World boxing champion Amy Broadhurst, one of the women to defeat Imane Kherif, the gender-controversial Algerian fighter at the Paris Olympics, spoke about her former opponent on Wednesday.
The Irish boxer beat Kherif in the final of the 2022 International Boxing Association (IBA) Women’s World Championships to win gold, before disqualifying Kherif from the 2023 tournament because it had been “proven” that she had “XY chromosomes,” as the IBA president said at the time.
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Northern Ireland team gold medallist Amy Broadhurst expresses her joy during the women’s boxing over 57-60 kg (lightweight) medal ceremony on the 10th day of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games at the NEC Arena in Birmingham, United Kingdom on August 7, 2022. (Eddie Keough/Getty Images)
The IBA said on Wednesday that Kheriff “has a competitive advantage over other female athletes”.
Broadhurst also weighed in.
“A lot of people have been messaging me about Imane Kherif,” she wrote in a post on X. “I personally don’t think she’s ever ‘cheated’.”
“I think it’s just the way she was born and there’s nothing she can do about it. The fact that she’s been beaten by nine different women says it all.”
Imane Kherif of Algeria leaves the ring after competing against Angela Carini of Italy during the women’s 66 kg boxing qualifying round of 16 for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Paris Nord Arena in Villepinte on August 1, 2024. (MOHD RASFAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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On Thursday, Ms Broadhurst asked her followers how they felt about beating Mr Kheriff in 2022. Ms Broadhurst posted the footage to her social media accounts.
“If this were a man and this were 100% true I would feel disgusted at being in the ring just like myself and so many others,” Broadhurst wrote in response to the comments. “Male vs female is never acceptable, but at this point no one knows what the truth is.”
Amy Broadhurst (left) of Team Northern Ireland competes against Gemma Page Richardson of Team England in the women’s boxing over 57-60 kg (lightweight) gold medal match on day 10 of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games at the NEC Arena in Birmingham, England, on August 7, 2022. (Eddie Keough/Getty Images)
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The International Olympic Committee cleared Kherif to compete and strengthened its decision after Kherif’s victory.
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