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“Born a woman and lived as a woman, but success has enemies.” Khelif, who failed the gender test, on winning the 2024 Olympics

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“Born a woman and lived as a woman, but success has enemies.” Khelif, who failed the gender test, on winning the 2024 Olympics

Olympic champion Iman Khelif from Algeria called victory at the 2024 Olympics the best answer to haters and envious people.

In the final of the women’s boxing tournament in the 66 kg category, he defeated Chinese Yang Liu.

— I have been working towards this success for eight years. I am an Olympic champion, a gold medalist. I am very happy.

This gold medal is the best answer to the furious campaign against me. I am a woman, like any other woman. I was born a woman and lived as a woman, but success has enemies, and they cannot digest my success, Khelif said, Reuters quotes.

In 2023, the International Boxing Association (IBA) suspended Khelif during the World Championships in India for failing to meet the eligibility criteria. A gender test showed that the athlete has XY chromosomes. In 2024, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allowed Khelif to compete in women’s competitions. Her results at the Games caused a strong reaction in the media and in society. The Algerian complained about bullying on social media, and her father showed her birth certificate to prove that the athlete was born a girl.

The Olympic Games in the French capital will end on August 11.

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    What a change! Usik’s promoter may be a living boxing legend

    Ukrainian boxer Alexander Usik He could sign a contract with an American promoter, his manager Egis Klimas had previously mentioned this.

    As the portal revealed, three promotional companies are competing for cooperation with the Ukrainian. Top Rank, led by promoter Bob Arum, known for his collaborations with Vasily Lomachenko, Alexander Gvozdyk and Denis Berinchyk, is looking to sign Usik. Another option for Usik is PBC, headed by Gervonta Davis, and Golden Boy, whose owner and main representative is the living legend of boxing Oscar De La Hoya.

    Previously, Alexander Usik (24-0, 15 KOs), the holder of the WBC, WBA and IBF heavyweight titles (over 90.7 kg), talked about his plans and admitted when he plans to end his professional career. The boxer recently vacated his WBO title and lost his status as absolute world champion.

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    “The grappling match with Makhachev will not take place, because Islam earns a lot of money in the UFC” – Tsarukyan

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    “The grappling match with Makhachev will not take place, because Islam earns a lot of money in the UFC” – Tsarukyan

    UFC lightweight number one Arman Tsarukyan said that he does not yet consider a potential grappling fight with the promotion’s welterweight champion Islam Makhachev to be realistic.

    On Tuesday, Tsarukyan and Sharabutdin Magomedov, known by his nickname Shara Bullet, ended in a draw in a grappling bout in Yerevan.

    — The grappling match with Makhachev will not take place, because Islam earns a lot of money in the UFC. I don’t think anyone can afford to pay him that amount,” Red Corner MMA quotes Tsarukyan as saying.

    Watch mixed martial arts tournaments live on the Match TV and Match! Fighter”, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.

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    TYSON FURY: “Usyk will give up his champion title and there is a reason for that”

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    TYSON FURY: “Usyk will give up his champion title and there is a reason for that”

    Former world heavyweight champion, British Tyson Rage I am sure that WBC champion Oleksandr Usyk will leave his belt vacant due to the lack of interesting opponents:

    “Usyk will not fight opponents ranked in the WBC because it is impossible to make good money from these fights. How much money will he make by fighting Agit Kabayel or Lawrence Okolie?”

    Frankly, these are insufficient. After making a ton of money fighting Tyson Fury, you don’t want to go back to fights that have no financial benefit.

    Usik will therefore give up his WBC title and Agit Kabayel will become the full world champion. He will be able to defend against (German boxer) Okolie or Moses Itauma,” Fury said on the DAZN platform.

    Kabayel’s next opponent will be Poland’s undefeated representative Damian Knyba. The fight for the WBC interim title will take place in Germany on January 10.

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