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On Friday, Algeria’s Imane Khelif won the gold medal in the 66kg women’s boxing category at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Reports say the athletes has two DNA tests showing he is male, but the IOC insists he is "female." What's the truth? And why won't Khelif offer his own test results to refute the claims he is male?
Meghan Murphy speaks with Linda Blade, founding member of the International Consortium on Female Sport (ICFS), co-author of UNSPORTING: How Trans activism and Science Denial are Destroying Sport, previous president of Athletics Alberta, former Canadian Champion and NCAA All American in the heptathlon, and advocate of female sport, about the situation. This interview was recorded on Friday, August 9, 2024.
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