Imane Khelif becomes most searched sports personality on google in 2024

Algerian boxer, Imane Khelif, found herself in gender eligibility issues stemming from alleged XY chromosomes.

As the year is drawing to a close, Google has released its list of the most-searched athletes for 2024 and the Algerian boxer and Paris Olympics gold medalist, Imane Khelif, who became the talking point for both her gold medal victory and the gender-related controversy during the Paris Olympics has topped the charts.

As far as the year is concerned, Khelif’s gold medal win in Paris Olympics 2024 in 66kg event wasn’t without challenges after having earlier been disqualified from the 2023 World Boxing Championship for alleged gender eligibility issues stemming from alleged XY chromosomes. But she later regained eligibility based on the International Olympic Committee rules.

But its wasn’t the end of the drama her Paris Olympics journey reached a dramatic high when her opponent, Italian boxer Angela Carini, forfeited their bout just 46 seconds in, citing Khelif’s overwhelming power but later Khelif went on to win gold in the women’s 66kg boxing category.

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While Khelif topped the charts there were other glaring mentions on the list of top 10 most searched athletes including India’s cricketing star all-rounder Hardik Pandya who helped India win its 2nd ICC T20 World Cup after 17 years and Spain’s football prodigy Lamine Yamal who created history when he became the youngest player to score in the European Championship for Spain during Euro 2024.

Jake Paul continued to garner attention through his exploits in boxing. Football had other mentions in Spain’s Nico Williams who helped Spain win Euro after 12 years, as were Golfers Scottie Scheffler and others who keep getting regular spots on the PGA Tour. More niche mentions included Indian cricketer Shashank Singh and Spanish footballer Rodri in the top 10.

Here’s the full list of the top 10 most searched athletes on google in 2024:

1. Imane Khelif
2. Mike Tyson
3. Lamine Yamal
4. Simone Biles
5. Jake Paul
6. Nico Williams
7. Hardik Pandya
8. Scottie Scheffler
9. Shashank Singh
10. Rodri

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