World Boxing has issued an apology to Olympic champion Imane Khelif after publicly announcing she would be barred from competing unless she underwent sex testing.
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The governing body's president, Boris van der Vorst, has written to the Algerian Boxing Federation acknowledging that "the athlete's privacy should have been protected".
The apology follows Friday's controversial announcement that revealed Khelif would be excluded from the Eindhoven Box Cup and all World Boxing events pending mandatory testing.
The organisation has now recognised its error in naming the Algerian fighter directly when unveiling its new policy for women's competitions.
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