Gender row boxer Imane Khelif shows off dramatic new look after more than a year without returning to ring

IMANE KHELIF has shown off a dramatic new look, over a year after her last boxing match.

The Algerian, 26, won her nation's first ever gold medal in women's boxing in the welterweight category at the Paris Olympics last summer .

However, she was at the centre of a huge gender eligibility storm.

It emerged that Khelif had been banned from fighting in competitions by the International Boxing Association in 2023 after tests allegedly showed her to have DNA of a male.

But the International Olympic Committee allowed her to compete in Paris because of her female passport status after replacing the Russian-led IBA, who were stripped of recognition by the IOC in a row over ethics and financial management.

The controversy sparked a huge debate, with Khelif being subjected to a barrage