Algerian boxer Imane Khelif unveiled a glamorous look Wednesday in a new video following her gold medal win at the 2024 Olympics. In a video shared on Beauty Code’s Instagram page , Khelif — who was at the center of a gender controversy during her run at the Paris Games — is first seen in a black shirt with her hair tied back while punching toward the camera before the clip transitions to the 25-year-old athlete sporting loose curls, pink eyeshadow and matching lip gloss. She accessorized her floral top and matching earrings with the Olympic gold medal she received after defeating China’s Yang Liu last Friday.
Khelif’s Olympics journey garnered global attention following her first-round bout against Italy’s Angela Carini, who conceded in 46 seconds and said, “I’ve never taken a punch like that.” The fallout intensified as high-profile figures such as X CEO Elon Musk and former President Donald Trump questioned Khelif’s gender. She had been disqualified from the 2023 IBA World Boxing Championships for failing an unspecified gender eligibility test, according to the IBA — the Russian-led governing body the IOC no longer associates with.
Khelif, who was born female and does not identify as transgender, stated in a recent interview the ordeal has “affected me a lot.” “It affected me a lot, it hurt me a lot. I can’t describe to you the amount of fear I had.
I was afraid that I would say, why did Imane Khalif insist on this? Why was there an uproar fro.