Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, at the centre of a row at the 2024 Paris Olympics, has turned to sports top court to attempt to overturn the introduction of a gender test, the court said on Monday.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport said in a statement that Khelif was challenging the global boxing federations decision that disallows the athletes participation in upcoming World Boxing events without a preliminary genetic test.
Khelif was one of two boxers who sparked a gender eligibility furore at the Paris Games. The other was Taiwanese fighter Lin Yu-ting, who has been entered to compete at the world championships that start this week in Liverpool.