Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif has denied claims made by her former manager that she has retired from the sport, saying she was still training regularly.

In 2023 the International Boxing Association (IBA) disqualified Khelif from the World Championships after she failed a gender test. Despite that, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allowed her to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where she won the gold medal in the 66 kg division. In the final she defeated China’s Yang Liu.

IMANE KHELIF has shown off a dramatic new look, over a year after her last boxing match. The Algerian, 26, won her nation’s first ever gold medal in women’s boxing in the welterweight