The backlash following the brief Olympic bout between Algerian boxer Imane Khelif and Italy’s Angela Carini continues.
Algeria’s Imane Khelif punches Italy’s Angela Carini in the women’s 66kg preliminaries round of 16 boxing match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the North Paris Arena, in Villepinte on August 1, 2024.Not long after, Riley Gaines — a 12-time All-American and former collegiate swimmer at Kentucky who describes herself as a “leader defending women’s single-sex spaces” — posted on X, “Men don’t belong in women’s sports #IStandWithAngelaCarini.
“Many people in Italy tried to call and tell her: ‘Don’t go please: it’s a man, it’s dangerous for you,” Renzini told reporters.Algeria’s Imane Khelif, right, defeated, Italy’s Angela Carini in their women’s 66kg preliminary boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics on, Aug. 1, 2024, in Paris, France.
“A man was allowed to beat up a woman on a global stage, crushing her life’s dream while fighting for her deceased father This delusion must end,” She was abruptly disqualified from the 2023 IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships before fighting a Chinese opponent due to elevated levels of testosterone.
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