Piers Morgan took to social media with fury as he threw a brutal jab at Imane Khelif following her Olympic gold triumph. The Algerian native has been one of two boxers at the centre of a gender eligibility row this year. Khelif and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting were disqualified from last year’s World Boxing Championships after failing the controversial gender eligibility test .
However, Khelif did not let this overshadow her match against China’s reigning champion Liu Yang in the Paris Olympics, as she dominated with a unanimous 5-0 win to claim the women's 66kg title . Despite the remarkable victory, Morgan weighed in on the ongoing saga with a savage dig on X, formerly known as Twitter . The broadcaster wrote: “BREAKING: A biological male just won an Olympic gold medal in a women’s boxing competition.
“Congrats to everyone who supported this travesty.” By declaring Khelif a “biological male”, Piers sparked backlash from furious fans. Taking to the comments, @_muhammadzain1 hit back: “She's a woman, if she was trans she'd be in prison as it is against the law in her country.
” @marfani1987 slammed: “Shame on you. Instead of supporting and congratulating, you are taunting Imane Khelif.” Morgan responded to the criticism and posted: ”Imane was banned from the World Championships after testing positive for male XY chromosomes.
She didn’t appeal it. “If she’s a biological woman, she should take another test now and prove it. Spoiler alert: she won’t.
” Khelif’s victory comes nine days after she won her first-round bout over Italy’s Angela Carini in just 46 seconds, sparking a global outcry. Following her victory, Khelif shut down naysayers and declared: “I am fully qualified. I am a woman like any other woman.
I was born a woman, I lived as a woman, I competed as woman - there is no doubt. “There are enemies of success of course. That gives my success a special taste.
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