The Iman Khelif boxing champion is aimed at the Second Olympic Gold of La 2028 matches | Boxing news

Algeria's gold medalist says he has “nothing to hide” and is condemned to defend his title in the 2028 summer games in the United States.

Stoy Celif who earned The Paris Olympiad Box Gold against the Paula Eligibility A series is determined to defend its Los Angeles Games in 2028 and says it will not be frightened by the United States President Donald Trump.

“I'll give you a direct answer, I'm not a transgender,” Helif told ITV in an interview broadcast on Tuesday.

“It does not affect me and does not intimidate me.”

Trump signed An executive order banning transgender women from women's sports in the United States last month and called Helif “Men's Boxer” in his speech after signed the order.

Under order Signed in February, the financing of the federal government will be refused educational institutes that allow trance girls and women to participate in women's sports and use women's changing rooms.

Trump also said he would push the International Olympic Committee, which left the issue of trance's involvement in sports in the international governing bodies to explicitly approve of gender -based participation before the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.

“We want them to change everything related to the Olympics and have to do with this absolutely ridiculous topic,” the US president said.

The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee recommended the inclusion of boxing in the games in 2028 on Monday, and Helif said he was dreaming of keeping her title in California.

“A second gold medal, of course.

“I believe that if the old iman has worked at 50 percent of its potential, then Im Helif is even more motivated and determined today.”

Helif was disqualified by the International Boxing Association of the World Cup in 2023 after a test that the authority stated that it had given it unacceptable to fight as a gender -based woman.

However, IBA lost its Olympic recognition on government, and the International Olympic Committee cleared Helif to compete in Paris, aggressively defending its position after strong criticism.

The rival body of IBA, World Boxing, has been temporarily recognized as an international governing body of sports last month.

The recommendation still requires final approval from the IOC at his session in Greece, and leaving President Thomas Bach said he was confident that the session would approve.

“At this point, I can say that IBA is something of the past,” Helif said. “As we say in Algeria, those who have nothing to hide should have no fear.”

The debate on the inclusion of transsexual athletes and athletes with differences in sexual development (DSD) in women's sport was a key problem in the IOC presidential race, with the election being ranked Thursday.

“I hope that the next IOC president leads with real sportsmanship, remains engaged in the Olympic principles and maintains the values ​​of the honest play,” Helif said.