Donald Trump ridicules Imane Khelif and implies to the Olympic champion as a ‘man’

Donald Trump has faced fire for calling Olympic gold medallist Imane Khelif a “man” on many occasions.

Khelif won the women’s welterweight title in Paris, making her the first Algerian woman to win a gold medal in Olympic boxing.

But a dispute over gender identification tainted the 25-year-old’s path to triumph, with many calling for Khelif to be disqualified from the Games.

The Algerian was cleared to compete in the French capital by the International Olympic Committee but her gender had come into question having been disqualified from last year’s Women’s World Championships for allegedly failing gender eligibility rules set by the International Boxing Association (IBA).

False claims that Khelif was born a male forced her own father to go public with her birth certificate.

However, that has not appeared to stop former President Trump who repeatedly referred to Khelif and Lin Yu-ting, a Taiwanese fighter who was also barred by the IBA, as men in a conversation with Mark Calaway, better known as WWE legend The Undertaker.

‘Did you see that boxing match at the Olympics?, the 78-year-old said on the Six Feet Under podcast. ‘Did you see that beautiful Italian girl?

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‘She’s supposed to be a good boxer. She took just a left jab. The guy goes (Trump throws a punch) boom. Like a defensive punch.

‘I never saw something quite like that. She doesn’t go down, she walked back to her corner and said, “I just got hit harder than I’ve ever been hit before”.

‘Her corner pushes her back out, “You can do it, you can do it”. He goes with another left jab and she walks off, “There’s no way I can win”.’

Trump continued: ‘Now there were two in the Olympics. Because I didn’t even know they had female boxing. There were two people that transitioned into women. Both of them won the gold medal. Shockingly.’

Trump went on to joke about Calaway transitioning to wrestle as a female, while the former WWE star labelled Khalif’s participation in the Paris Games as ‘shocking’ and ‘ridiculous’.

The Algerian, meanwhile, has previously spoken out about the ‘cruel’ tirade of abuse she faced while in Paris and more recently announced her intention to turn professional in the coming months.

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