Transgender ex-boxing promoter Kellie Maloney gives her verdict on the Olympics gender row after backlash over controversial athletes Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting By Charlotte Dean For Mailonline Published: 12:07, 5 August 2024 | Updated: 12:07, 5 August 2024 e-mail View comments Kellie Maloney has offered her verdict on the Olympics gender eligibility row after public backlash over controversial athletes Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting . Both Khelif and Lin were judged last year to have failed gender eligibility tests at the world championships. Khelif, 25, has male XY chromosomes but is not transgender .
Both fighters are female in their passports. Khelif came under scrutiny following her 46-second win against Italy 's Angela Carini, where Carini was forced to pull out of the fight during the first round. Kellie, 71, who announce she was transitioning in 2014, was previously known as Frank and enjoyed a successful career as a famous boxing promoter.
Appearing on Good Morning Britain on Monday, Kellie admitted she 'doesn't see what the problem is' because the competitors were born female. Kellie did say that she thinks sports people who are born male should not be allowed to compete in women's sports or be allowed to enter women's spaces until they have undergone gender reassignment surgery. Kellie Maloney has offered her verdict on the Olympics gender eligibility row after public backlash over controversial athletes Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting Both Khelif (pictured) and Lin w.