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The Algerian, 25, won women’s welterweight gold<\/a> in Paris this summer a year after being disqualified from the World Championships for reportedly failing gender eligibility tests. <\/p>\n The tests were conducted by the Russian-led International Boxing Association (IBA), who were later stripped of their world governing body status<\/a> by the IOC over integrity and governance issues.<\/p>\n The IBA said Khelif “failed to meet the eligibility criteria for participating in women’s competition”. <\/p>\n The IBA defines a woman, female or girl as “an individual with chromosome XX” and men, males or boys as “an individual with chromosome XY”.<\/p>\n The IOC questioned the legitimacy and credibility of the IBA’s tests, saying they could not be relied upon.<\/p>\n The dispute meant the IOC was responsible for running the boxing competition at the Paris Olympics and applied less stringent eligibility criteria.<\/p>\n Khelif and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting, who was also banned by the IBA, were both cleared to compete at the Olympics by the IOC.<\/p>\n A chaotic news conference held subsequently by the IBA did little to clear the confusion around Khelif and Lin’s bans.<\/p>\n Chief executive Chris Roberts said the pair had “chromosome tests”, while president Umar Kremlev appeared to suggest the tests determined the fighters’ testosterone levels.<\/p>\n The BBC has been unable to determine what the eligibility tests consisted of.<\/p>\n Khelif’s opening bout at the Olympics against Angela Carini was abandoned after 46 seconds,<\/a> with the Italian saying she stopped the fight to “preserve my life”. <\/p>\n