Piers Morgan forced to delete social media post after gender row boxer Imane Khelif triumphs over China's Yang Liu to claim Olympic gold
Algerian did not lose a single round on her road to glory at Paris Games
Morgan weighed in on saga with misguided post before correcting it
Khelif's participation at the Olympics has been met with widespread controversy
The broadcaster said: 'A biological male just beat a biological male to win an Olympic gold medal in a women's competition.
'Congrats to everyone who supported this travesty.'
In declaring Khelif a 'biological male', Morgan evoked the language of the Russia-dominated International Boxing Association who used the term to describe the Algerian after banning her from the World Championships over an alleged 'failed gender test'.
It is not clear why the Piers Morgan Uncensored host described Liu as a 'biological male' but it is possible he confused her with Lin Yu-Ting, who has also been at the centre of the controversy.
The 59-year-old then put up a replacement post, which said: 'BREAKING: A biological male just won an Olympic Gold medal in a women’s boxing competition.
'Congrats to everyone who supported this travesty.'
When faced with criticism over his post from several social media users, Morgan wrote: 'Imane was banned from the World Championships after testing positive for male XY chromosomes. She didn’t appeal it. If she’s a biological woman, she should take another test now and prove it. Spoiler alert: she won’t'
The Taiwanese boxer was also banned from the Worlds for the same alleged reason but fights in a different weight class.
