“Still suing JK Rowling?” Martina Navratilova mocks Imane Khelif as Algerian boxer ‘confirmed’ as ‘male’ in leaked medical report
Martina Navratilova slammed Imane Khelif once again as a medical report claimed that the Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has XY chromosomes.

Martina Navratilova and Imane Khelif (Images via Imago)
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif is once again at the center of controversy as she has been declared ‘male’ in a leaked medical report. This prompted Martina Navratilova to once again launch scathing remarks on her.
The medical report which French journalist Djaffar Ait Aoudia secured was prepared in 2023 at the Kremlin-Bicetre Hospital in Paris and Mohamed Lamine Debaghine Hospital in Algiers. The report claimed that Khelif has an internal te*ticle and XY chromosomes, a rare genetic condition known as 5-alpha reductase deficiency as it affects se*ual development.
Khelif, after winning the Olympic gold, had filed a criminal complaint for alleged cyberbullying and Harry Potter author JK Rowling was named in the lawsuit. Navratilova, following the leaked report, mocked Khelif in one of her latest tweets and wished the boxer good luck with the lawsuit.
And here we are- is Imane still suing JK Rowling? Good luck with that lawsuit. Imane might have been raised as a woman but Imane is a biological male and should not have been allowed to box at the Olympics.
Martina Navratilova wrote on X
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And here we are- is Imane still suing JK Rowling? Good luck with that lawsuit.
— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) November 4, 2024
Imane might have been raised as a woman but Imane is a biological male and should not have been allowed to box at the Olympics https://t.co/DMyWfw9eUc
In another tweet, she reiterated how it was an injustice to women boxers who lost the gold medal because a ‘biological male’ boxer was allowed to participate. She reacted to a photo of Khelif that shows her as a man, but many X users warned her that the photo was photoshopped.
What we have been saying for months. And for calling his person a man or at least a male, we got called all kinds of names and most of all the women this male took medals and wins from. Just awful.
Martina Navratilova wrote on X
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What we have been saying for months. And for calling his person a man or at least a male, we got called all kinds of names and most of all the women this male took medals and wins from. Just awful https://t.co/iLwox36TXs
— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) November 4, 2024
Martina Navratilova blasts X user for calling her a TERF
When Martina Navratilova gave her opinion on the leaked report about Imane Khelif, a user said how it’s so ‘sad’ a ‘cool’ person like Navratilova is a ‘TERF’. TERF is an acronym for trans-exclusionary radical feminist, which Navratilova claimed she is not.

Really? If Wanting fair sports for women and protecting s*x based spaces makes me and many others TERFs, then be it . It also means many actual trans people are TERFโs. So ok thenโฆ
Martina Navratilova wrote on X
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Really? If Wanting fair sports for women and protecting sex based spaces makes me and many others TERFs, then be it . It also means many actual trans people are TERFโs. So ok thenโฆ
— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) November 4, 2024
Khelif has been surrounded by controversy since the International Boxing Association (IBA) banned her from competing in women’s boxing in 2023.
But as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allowed her to compete in women’s sports, she had to deal with a barrage of criticism, especially after her win in 46 seconds over Angela Carini in her opening bout. The controversy took another turn when Khelif took home the gold medal.