In an exciting development in the case of Algerian boxer Iman Khalif, a French medical report revealed a shocking facts about the sexual identity of Khalif, who had won a gold medal in the Paris Women’s Olympics. French journalist Jaafar Ait Aoudia obtained a medical document confirming that Khalif has testicles inside his body, which opens the door to questions about his career in women’s boxing.
According to the medical report, prepared by Dr. Somaya Fadala and Professor Jack Young in cooperation between the Kremlin Bicetre Hospital in Paris and the Mohamed Lamine Debaghine Hospital in Algiers, Khalif suffers from 5-alpha reductase disorder, which is a genetic disorder that affects sexual development and is known to appear exclusively in males. Biologists. This disorder results in deformed reproductive organs at birth, such that affected males can be wrongly classified as female.
The report, which was conducted in October 2023, revealed that Khalifa’s radiological examinations showed the absence of a uterus and the presence of internal testicles with reproductive organs carrying sexual abnormalities, in addition to the results of a chromosomal examination that confirmed that Khalifa carries the XY karyotype, which is the usual pattern for males. Hormone results also showed Testosterone is at a normal male level.
The report recommended that Khalif should undergo surgical correction and hormonal treatment to help him adapt to his gender identity, which is compatible with his biological makeup.
The report indicates the need for psychological support to mitigate the profound psychological effects that these results could have on Khalif.
The new medical shock coincided with the statements of Khalifa’s coach, George Cazorla, who had previously confirmed that the Algerian boxer had undergone a medical evaluation in Paris after the International Boxing Association (IBA) decided to exclude him from women’s competitions in March 2023.
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