Khelif had been set to make a aggressive comeback in Eindhoven from 5-10 June.
However on Friday, World Boxing stated necessary intercourse testing could be launched subsequent month “to make sure the protection of all members and ship a aggressive degree enjoying subject for women and men.”
It added: “In mild of plans to introduce this coverage and the actual circumstances surrounding some boxers that competed on the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games, World Boxing has written to the Algerian Boxing Federation to tell it that Imane Khelif won’t be allowed to take part within the feminine class on the Eindhoven Field Cup or any World Boxing occasion till Imane Khelif undergoes intercourse testing.
“This choice displays considerations over the protection and wellbeing of all boxers, together with Imane Khelif, and goals to guard the psychological and bodily well being of all members in mild of among the reactions which have been expressed in relation to the boxer’s potential participation on the Eindhoven Field Cup.”
World Boxing additionally revealed a letter it had despatched to each Khelif and the Algerian Boxing Federation, claiming that the brand new eligibility guidelines have been developed “with the specific function of safeguarding athletes in fight sports activities” given the “bodily dangers related to Olympic-style boxing”.
It additionally stated within the letter that in “the occasion the athlete’s intercourse certification is challenged by the athlete’s federation or by World Boxing” the athlete shall be “ineligible to compete till the dispute is resolved”.
World Boxing was granted provisional recognition as the game’s worldwide governing federation by the IOC in February 2025, and the Algerian Boxing Federation joined it in September.
Khelif has all the time competed within the ladies’s division and there’s no suggestion the fighter identifies as something apart from a lady.
Some reviews took the IBA stating that Khelif has XY chromosomes to invest that the fighter might need variations of sexual growth (DSD), like runner Caster Semenya.
Nonetheless, the BBC has not been in a position to affirm whether or not that is or will not be the case.
The IOC made it clear final yr that is “not a transgender case”.
In an announcement on Tuesday, the IOC stated it “has all the time made it clear that eligibility standards are the duty of the respective Worldwide Federation. The elements that matter to sports activities efficiency are distinctive to every sport, self-discipline, and/or occasion.
“We await the total particulars of how intercourse testing will likely be carried out in a secure, truthful and legally enforceable means.”
World Boxing has stated that its new coverage is within the remaining phases of growth, and can imply that “all athletes over the age of 18 that need to take part in a World Boxing owned or sanctioned competitors might want to endure a PCR (polymerase chain response) genetic take a look at to find out their intercourse at beginning and their eligibility to compete.”
