Olympian Imane Khelif has asked the public to 'refrain from bullying athletes' amid the boxing gender controversy at the 2024 Paris Games.
Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously appeared on ET Canada, Metro and the Mail Online.Olympian Imane Khelif is calling for "all the people of the world" to "refrain from bullying all athletes" amid the boxing gender controversy at the 2024 Paris Games
As she discussed dealing with the controversy while being away from home and her loved ones, Khelif added, “I am in contact with my family two days a week. I hope that they weren’t affected deeply." "All this controversy certainly made me sad, and I also felt sorry for my opponent, she had nothing to do with it and like me was only here to fight," Carini told
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