The athlete took dwelling the Olympic gold medal in ladies’s boxing on Friday.
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has filed a authorized grievance for on-line harassment following a gender outcry from some folks claiming that she will not be a lady.
The primary-time Olympic gold medalist’s lawyer, Nabil Boudi, informed Reuters that the complaint was filed Friday.
“All that’s being mentioned about me on social media is immoral. I wish to change the minds of individuals around the globe,” Khelif mentioned in regards to the submitting.
The athlete unanimously took the top prize within the ladies’s welterweight division finals on Friday, the place she beat Yang Liu of China 5:0.
“For eight years, this has been my dream, and I’m now the Olympic champion and gold medalist,” Khelif mentioned by an interpreter following her win, per The Associated Press. When requested in regards to the scrutiny surrounding her gender, she informed reporters: “That additionally offers my success a particular style due to these assaults. We’re within the Olympics to carry out as athletes, and I hope that we’ll not see any comparable assaults in future Olympics.”
The outcry surrounding her gender started after her first struggle on the 2024 Paris Olympics towards Italian boxer Angela Carini ended after 46 seconds. The European athlete informed reporters that she deserted the match for her well being. “I’ve by no means felt a punch like this,” she mentioned, crying.
Carini’s feedback and the struggle sparked controversy as a result of Khelif is one in all two boxers who was permitted to compete on the Olympics regardless of being disqualified from the now-banned Worldwide Boxing Affiliation’s ladies’s world championship in 2023. The Algerian boxer and Taiwan’s Li Yu-ting allegedly failed testosterone and gender eligibility checks, the IBA introduced.
Among the many folks commenting on Khelif’s gender, claiming she was a person, have been J.Okay. Rowling, Elon Musk, Logan Paul and Piers Morgan, who weighed in in regards to the “equity” of letting Khelif compete, after they thought she was a person.
Khelif, who was raised and identifies as a feminine and isn’t transgender, mentioned on Friday forward of her closing match: “I’m totally certified to participate on this competitors. I’m a lady like some other lady. I used to be born as a lady, I dwell as a lady, and I’m certified.”
