Khelif herself filed the complaint, according to her lawyer, Nabil Boudi, for whom it is a "fight for justice". A fight that adds to Khelif's sporting success, gold in women's boxing in the 66 kg category, and her fight in the gender controversy after many voices said she was a man and not a woman.

"The investigation will determine who was behind this misogynistic, racist and sexist campaign, but it will also have to deal with those who fuelled the online lynching," her lawyer said.

JK Rowling and Trump

According to US magazine Variety, billionaire entrepreneur Musk and Harry Potter author JK Rowling have been named in the complaint.

Former US President Trump, who is the Republican party's nominee in the 2024 presidential race, would also be part of the investigation, Variety said, citing the lawyer.

Trump said he would "keep men out of women's sports" and his running mate JD Vance described the bout as a "grown man pummelling a woman in a boxing match".

Rowling also weighed in, saying on X that the Paris Olympics would be "forever tarnished by the brutal injustice done to Carini".

Controversy

The controversy erupted with the fight against Italian boxer Angela Carini, who abandoned the bout after a few seconds, although days later she apologised for her attitude.

By then, the controversy had already begun, led by the International Boxing Association, at odds with the International Olympic Committee, IOC, and removed from the organisation of the Games. This organisation is chaired by Russia's Umar Kremlen, a Kremlin-linked oligarch, whose country has been banned from the Games.

The IBA claimed that it had considered Algeria's Khelif and another boxer, Thailand's Lin Yu-ting, ineligible to compete in events organised by them on the grounds of gender and after testing them. But they were allowed to compete in Paris by the IOC, which has consistently maintained that Khelif and Yu-ting are women. The IBA had allowed both boxers to compete in Tokyo three years ago.

Her victory also became a plea against hate speech and a denunciation of the bullying she has suffered in recent weeks. Khelif said she is "a woman like any other woman": "I was born a woman, I lived as a woman and I competed as a woman," she told reporters of her eligibility.

On Monday, Khelif received a hero's welcome at Algiers airport, with crowds cheering the boxer with chants of "Tahia Imane" (Long live Imane).

An editorial in government daily El Moudjahid praised Khelif. "Imane's victory is also a victory for the oppressed and the excluded, but above all it is a victory for the law, which for too long has been trampled by the logic of the powerful, who are greedy for domination and adept at double-standard policies."

After the controversy, IOC said they would decide in the first half of next year whether boxing will be included in the 2028 Los Angeles Games.