'It Affected Me': WATCH Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif Open Up On Harassment Faced At Paris Olympics 2024

Imane Khelif Latest Interview: The Algerian boxer, in her latest interview, has criticised the big politicians and personalities around the world for calling her a transgender. WATCH.

Imane Khelif Latest Interview: Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, for the first time since winning the Gold medal at Paris Olympics 2024 in Women's Boxing event at 66kg category, has given a sensational interview, where she addressed all the issues, harassment, and adversities she ended up facing during the course of the event.

The interview is exclusively taken by El Birad, which is an Algerian-based news channel reporting the Arabic language, and during the interview, the Algerian boxer pointed out various things related to cyberbullying and involvement of famous personalities in influencing an 'alleged' agenda against her.

Watch the viral interview here:

Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif's Latest Interview In Detail

"But immediately after there was a big uproar from big politicians around the world, athletes around the world, and even artists and stars, Elon Musk, Trump.. this thing..... that affected me.I am not lying to you, it affected me. It affected me a lot, hurt me a lot. I can't describe to you the amount of fear I had. I was afraid that I would say, 'why did Imane Khelif insist on this?', 'why was there an uproar from big politicians around the world?'," said Imane Khelif during the interview.

"I was afraid, but thank god, I was able to overcome this stage. Thanks to the specialists who helped me overcome this stage. And what can I say about this stage? It weasn't enough. It was a very difficult stage, I could not wait for it. The scenario was very scary. Thank god, all the people of Algeria and the Arab world knew Imane Khelif with her femininity, her courage, her will," said the Algerian boxer.

"Honestly, I don't like to get into politics in sports, but they got into politics in sports. Sports and politics are two separate things. These politicians who are oppressing me, they don't have the right to say that I'm a transgender. This is a big shame for my family, for the honour of my family, for the honour of Algeria, for the Women of Algeria, and especially for the Arab world. The whole world knows that I am a Muslim girl," she added.