Imane Khelif and the scrutiny of female athletes’ bodies

<p>This year’s Olympics has been phenomenal for women in sport.</p><p>Paris 2024 also set a milestone as the first Olympics to achieve full gender parity on the field of play.</p><p>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.</p><p>One of the boxers, Imane Khelif, has spoken out several times in the face of it all.</p><p>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.</p><p>Today, <em>Fox Sports News </em>presenter and women's sports advocate Sam Squiers on why female bodies remain one of the main objects of regulation by sports committees.</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Socials: </strong>Stay in touch with us on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/7ampodcast">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.instagram.com/7ampodcast">Instagram</a></p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> <em>Fox Sports News </em>presenter and women's sports advocate, Sam Squiers.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>