Imane Kehlif is most-Googled athlete of 2024 amid Olympic boxing gender controversy

"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.

The world watched Imane Khelif win Olympic gold in women's boxing at the Paris Olympics. It then went to Google searching for answers to many, many confusing questions. 

Google released its "Year in Search" data this week and revealed that the most-searched athlete on the platform in 2024 was Khelif. Khelif was searched more than celebrity superstar athletes Simone Biles, Jake Paul and Mike Tyson.  

The Algerian boxer incited mass controversy by competing as a woman in the Paris Olympics despite allegedly being born with the XY chromosomes, which are associated with males. 

Khelif's inclusion and run all the way to a gold medal was one of the biggest controversies of a controversy-filled Summer Olympics this year. Google's latest search data suggests it may have been the biggest sports controversy in the world this past year. 

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Algeria's Imane Khelif, left, punches Italy's Angela Carini in the women's 66kg preliminaries round of 16 boxing match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the North Paris Arena, in Villepinte on Aug. 1, 2024. (MOHD RASFAN/AFP via Getty Images)

The moment that first captured the attention of millions was when Khelif was seen punching Italian boxer Angela Carini in the face with irregular power and force seen in the women's sport. Carini withdrew from the match in just 46 seconds, in tears, and cried about how painful the experience was afterward. 

"I got into the ring to fight," Carini said in Paris, via Italy’s ANSA. "I didn't give up, but one punch hurt too much. And,