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Imane Khelif's dealt with a very emotional week ... with tons of people online questioning her gender and calling her names -- and, she let it all out after her quarterfinal win.

Olympic Boxer Imane Khelif Breaks Down in Tears After Win, Week of Controversy

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Imane Khelif's run at the Paris Olympics has been dominating headlines for unfortunate reasons.   Some people are convinced Khelif is a transgender athlete taking advantage of female athletes. This belief stems from the fact that she was disqualified from the 2023 World Championships due ...

Boxer Recalls Concerning Details About Fight Against Imane Khelif

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Italian Olympian boxer Angela Carini apologized to her Algerian opponent, boxer Imane Khelif, after Carini abandoned her fight with Khelif at the Paris Olympics and said it was “not up to me to judge” if Khelif was a woman or not. “Actually, I want to apologize to her and everyone else,” Carini told Italian sports outlet La Gazzetta dello Sport. “I was angry because my Olympics had gone up in smoke. I don’t have anything against Khelif. Actually, if I were to meet her again, I would embrace her,” she added. Carini left her match after 46 seconds in the ring with Khelif, saying “I felt too much pain on my nose,” following a punch from Khelif. The controversy around Khelif’s gender began after a DNA test from the International Boxing Association “proved they (Khelif) had XY chromosomes,” according to the organization’s President, Umar Kremlev. “I’m sorry for my opponent, too. … If the IOC said she can fight, I respect that decision,” Carini added. The controversy around Khelif’s gender has been a flash point for right-wing politicians, pundits and the like over the past week. Read it at Associated PressRead more at The Daily Beast.

Italian Boxer Apologizes After Outburst Over Opponent’s Gender

A second boxer cleared to compete in the Paris Olympics after being banned by the International Boxing Association (IBA) in a dispute over gender eligibility has won her opening bout.Lin Yu-ting, 28, from Taiwan, dominated opponent Sitora Turdibekova, from Uzbekistan, over three rounds at the North Paris Arena.Although they shook hands before the 57kg category match-up, there was no handshake after the fight and Turdibekova, 22, left in tears.Lin’s arrival in the arena was greeted with cheers as well as some boos, according to the BBC. She is a three-time World Champion medalist with 41 wins and 14 defeats in...

Second Boxer in Gender Eligibility Dispute Wins Olympics Fight

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The Olympics are a time for people to come together and respect one another, seeing which country can come out on top in certain sports. But, for some, the heat of the moment becomes too much and they let their anger and frustrations get the best of them. This is exactly what happened with the latest Olympic soccer match between Argentina and France, seeing the hosts narrowly make it to the next round of their home tournament.

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	But online, the conversation about the Olympics was not dominated by the triumphs of female...

Conservatives Accuse Olympic Boxer of Being a Man Because Her Opponent Quit

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The opponent of Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has come under fire after she reportedly shared a series of provocative and offensive images about Kelief on Instagram. Khelif has had her gender and identity questioned by high-profile individuals after misinformation was spread online although she has received backing elsewhere. The 25-year-old has become a victim of racism, sexism and transphobia, despite being born a woman and never identifying as anything else, after her Italian opponent, Angela Carini in women's boxing at the Paris 2024 Olympics quit less than a minute into their second round tie. Carini, who has since apologised for...

Imane Khelif's next opponent shares 'hateful' images comparing boxer to a monster

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Following her victory in the women's welterweight quarterfinal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Algerian Olympic boxer Imane Khelif became tearful as she responded to misconceptions about her gender. Khelif's participation in the Games has been scrutinized after she reportedly failed to meet gender eligibility tests at the 2023 Women's World Boxing Championships.

'I am a female': Algerian Olympic boxer tearful after quarterfinal victory amid gender dispute

Imane Khelif secured a quick victory over Angela Carini in their Summer Olympics boxing showdown today. For those who don’t know, Imane Khelif has served as a controversial figure thus far at the Olympics in Paris. Last March, she was disqualified for failing to meet eligibility criteria shortly before her gold medal bout at the 2023 IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships.

Boxer Imane Khelif who failed gender test wins first Olympic match by 46-second knockout

New York Post

Imane Khelif decried the questions over her gender and the hateful remarks she has faced because of them and called for an end to “bullying all athletes” in her first extensive comments on the issue. 

Khelif, 25, and fellow boxer Lin Yu-ting have been at the center of controversy over unsubstantiated claims about their gender, which erupted on Thursday after Italian boxer Angela Carini threw in the towel 46 seconds into her bout against Khelif. 

“I send a message to all the people of the world to uphold the Olympic principles and the Olympic Charter, to refrain from bullying all athletes, because...

Imane Khelif denounces bullying amid Olympic boxing gender controversy: ‘Can destroy people’

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The International Boxing Association, which is not officially running the Olympic boxing matches in Paris, announced it would award Italy’s Angela Carini a ‘gold-medal style’ bonus.Carini opted out of her round of 16 match against Algeria’s Imane Khelif on Thursday, August 1, in just 46 seconds after walking to her corner following a punch on the Olympic ring.Khelif is one of two fighters at the center of the gender questions that have led to an outcry of controversy throughout the boxing competition in Paris.Following the loss, Carini was left in tears and claimed afterward that she’d “never been hit so...

Olympics Gender Twist: Beaten, Crying Italian Boxer Angela Carini to Receive ‘Gold-Medal Style’ Cash Bonus

Olympic boxer Imane Khelif said the wave of hateful scrutiny she faced over misconceptions about her gender “harms human dignity,” and she called for an end to bullying athletes after being greatly affected by the international backlash against her. The Algerian athlete spoke about her tumultuous extraordinary Olympic experience Sunday night in an interview with SNTV - the sports video partner of The Associated Press. PARIS (AP) — Olympic boxer Imane Khelif said the wave of hateful scrutiny she has faced over misconceptions about her gender “harms human dignity,” and she called for an end to bullying athletes after being greatly affected by the international backlash against her. The Algerian athlete spoke about her tumultuous Olympic experience on Sunday night in an interview with SNTV, a sports video partner of The Associated Press. “I send a message to all the people of the world to uphold the Olympic principles and the Olympic Charter, to refrain from bullying all athletes, because this has effects, massive effects,” Khelif said in Arabic. “It can destroy people, it can kill people’s thoughts, spirit and mind. It can divide people. And because of that, I ask them to refrain from bullying.”

Olympic boxer Imane Khelif calls for end to bullying after backlash over gender misconceptions

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif called for an end to bullying athletes after she faced a wave of online abuse over misconceptions about her gender during the Paris Olympics.

Boxer Imane Khelif says bullying can ‘destroy people’

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