IMANE KHELIF revealed at a press convention on Sunday that she’s going to resume her skilled profession.
The 25-year-old Algerian turned one of the recognised athletes on the earth throughout this summer time’s Paris Olympics.
Khelif gained gold within the 66kg class breezing via the competitors culminating in a closing in opposition to China’s Liu Yang. The ultimate at Roland Garros, extra recognized for French Open Tennis, was a cacophony of noise in assist of Khelif when she entered the well-known venue. Khelif recorded a shut-out victory to the delight of her supporters. Nevertheless, that was half the story of her time on the Olympics.
Earlier than final yr’s World Championship closing in New Delhi Khelif was disqualified after failing to fulfill the eligibility standards of the Worldwide Boxing Affiliation (IBA).
In an announcement launched close to the top of July the IBA mentioned, “This check conclusively indicated that each athletes didn’t meet the required essential eligibility standards and had been discovered to have aggressive benefits over different feminine rivals.”
This introduced into doubt her participation on the Olympics however the Unbiased Olympic Committee (IOC) recognised Khelif as a feminine athlete regardless of dealing with a barrage of criticism. Khelif confronted a backlash of her personal significantly on-line which included from some within the public eye.
Khelif, who made a successful skilled debut in Singapore 11 months in the past, spoke of her future plans at a press convention in Sydney yesterday.
“I want to maintain a press convention to share with you my success story with the media household and younger girls who watch me.
“There’s a documentary being ready about my success story and will probably be proven on worldwide platforms. I’ll quickly enter the world {of professional} boxing. I’ve many affords. At the moment, I’ve not made up my thoughts about the place I’ll enter boxing. However very quickly I’ll take this step, we as Algerians want to see our degree within the subject of professionalism.
