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In the ever evolving story of Algerian boxing star Imane Khelif, the past few days have been less about punches thrown and more about the fight over her right to step back into the ring. According to The Brock Press, Khelif remains locked out of World Boxing events under a policy that forces her and all athletes to undergo genetic sex verification, a rule widely seen as tailor made around her case. World Boxing has barred her from the 2025 World Championships and earlier from the Eindhoven Box Cup, and although she has taken the battle to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS has refused to grant interim relief, meaning she is still sidelined as legal arguments fly back and forth. The Brock Press reports that written submissions are now being exchanged and a hearing is expected in the coming months, a timetable that could define the next chapter of her career and, potentially, the future rules of women’s sport.

This legal struggle sits on top of a lingering backdrop of misinformation and culture war theatrics. PEN America has detailed how her Paris 2024 gold medal run became the target of a coordinated online pile on, with prominent figures like J K Rowling and Elon Musk amplifying false claims that she is a man and miscasting her case as an example of transgender participation, despite the International Olympic Committee repeatedly affirming that Khelif is a woman and condemning the abuse. That narrative continues to echo on social platforms, where every mention of her name reactivates the same polarized debate. PEN America also notes that the IBA’s earlier disqualification of Khelif from the 2023 World Championships rested on opaque tests the IOC later blasted as arbitrary, a dispute that still fuels confusion today.

On the business and image front, a long form piece on 3 Wire Sports recounts how, after her Paris triumph, Khelif leaned into high fashion and brand building, appearing at a Bottega Veneta show and fronting a Vogue cover while signing with Qatari PR agency Kotinos, moves clearly aimed at cementing her as an international personality beyond boxing. Those activities have not generated fresh headlines in the past day or two, but they continue to shape how sponsors, fans, and critics read her story: as either a wronged champion reclaiming her narrative or a lightning rod in the global argument over sex testing in sport. Recent press in outlets like the Times of India, summarizing her intent to defend her Olympic title despite tests and bans, reinforces that she is publicly positioning herself not as a victim, but as a champion in waiting.

There are plenty of rumors online about undisclosed medical details and alleged test results, but these come largely from partisan commentary and have not been confirmed by neutral medical or legal documents; they should be treated as unverified and, in many cases, speculative. What is verified, and potentially biographically decisive, is that Imane Khelif is now as much a central figure in the legal and political battle over gender eligibility as she is an Olympic gold medallist, and the CAS ruling hanging over her could determine whether her story is remembered as a brief, brilliant peak or the start of a much longer era in women’s boxing.

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