The smear campaign against Algerian Olympic champion Imane Khelif rebounded at the start of the week after the broadcast of extracts from an unauthenticated medical report on her gender.
The Algerian Olympic Committee (COA) immediately reacted to put out the fire of the controversy, denouncing a new smear campaign against Imane Khelif.
The Algerian boxer was the victim of a global smear campaign during and after the Paris 2024 Olympic Games (July 26 – August 11). Orchestrated by figures from the global extreme right like Donald Trump, Giorgia Meloni and Elon Musk, this campaign did not prevent Imane Khelif from climbing to the highest step of the Olympic podium on Friday August 9 in Paris.
She has floored her opponents in and out of the ring. The campaign has relatively subsided, with the support of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and his country, but it has just bounced back at the start of November.
Donald Trump, who was elected Tuesday, November 5, as the 47th president of the United States, used it in his campaign clip to attack his Democratic rival Kamala Harris.
Imane Khelif prepares legal action
This report, which questions the gender of the 25-year-old Algerian Olympic champion, has been circulating on social networks for several days. According to those who propagate it, it was established by the Kremlin-Bicêtre hospital in Paris, but according to the German media DW, Doctor Jacques Young who co-wrote the report does not confirm its authenticity.
This report presents Imane Khelif as a man with testicles and XY chromosomes. But Dr Young spoke out against the use of his name to spread misinformation and attack transgender people.
« These attacks, often based on unfounded allegations, aim to tarnish the image of an athlete who has brought honor to our nation on the international stage. “, denounced the Algerian Olympic Committee (COA) in a statement to DW.
The highest Algerian sporting body denounced “ allegations “, Who ” persist for several months » and who are “ totally unfounded and contradict the values and principles of the Olympic movement “. He indicated that Imane Khelif was preparing legal action against those who broadcast extracts from the report. The Olympic champion has already filed a complaint in Paris for cyberharassment after the denigration campaign of which she was the victim during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
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