Imane Khelif, the gender row boxer, is appealing against a decision to ban her from fighting.
Khelif, who controversially won gold in Paris, has been refused entry to World Boxing events unless she undergoes a sex test.
But now the 26-year-old has taken her case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), in a bid to overturn the ban, and wants to be permitted to box without being tested.
In June, World Boxing unveiled a new policy of mandatory sex testing. Bosses were forced to apologise after naming Khelif, who won welterweight gold, in the announcement.
Khelif, from Algeria, filed the appeal earlier this month, and is seeking for a reversal of World Boxing’s decision that stated she ‘was not allowed to participate in the Box Cup in Eindhoven, nor in any World Boxing event until she had undergone genetic sex testing’.
The appeal also requests that CAS declare her eligible to participate in the 2025 World Boxing Championships, from 4 to 14 September, without taking a test.
Earlier today CAS dismissed a request to suspend the execution of World Boxing’s decision until the case is heard and, as such, Khelif remains banned. Parties are currently exchanging written submissions with a hearing to be scheduled.
Khelif, along with Taiwan fighter Lin Yu-ting, was disqualified from the 2023 World Championships by previous governing body the International Boxing Association. Both were alleged to have failed gender tests.
The pair were, however, cleared to box in Paris by the International Olympic Committee, which stripped the IBA of its status as governing body over concerns of corruption. Both boxers would go on to win gold in the female category.
The IOC said boxers were eligible for the women’s division simply if their passports stated that they were female.
