Two Olympic boxers have been stripped of medals as Imane Khelif 'told to return her gold' from Paris

Two Olympic boxers have previously been stripped of their medals amid controversy surrounding Imane Khelif.

Khelif won the gold medal in the women's 66kg welterweight category at Paris 2024, defeating China's Yang Liu in the final.

Throughout the competition, question marks were raised over her gender eligibility, after she had failed an unspecified test adminstered by the International Boxing Association (IBA) ahead of the 2023 World Championships.

Khelif was disqualified from the competition, but the International Olympic Committee (IOC) stated that she had 'complied with the competition's eligibility and entry regulations, as well as all applicable medical regulations' before Paris.

They also described the IBA's test as 'not legitimate' and have urged the findings to be discarded.

Since then, World Boxing - boxing's new governing body at amateur level after the IBA was suspended - have written a letter to the Algerian Boxing Association in which they state that Khelif must undergo genetic screening before competing in their sanctioned events.

Although the body later apologised for naming Khelif in the letter, she is effectively banned from competition until she undergoes the tests.

The Olympic champion was born and raised as a girl, her father confirmed in an interview with Sky Sports.

But the IBA chairman, Umar Kremlev, has called on Khelif to return her medal - despite the fact that she was eligible to compete under IOC rules.

There is precedent for Olympic boxers to be stripped of their medals, but in vastly different cases to this one.

In 2016, Russian boxer Misha Aloian tested positive for the banned stimulant tuaminoheptane following the end of the men's 52kg flyweight competition.

He won a silver medal, losing to Shakhobidin Zoirov of Uzbekistan, but was stripped of his medal in December of that year following his positive test.

And all the way back in 1905, American fighter Jack Egan had two medals - a silver and a bronze, won in the 1904 Games - stripped.

Egan's real name was Frank Floyd, but he fought under his assumed name at the Olympics.

In those days, that was a breach of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU)'s rules as he could have been deemed to be a 'ringer' - competing on behalf of another fighter.

Although such occurrences were more common in the early 20th century, as many rich people did not want to be fully associated with sports, he was disqualified from both of his medal-winning events in November 1905.