Imane Khelif will not box in the world championships next month, but Lin Yu-Ting should enter the tournament in Liverpool | Boxing news

Imane Khelif will not participate in the next world championships, but Lin Yu-Ting, the other boxer at the center of the Olympic dispute of last year’s eligibility, intends to do so.

Khelif did not register for the tournament in Liverpool next month and Algeria will send another Welter weight rather than the Olympic gold medalist.

Yu-Ting, which won gold featherweight in Paris 2024, plans to represent Taiwan at the world championships, which take place from September 4 to 14.

This week, the world director of world boxing has announced that participants in the women’s category will have to undergo compulsory sexual tests, as part of a new eligibility policy.

“Lin Yu-Ting has just returned from training in South Korea and we are waiting for the notification of the Taiwan Boxing Boxing organ for registration details while preparing the 2025 boxing world championships,” said Tzu-Chiang Tzu-Chiang coach Reuters.

“She has not envisaged to withdraw from the competition due to the new gender tests. We will submit all the relevant documents requested by the organizers, within the framework of normal procedures.”

Khelif and Yu-Ting had been disqualified by the 2023 world championships, organized by the International Boxing Association (IBA), for not having met the criteria of eligibility between the sexes. The IBA, previous International Boxing Federation, was expelled from the Olympic movement for concerns about the body’s pharmacy and transparency.

Khelif and Yu-Ting were both authorized to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee. They won gold medals in the Welter weight and featherweight categories respectively.

Under the new World Boxing rules, boxers in the women’s category must pass a PCR (chain reaction by polymerase) or a functional medical equivalent genetic test to certify their eligibility to the box.

The test can be carried out by nasal / mouth, saliva or blood swab.

The athletes deemed male at birth, as evidenced by the presence of chromosomal genetic material Y (the SRY gene) or with a difference in sexual development (DSD) where male androgenization occurs, will be eligible to compete in the male category.

The president of world boxing, Boris van der Vorst, said: “World boxing respects the dignity of all individuals and wishes to ensure that it is as inclusive as possible, but in a combat sport like boxing, we have the duty of care to offer security and competitiveness security which are the key principles that guided the development and creation of this policy.”

Khelif has not really boxed since the games last year, although Olympic gold medalists often take prolonged time away from the ring when they complete their next movement and envisage additional professional boxing and Olympic options.

The 26 -year -old woman said on several occasions that she was born a woman and in March, said that she would defend her title at the Los Angeles 2028 Games.

On Wednesday, she had to refuse the allegations formulated by her former manager whom she retired from the sports.

“It is based solely on the declarations made by a person who no longer represents me in a way, and whom I consider to have betrayed my confidence and my country with his false and malicious declarations,” she wrote on social networks.

“I have never announced my boxing retirement. I remain attached to my sports career, to train regularly and to maintain my physical form between Algeria and Qatar in preparation for upcoming events.”