To be honest, we're a little surprised that Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelifas wasn't voted Female Athlete of the Year. Then again, swimmer Lia Thomas was cheated out of the title NCAA Woman of the Year in 2022.
Controversial Olympic boxer Imane Khelif has been ranked 3rd place in the Associated Press’s Female Athlete of the Year. 🥉
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) December 25, 2024
The boxer was embroiled in a gender row after winning gold in the women’s boxing at the Paris Olympics over questions about ‘her’ gender. pic.twitter.com/CG8UXFI37E
Fortunately, the AP's award went to a deserving female athlete. Outkick reports:
Caitlin Clark was awarded the 2024 Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year Award to the surprise of very few.
What caught OutKick's attention was a nugget buried in today's AP report announcing the big news: controversial Algerian Olympic gold-medal-winning boxer Imane Khelif received four votes for AP Female Athlete of the Year.
Of the 74 voters in charge of handing out this prestigious award, 35 voted for Clark, 25 voted for Simone Biles, and then there were the four who voted for Khelif.
So out of 74 voters, four decided it was more important to virtue signal than to recognize the astounding accomplishments of Caitlin Clark and Simone Biles. Did we ever find out for sure that Khelif is female?
Imane Khelif is a man with the unfortunate intersex condition called 5-ARD. All of the internal male organs are present but the external male organs fail to develop. This doesn't make Imane a woman, it makes him a man whose penis has failure to launch.
— Third Railify (@ThirdRailify) December 25, 2024
That is the look of a predator, plain and simple. pic.twitter.com/izGsiBrXIT
— Gencrittherapist (@Gencritherapist) December 26, 2024
The AP is a joke.
— Thomad Lund🇺🇸 (@LundThomad) December 25, 2024
Her with XY chromosomes. 🤔 Makes as much sense as a married bachelor.
— Drex Treaster (@DrexTreasterLPN) December 25, 2024
It was even determined in his latest examination that he is a man, and they still continue?
— Richard 🇸🇪🇺🇬🇮🇱🇺🇸 (@Pfuppfehr) December 26, 2024
@AP is all in 100% woke and is going broke.
— TallJohnSilver (@TallJohnSilver) December 25, 2024
The face of a micropenis
— pushpop (@pushpop01196280) December 26, 2024
Four voters were big enough not to let a micropenis keep them from voting for Female Athlete of the Year.
I can’t believe they found 2 female athletes they loved more.
— Emeritus Prof Alpaca McSputum (@TheWhogg) December 26, 2024
It surprised us as well. Congratulations to Khelif for coming in third.
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