Italian boxer Angela Carini quit her boxing bout against Algerian transgender Imane Khelif in 46 seconds, saying the biological man’s blows “hurt too much” for her to continue. Khelif previously failed testosterone tests that are supposed to mitigate the natural advantages male athletes have over women.
“I went into the ring to fight. I didn’t give up, but a punch hurt too much,” Carini said. She was struck twice by the Algerian man, with the second blow appearing to dislodge her helmet, and retreated to her corner. She refused to shake the male athlete’s hand, sobbing on her knees in the ring after he ended her Olympic dreams. Reports indicate she said she had never been hit so hard and may have suffered a broken nose.
Another male boxer, Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting, is also competing against women in the Paris Olympics. As with Khelif, Olympic officials are allowing him to fight women despite a previously failed testosterone test.
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Angela Carini (blue, female) abandons fight against Imane Khelif (red, male) a few minutes into fight /1 pic.twitter.com/yOIvZkDaow
— FairPlayForWomen (@fairplaywomen) August 1, 2024
A couple of punches to the head and it’s all over. /2 pic.twitter.com/6egSrRj51s
— FairPlayForWomen (@fairplaywomen) August 1, 2024
