'Dangerous and unfair' - Gender row boxer Khelif should have been barred from Olympics, says expert

IMENE KHELIF should NOT have been allowed to compete at the Olympics because it is "unfair and dangerous".

So says human development expert Dr Emma Hilton who insists athletes with "typically male" XY chromosomes, like Khelif, should be barred from competing against those who don't.

Algerian Khelif, 25, is at the centre of a gender row in Paris after her Italian opponent, Angela Carini, withdrew 46 seconds into their bout saying: "It's not fair".

Carini was left with a suspected broken nose, collapsed to the floor in tears and refused to shake Khelif's hand after her defeat was confirmed.

The controversy stems from Khelif's disqualification at last year's world championships in Delhi for "failing a gender test".

She is said to have tested positive for XY chromosomes typically found in males rather than XX chromosomes typically found in females.

Dr Hilton is a Developmental Biologist at the University of Manchester and trustee of charity Sex Matters.

And speaking exclusively to SunSport, she said: "If there is biology that's going to help you punch someone harder because you've got male biology, then you simply cannot have that biology in a female ring...

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