An Algerian boxer who was deemed to have male chromosomes won a fight in the 66-kilogram women’s division at the
Paris Olympics on Thursday.
Imane Khelif defeated
Italy’s Angela Carini after Carini abandoned her match. The fight lasted all of 46 seconds before Carini went to her cornermen to call off the fight.
Khelif celebrated the win while Carini was left in tears. After the fight Carini, was heard yelling to hear coaches in Italian questioning the fairness of the bout.
She then broke her silence about why she abandoned the match.
"I got into the ring to fight," she said, via Italy’s ANSA. "I didn't give up, but one punch hurt too much and so I said enough.
"I'm going out with my head held high."
Carini’s coach, Emanuele Renzini, said that quitting the match wasn’t a part of the plan ahead of time.
"It would have been easier not to show up, because all of Italy had been asking her not to fight for days," Renzini said. "But Angela was motivated and wanted to do it.
"Of course, when she met her opponent at the draw, she said 'it's not fair.’ But there was no premeditation here today She quit after taking one punch, she told me she didn't feel she could fight."
Khelif fought under a firestorm of controversy regarding a failed gender eligibility test in 2023...
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This is not even remotely fair. Biological males should compete with biological males and biological females should only compete with biological females. This Italian woman's athletes' dreams were sacrificed on the altar of wokeness.
