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Having such a daughter is an honour because she is a champion, she honoured me and I encourage her and I hope she will get the medal in Paris,
I know Imane Khelif as the champion of Algeria many times, champion of Africa as well and also Arab champion,
My child is a girl. She was raised as a girl... The Italian opponent she faced was unable to defeat my daughter,
How heroes fall. Someone show J K Rowling this photo. I am pretty sure Rowling will have no remorse for what she has globally unleashed on Imane because she belongs to a religion and race the standard white person doesn’t like.”
The attacks against her are immoral, it is not fair
Speaking on Friday he said It wasn't something I intended to do. Actually, I want to apologise to her and everyone else. I was angry because my Olympics had gone up in smoke,
This issue has hurt the Olympic Games so much. … Everyone's talking about it,
Jenner told Fox News' "The Story" Friday, ... adding it I think the Olympic committee did absolutely the wrong thing by letting [Khelif] compete,
I hate to be so downright rough … but we have to have rules and regulations, and it has to come down to DNA,
From the very beginning of women's inclusion in the Olympics, the men in charge doubted that they were even women at all, ... Tested.”
Rose Eveleth says in her NPR and CBC podcast ... In fact I get comments being called a man and being called masculine and asking if I'm on steroids,
I feel so bad for the WOMEN on the US swim team who were cheated out of their places in their sport by someone born male beating them out,
They also need to pray and be prayed for because…..the way their lives are set up pure hatred,
Justice [had] prevailed” as the USA was awarded the bronze instead
Dominique Dawes later claimed The Algerian boxer was born female, was registered female, lived her life as a female, boxed as a female, has a female passport."
On Friday, International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams said We have no knowledge of what the tests were – they were cobbled together, as I understand, overnight. There was a change in the results so we don’t want to go there. I think if you start working on suspicions, then we’re in trouble.”
When asked about the IBA tests, Adams said It is difficult and particularly on this thorny issue that judges say is part of the whole kind of cultural war discussion. For us here, what I would urge is to try to take the culture war out of it and actually address the issues and think about the people and the individuals concerned and the real damage being done by misinformation.”
When asked about politicians such as Trump weighing in, Adams, speaking at the Games’ daily press conference, said Hello, Imane Khelif, I'm Riyad Mahrez and I know you're a great boxer
The footballing ace, who was captain of Algeria's Africa Cup of Nations winning team in 2019, said in a video Thank you to everyone who defended and supported our heroine, Imane Khelif
Posting childhood pictures of the boxing star, he said Have a lot of people texting me over Imane Khelif. Personally I don’t think she has done anything to ‘cheat’. I think it’s the way she was born & that’s out of her control. The fact that she has been beaten by 9 females before says it all,