Watch moment transgender boxer Imane Khelif batters female opponent - as two boxers are cleared to fight in Olympics despite being rejected from World Championships

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  • Two transgender boxers person been cleared to conflict successful nan Paris Olympics 
  • Imane Khelif, of Algeria, and Lin Yu-Ting, of Taiwan, are nan boxers successful question
  • Footage of Khelif landing dense punches connected a erstwhile force person gone viral 

By James Cohen

Published: 09:17 EDT, 30 July 2024 | Updated: 10:27 EDT, 30 July 2024

Footage of a transgender boxer - who has been allowed to compete successful nan Olympics - landing sadistic shots connected a female force has emerged connected societal media. 

Two boxers who were banned from nan world championships for being deemed biologically antheral person been cleared to compete astatine nan Olympics arsenic women.

A statement has erupted successful Paris aft it emerged that Imane Khelif, of Algeria, and Lin Yu-Ting, of Taiwan, were thrown retired of nan tourney past twelvemonth amid questions complete their biologic sex.


But IOC bosses said some meet eligibility criteria and will container complete nan coming days. 

However, now, footage that connected X showed Khelif dominating 1 of her erstwhile opponents has gone viral, arsenic fans reacted to nan news of her inclusion successful nan Olympics.

Footage of a transgender boxer - who has been allowed to compete successful nan Olympics - landing sadistic shots connected a erstwhile female force has emerged connected societal media

Imane Khelif (pictured) of Algeria is 1 of 2 boxers that person been cleared to compete astatine nan Olympics arsenic women - contempt being banned from nan world championships

A video showed Khelif landing dense shots to nan caput of her Mexican opponent Brianda Tamara backmost successful December 2022. 

The caption of nan video told fans to 'note nan unit of nan punching' displayed by Khelif, arsenic she unloaded connected her force successful a flurry of punches. 

After nan disqualification, Mexico's Tamara came guardant pinch her ain acquisition of fighting Khelif earlier successful nan tournament.

'When I fought pinch her I felt very retired of my depth,' she wrote connected X. 'Her blows wounded maine a lot, I don't deliberation I had ever felt for illustration that successful my 13 years arsenic a boxer, nor successful my sparring pinch men. Thank God that time I sewage retired of nan ringing safely, and it's bully that they yet realized.'

Both Khelif and Yu-Ting were disqualified from nan Women's World Boxing Championships successful March 2023 successful New Delhi, aft a bid of DNA tests were ordered amid concerns complete nan activity of immoderate of those taking part.

At nan clip Umar Kremlev, president of nan International Boxing Association (IBA), claimed nan tests had proven nan athletes – including Khelif and Yu-Ting – had 'XY chromosomes'. 

Lin Yu-Ting of Taiwan (left) will join Khelif successful competing astatine nan Paris Olympics this summer

Umar Kremlev, president of nan International Boxing Association, had antecedently claimed that tests had proven nan athletes had 'XY chromosomes'

He added that they 'uncovered athletes who were trying to fool their colleagues and dress to beryllium women'.

But nan IBA has been stripped of nan correct to tally Olympic boxing competitions amid concerns complete governance and nan IOC opportunity each athletes progressive are eligible to compete, pinch existent rules viewed arsenic much relaxed than those of nan IBA.

Following past year's ban, nan Algerian Olympic Committee deed back, claiming nan disqualification was portion of a 'conspiracy' to extremity them from winning a golden repast and said 'medical reasons' were down precocious testosterone levels.

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