Sean Strickland goes off on Imane Khelif, 2024 Summer time Olympics
In a current put up to his X web page, Strickland weighed in on the controversy surrounding Khelif and Olympic boxing.
Here is the information. The Olympics did not check this boxer for political causes. This boxer has failed a gender check up to now. The boxer could also be intersex.. This example was created as a result of the Olympics failed their athletes and their followers out of political wokeness. pic.twitter.com/c5fRqGyiny
— Sean Strickland (@SStricklandMMA) August 1, 2024
“Right here’s the information,” Strickland started. “The Olympics didn’t check this boxer for political causes. This boxer has failed a gender check up to now. The boxer could also be intersex.. This example was created as a result of the Olympics failed their athletes and their followers out of political wokeness.”
Khelif, an Algerian boxer, defeated Italy’s Angela Carini on the 2024 Summer time Olympics this week. Simply seconds into the battle, Carini stop the bout after taking a collection of devastating punches to her face.
Khelif’s emphatic efficiency is marred by questions on their gender. Final 12 months, on the 2023 World Championships, Khelif failed a gender eligibility check after testing constructive for XY (male) chromosomes.
Regardless of the failed check final 12 months, Khelif was nonetheless permitted to compete in Paris by the Worldwide Olympic Committee. It’s unsure if the IOC examined Khelif below related benchmarks.
For the reason that story went viral, it’s been reported that Khelif suffers from Swyer Syndrome, a genetic situation that may trigger a lady to be born with XY chromosomes. This is able to clarify the failed gender eligibility check final 12 months, as Strickland referred to.
That hasn’t stopped many on-line from ripping Khelif and the IOC after the Carini bout. As of this writing, it’s unsure when Khelif will return to the ring in Paris.
Within the meantime, Strickland is including to the uproar concerning Khelif and their eligibility, particularly at a time during which transgender athletes are a hotly debated matter.
