Imane Khelif and the scrutiny of female athletes’ bodies

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This year’s Olympics has been phenomenal for women in sport.Paris 2024 also set a milestone as the first Olympics to achieve full gender parity on the field of play.But these achievements have been overshadowed by the abuse levelled at two female boxers who both clinched their first olympic medals over unfounded speculation about their sex.One of the boxers, Imane Khelif, has spoken out several times in the face of it all.The saga is fuelled by a current moral panic about ‘fairness’ in women’s sport – but it’s also part of a long and insidious history of scrutinising the bodies of female athletes, especially the successful ones.Today, Fox Sports News presenter and women's sports advocate Sam Squiers on why female bodies remain one of the main objects of regulation by sports committees.Socials: Stay in touch with us on Twitter and InstagramGuest: Fox Sports News presenter and women's sports advocate, Sam Squiers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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