AP UNDER FIRE AFTER BOXER KHELIF WHO FAILED GENDER TEST NAMED AMONG "FEMALE ATHLETES OF THE YEAR"

The Olympic boxer who failed a gender test, but competed against women at the summer games in Paris was named among the top "Female Athletes of the Year" by the Associated Press.

The move has prompted harsh criticism.

Riley Gaines, host of the "Gaines for Girls" podcast, joined "Fox & Friends" Friday morning to react to professional Algerian boxer Imane Khelif was named among the top female athletes of 2024.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) faced global criticism at this summer's Paris Olympics when Khelif and Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan won gold medals in women's boxing. Both athletes had previously been disqualified from international competitions for failing gender eligibility tests. However, the IOC and current President Thomas Bach voiced support for both athletes.

"This was a male boxer, who was previously barred from world championships for failing a simple sex eligibility requirement test, [in] which the only requirement was to have two X chromosomes," Gaines said. "He failed that and now his medical record, even in further detail, has been leaked by a French journalist, which, might I add, the IOC had the entire time." MORE AT 

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