The maelstrom that has engulfed Algerian boxer Imane Khelif in Paris is a wretched thing. It is humiliating for Khelif, who has always identified as a woman, and crushing for every rival boxer competing in her weight division.

And it should never have happened.

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif.Credit: Eddie Jim

Although there is a complex backstory to this saga that we will get to, the........

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