Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif has denied claims made by her former manager that she has retired from the sport, saying she was still training regularly.

In 2023 the International Boxing Association (IBA) disqualified Khelif from the World Championships after she failed a gender test. Despite that, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allowed her to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where she won the gold medal in the 66 kg division. In the final she defeated China’s Yang Liu.

O lympic boxing gold medalist Imane Khelif has debuted a bold new look, over a year after her victory in Paris and the ensuing controversy over gender eligibility. The 26-year-old was photographed with Algerian TV and podcast host Nassima Djaffar Bey,