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From Breitbart: The Associated Press has come under fire for handing out its third-place slot for female athlete of the year to Imane Khelif, the controversial Olympic boxer who failed gender tests.
The AP announced its award rankings, noting that its Female Athlete of the Year was WNBA star rookie Caitlin Clark. The next two runners-up were U.S. Olympic gymnast Simone Biles in second place and Algerian Olympic boxer Imane Khelif, who took third place with four votes.
Khelif, of course, stirred controversy for failing gender tests and being disqualified from the women’s category in boxing competitions throughout 2023 but was nonetheless allowed to box as a woman in the Paris Olympics this year. Unsurprisingly, the Algerian destroyed every woman faced in the ring and won the gold medal in boxing in August.
The Associated Press quietly included the jaw-dropping news in the third paragraph of a report on Christmas Eve. The report focused primarily on Caitlin Clark winning first place.
But the news that an individual with male chromosomes was awarded third place for FEMALE athlete of the year has prompted massive outrage on social media.
According to an alleged leaked medical report, an MRI “reportedly revealed that Khelif had no uterus but instead had internal testicles and a “micropenis” resembling an enlarged clitoris.” Although the report’s authenticity is still in question, it suggested this condition may have been caused by Khelif’s parents being blood relatives. Khelif later threatened to file a lawsuit over the report.
“I was born a woman. I have lived as a woman. I competed as a woman – there is no doubt about that,” Khelif claimed.
However, Khelif “failed to meet the eligibility criteria for participating in women’s competition” by the International Boxing Association, who said tests determined Khelif has male XY chromosomes.
Imane Khelif voted 3rd place for AP Female Athelete Of 2024.
We’ve got work to do, folks. pic.twitter.com/arMxi1hzNV
— XX-XY Athletics (@xx_xyathletics) December 25, 2024
Below are just a few of the reactions pouring in on social media:
That’s a dude.
— Dr. Simon Goddek (@goddeketal) December 26, 2024
BREAKING: Imane Khelif wins 3rd place for AP Female Athlete Of The Year despite his male chromosomes. pic.twitter.com/Ft6jqNGF3i
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) December 25, 2024
Imane Khelif is a man! Would a Muslim woman allow herself to celebrate in this manner? Would Muslim men carry a female athlete around in this way? #ImaneKhelif #SaveWomensSports pic.twitter.com/CRF7VXie32
— Beanie Harper 🦕 (@BeanieHarper) December 26, 2024
The absurd part is @AP knows he is a man (just as anyone with eyes does), but they just don’t care. His medical records showing his chromosomes & anatomy are public.
4 dunces just genuinely believe a man makes the best woman.
Why have a woman’s award if a man can win it? https://t.co/CqB67r35QN
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) December 26, 2024
The Associated Press decides Imane Khelif is 3rd place for AP Female Athlete of the Year, despite being a guy…….. pic.twitter.com/bab7Ygnhow
— DaveH (@Pscc8082) December 25, 2024
It literally says FEMALE athlete…
— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) December 26, 2024
Women didn’t vote for Imane. Women did not make the rules that the IOC used to allow Imane to box even though Imane twice failed a sex test. Stop blaming women for this travesty
— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) December 26, 2024
Imane Khelif is a Biological Male and competed in Women’s Boxing. We know this definitively despite all of the pushback against facts.
Medical Records and Genetic Blood Tests substantiate this. pic.twitter.com/TDZRCNfjJW
— Sam Mitha (@MithaEXP) December 25, 2024
Imane Khelif is the 3rd best FEMALE athlete of the year, according to the Associated Press. pic.twitter.com/E4TdPWRSND
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) December 26, 2024
A man winning a gold medal in women’s boxing is bad enough. Now Imane Khelif, a MAN, received 4 votes for FEMALE athlete of the year over @CaitlinClark22 & @Simone_Biles!!
How much longer will women tolerate this blatant erasure?! Enough is ENOUGH.
https://t.co/l2WuFg2HLs— Kaitlynn Wheeler (@WheelerKaitlynn) December 26, 2024
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