Algerian boxer Imane Khelif declines to answer question about testing amid gender controversy: report

"The Big Weekend Show" co-hosts discuss the Olympics boxing match between Angela Carini and Imane Khelif, a boxer who failed a gender tests, that sparked worldwide outrage.

Algerian Olympic boxer Imane Khelif "declined to answer" a question about testing as the fighter decried the bullying over controversy about a disqualification from a past tournament.

Khelif spoke to SNTV, a sports video partner with The Associated Press, on Monday. As the champion boxer talked about the firestorm over the last week, The Associated Press reported that they asked Khelif "whether she had undergone tests other than doping tests."

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Imane Khelif, left, competes against Anna Luca Hamori during the Olympic Games at the North Paris Arena, in Villepinte, France, on Aug. 3, 2024. (Mehmet Murat Onel/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The boxer declined to answer, reportedly saying "she didn’t want to talk about it."

The failed gender tests while at the 2023 International Boxing Association Women’s World Championships have been the source of controversy with Khelif and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting.

Because of it, Khelif implored fans to stop the bullying.

"I send a message to all the people of the world to uphold the Olympic principles and the Olympic Charter, to refrain from bullying all athletes, because this has effects, massive effects," Khelif told SNTV. "It can destroy people, it can kill people’s thoughts, spirit and mind. It can divide people. And because of that, I ask them to refrain from bullying."

Khelif declared after a win in the quarterfinals, "I am a woman," and is guaranteed at least a bronze medal.

Imane Khelif during the women's 66kg quarter-final boxing match at Olympic Games in France on