We were all shocked (though sadly not really surprised) when earlier this year a female Olympian boxer was absolutely pummeled by a male boxer in the ring:
So I don't think you'll be surprised to learn what the doctors found out about this athlete during a semi-routine physical:
A new investigative report from France's Le Correspondant claims to have acquired Khelif's medical records, which allegedly contained a joint report from 2023 conducted by both the the Kremlin-Bicêtre hospital in Paris and the Mohamed Lamine Debaghine hospital in Algiers.
According to endocrinological experts Soumaya Fedala and Jacques Young, the boxer is alleged to have a condition called Alpha 5 reductase type 2, a genetic anomaly that causes 'metabolic dysfunction in testosterone and dehydroandrosterone.' ....
'People with this condition are genetically male with one X and one Y chromosome,' the website reads.
Hard to get more definitive than "genetically male with one X and one Y chromosome!"
Most importantly, individuals with this condition "develop 'increased muscle mass, during puberty," which explains how Khelif is able to absolutely lay out a woman in the boxing ring with no problem whatsoever.
Though it's not as if this wasn't known already:
This information supports the findings of both the International Boxing Association and the World Boxing Organization, which had previously claimed that Khelif was born a man.
Spain's Olympic boxing coach also gave credence to the idea in August when he said Khelif was too strong to box other women during a training camp.
Here's an idea:
Maybe we shouldn't let dudes compete against women in sports.
Just sayin'.
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