak It refers to the lawsuit filed by Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, the Paris 2024 Olympic champion in the 66 kg category, against people who claim she leaked an unverified medical report suggesting that she suffered from a disorder of sexual development and was improperly registered as a woman. childhood. The scandal surrounding the boxer’s gender sparked a heated debate on the Internet. Khelif’s boxing match vs Italy’s Angela Carini 2024 Paris Olympics. In November 2024, Khelif’s gender became a viral topic again after Fench magazine Le Correspondant claimed to have seen a leaked medical report on the Algerian.

Background

On October 25, 2024, the French magazine Le Correspondant published an exclusive article titled “Imane Khelif: neither ovaries nor uterus, only testicles”, claiming to have access to Imane Khelif’s medical file from two famous hospitals: the Kremlin Bicêtre hospital in Paris and Mohamed Lamine Debaghine hospital in Algeria. According to the medical report presented by the tabloid in June 2023, doctors Soumaya Fedala and Jacques Young point out the claim that Khelif has internal testicles and XY chromosomes due to a medical condition. (seen below)

The BBC and many other news sources were unable to verify the claims.

Developments

Imane Khelif Medical Report Case

On November 6, 2024, Imane Khelif announced it was taking legal action over leaked reports that allegedly contained details of 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 a day.

Online Reactions

Khelif’s leaked medical records have reignited a major debate about the boxer’s gender; While netizens shared unverified information to attack the Algerian, others defended him and pointed out the lack of credibility in the papers and documentation. investigation The athlete’s internet obsession.

For example, on November 4, 2024, page 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 that said Khelif had XY chromosomes and “testes,” receiving nearly 206 upvotes and 361 comments in four days.

Also on November 4, 2024, X user @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) garnered more than 133,000 views and 1,300 likes in four days.

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