{"id":51842,"date":"2025-08-21T15:39:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T19:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/imane-khelif-will-not-box-in-world-championships-next-month-but-lin-yu-ting-is-set-to-enter-tournament-in-liverpool-boxing-news\/21\/08\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T15:39:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T19:39:13","slug":"imane-khelif-will-not-box-in-world-championships-next-month-but-lin-yu-ting-is-set-to-enter-tournament-in-liverpool-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/imane-khelif-will-not-box-in-world-championships-next-month-but-lin-yu-ting-is-set-to-enter-tournament-in-liverpool-boxing-news\/21\/08\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Imane Khelif will not box in World Championships next month but Lin Yu-ting is set to enter tournament in Liverpool | Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Imane Khelif will not compete in the upcoming World Championships but Lin Yu-ting, the other boxer at the centre of last year’s Olympic gender-eligibility dispute, intends to.<\/p>\n

Khelif has not registered for the tournament in Liverpool next month and Algeria will be sending an alternate welterweight rather than the Olympic gold medallist.<\/p>\n

Yu-ting, who won featherweight gold at Paris 2024, however does plan to represent Taiwan at the World Championships, which run from September 4-14.<\/p>\n

This week governing body World Boxing announced that participants in the women’s category will have to undergo mandatory sex testing, as part of a new eligibility policy.<\/p>\n

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“Lin Yu-ting just returned from training in South Korea and we are waiting for notification from the Taiwan boxing governing body for sign-up details while preparing for the 2025 Boxing World Championships,” her coach Tseng Tzu-chiang told Reuters<\/em>.<\/p>\n

“She has not considered withdrawing from the competition because of the new gender tests. We will submit all the relevant documents requested by the organisers, as part of normal procedures.”<\/p>\n

Khelif and Yu-ting had been disqualified from the 2023 World Championships, organised by the International Boxing Association (IBA), for allegedly failing to meet gender-eligibility criteria. The IBA, boxing’s previous international federation, though was expelled from the Olympic movement for concerns about the body’s officiating and transparency.<\/p>\n

Both Khelif and Yu-ting were cleared to compete at the 2024 Olympics by the International Olympic Committee. They won gold medals in the welterweight and featherweight categories respectively.<\/p>\n

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Under World Boxing’s new rules boxers in the women’s category must take a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) or functional medical equivalent genetic screening test to certify their eligibility to box.<\/p>\n

The test can be conducted by nasal\/mouth swab, saliva or blood.<\/p>\n

Athletes deemed to be male at birth, as evidenced by the presence of Y chromosome genetic material (the SRY gene) or with a difference of sexual development (DSD) where male androgenization occurs, will be eligible to compete in the male category.<\/p>\n

The president of World Boxing, Boris van der Vorst said: “World Boxing respects the dignity of all individuals and is keen to ensure it is as inclusive as possible, yet in a combat sport like boxing, we have a duty of care to deliver safety and competitiveness fairness which are the key principles that have guided the development and creation of this policy.”<\/p>\n

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Khelif has not actually boxed since the Games last year, though Olympic gold medallists often do take a protracted time away from the ring as they plot their next move and consider additional options in professional as well as Olympic boxing.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old has repeatedly said she was born a woman and in March said she would defend her title at the 2028 Los Angeles Games.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday she had to deny claims made by her former manager that she has retired from the sport.<\/p>\n

“It is based solely on statements made by a person who no longer represents me in any way, and whom I consider to have betrayed my trust and my country with his false and malicious statements,” she wrote on social media.<\/p>\n

“I have never announced my retirement from boxing. I remain committed to my sporting career, training regularly and maintaining my physical fitness between Algeria and Qatar in preparation for upcoming events.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Imane Khelif will not compete in the upcoming World Championships but Lin Yu-ting, the other boxer at the centre of last year’s