Overview

• Responding on social media, Khelif called reports of her retirement false and said former manager Nasser Yesfah does not represent her.
• She stated she maintains fitness and preparation for future competitions, training between Algeria and Qatar.
• Khelif has not returned to competition since winning gold at Paris 2024 and withdrew from a planned Eindhoven Box Cup appearance after new testing rules were introduced.
• World Boxing now requires PCR-based genetic sex screening for adult athletes, while the IOC has said it will not take retrospective action on her Olympic result.
• Ahead of September’s World Championships in Liverpool, which has a registration deadline on Monday, Khelif recently posted about a “difficult phase” and appeared in a new photo with presenter Nassima Djaffar Bey.