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Imane Khelif beat Italy’s Angela Carini in just 46 seconds

Is Imane Khelif biologically male? Olympic boxing gender controversy explained

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FUMING Barry McGuigan told Olympic chiefs to “hang your heads in shame” after a boxer who failed a gender test battered her opponent. Italian Angela Carini, 25, quit her last-16 welterweight bout with “biological male” Imane Khelif after 46 SECONDS, insisting: “I had to safeguard my life.” Carini sobbed in the ring and snubbed a […]

‘Hang your heads in shame,’ Olympics 2024 chiefs told after female boxer is battered by rival who failed gender test

GENDER-ROW boxer Lin Yu-Ting cruised to a comprehensive points win in her Olympic opener – without the extreme controversy of Thursday’s stoppage by Algerian Imane Khelif. Both Lin and Khelif were disqualified from last year’s World Championships in New Delhi after failing gender eligibility tests – but were given the green light by the IOC […]

Second gender row boxer Lin Yu-Ting wins fight at Paris Olympics as opponent leaves ring in tears

Imane Khelif's boxing match against Angela Carini is set to go down as one of the most controversial in Olympic history - but there's much more to know about the determined Algerian boxer

Imane Khelif's journey from street bread seller to Olympic boxing gender controversy

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 The International Olympic Committee has defended its decision to allow two boxers who failed a gender eligibility test to compete at Paris 2024.Algeria’s Imane Khelif was disqualified hours before her gold-medal bout at the women’s World Championships in New Delhi last year after she failed to meet the International Boxing Association’s (IBA) eligibility criteria, which prevent athletes with male XY chromosomes competing in women’s events. Taiwan’s double world champion Lin Yu-ting lost her bronze medal at the same competition, after she too failed to meet the criteria. But the IBA was stripped of its recognition by the IOC last...

IOC responds to boxing gender test scandal at Paris Olympics

‘South Park’ Fans See Parallels with Olympics Boxing Controversy. Fans of “South Park” are crediting the show with foreseeing a real-world controversy after the 2024 Paris Olympics saw a boxer, previously failing a gender eligibility test, win in just 46 seconds. Algerian boxer Imane Khelif’s victory over Angela Carini sparked debate, with Carini leaving the ring, citing safety concerns.

Watch: South Park ‘predicted’ Olympics boxing controversy in 2019 episode

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 The tough childhood of embattled Olympic boxer Imane Khelif has come to light after her 46-second victory sparked an international gender row amid a frenzy of misinformation.Khelif, of Algeria, overcame severe odds to compete at her second Olympic Games despite having been forced to sell bread on the streets as child in order to pursue her boxing dream in a “conservative” environment that insisted the sport was only for men.“I happened to sell bread in the street, I collected dishes and other objects to earn money and to be able to move around because I came from a very...

Inside the tough childhood of Olympic boxer Imane Khelif as she faces groundless accusations of being male

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PARIS — Lin Yu-ting of Chinese Taipei won a convincing 5-0 decision in her opening round boxing match here Friday, just one day after controversy erupted over the presence of her and Algeria's Imane Khelif in the competition. Lin, a lanky left-hander, bested Sitora Turdibekova of Uzbekistan, sweeping every...

Paris Olympics: Lin Yu-ting shows no impact of boxing gender controversy as she wins via unanimous decision

IOC spokesman Mark Adams says the two boxers who are fighting at the Olympics despite being disqualified from last year's Women's World Championships, for failing to meet eligibility criteria, are "real people" who have been competing "for many years". He also adds that "this is not a transgender issue".

IOC responds to Olympics boxing controversy

Whiskey Riff

We really are living in a South Park episode these days.

I know that the animated show is supposed to be satire, but it seems like it's getting closer and closer to reality in these strange times we're living in. And now, people are even claiming that the show predicted the Olympics after controversy over the opening round of women's boxing.

The controversy has actually been brewing for a while, after the Olympics decided to allow Algerian boxer Imane Khelif to compete in Paris, despite questions over Khelif's biological gender.

Back in 2023, Khelif was disqualified from the International Boxing Association's world championships...

Did South Park Call It? Outrage Brews As Olympic Boxer At Center Of Gender Controversy Wins Match In Only 46 Seconds

Hungarian boxer Anna Luca Hamori says she doesn't "think it's fair" that her next opponent, Imane Khelif, is in the women's category.

Khelif being in women's boxing not fair, says next opponent

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Italian boxer Angela Carini, who abandoned her Olympic bout against Algeria's Imane Khelif inside 46 seconds, says she "wants to apologise" to her opponent for how she handled the moments after the fight. Khelif is one of two athletes who have been cleared to compete in the women's boxing in...

I want to apologise to Khelif - Italian boxer Carini

The Standard

 For those who tuned into the women’s round-of-16 boxing at the Olympics on Thursday, one fight in particular would have been easy to miss. Just 46 seconds after Italy’s Angela Carini and Algeria’s Imane Khelif stepped out into the ring, the match was over. After 25-year-old Khelif landed one punch on the chinstrap of her Italian opponent, Carini immediately turned to her team and opted against continuing. “It’s not right, it’s not right,” she could be heard telling her coach. After withdrawing from the match, fell to her knees sobbing and refused to shake Khelif’s hand after the Algerian was...

Who is Imane Khelif, the Algerian boxer at the centre of an Olympics gender storm?

PARIS — The Italian boxer who after 46 seconds abandoned her bout against Algeria's Imane Khelif says she wants to apologize for her post-fight behavior. In a story published on Friday, Angela Carini told Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport that she regrets not shaking Khelif's hand on Thursday before leaving the ring.

Angela Carini, Italian boxer in middle of gender firestorm, offers apology: 'All this controversy makes me sad'

The Mirror US

Italian boxer Angela Carini, who was left in tears after losing her controversial bout against Imane Khelif, has apologized and backtracked on her behavior

Olympic boxer who cried after losing to Imane Khelif apologizes and backtracks

960 The Ref

VILLEPINTE, France — (AP) — The Hungarian Boxing Association says it is sending letters of protest to both the IOC and Hungary's Olympic committee over Anna Luca Hamori's quarterfinal matchup with Imane Khelif of Algeria in women's boxing at the Paris Olympics. Hamori still will accept her fight...

Imane Khelif's Olympic participation decried in letter from her next opponent's boxing federation

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Abandoned boxing match unleashes a gender storm at Paris Olympics

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif weathered a toxic storm of transphobic abuse on social media after her Italian opponent quit 46 seconds into their Thursday bout, dragging...

Abandoned boxing match unleashes a gender storm at Paris Olympics

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