Italian Angela Carini abandoned her bout against Algerian Imane Khelif after just 46 seconds on Thursday
An Olympic boxing match between Algerian Imane Khelif and Italian Angela Carini has become one of the most controversial stories of the Paris games.
She finished 17th at the 2018 World Championships and 19th in the 2019 Women's World Boxing Championships. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which took place in 2021, Khelif was beaten in a quarter-final by gold medal winner Kellie Harrington in the lightweight division. The 2023 ban Khelif and Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting have been cleared to compete in the women's boxing in Paris, having been disqualified from last year's Women's World Championships in India for failing to meet the IBA's eligibility criteria.
The relationship between the IBA and the IOC is strained to say the least, with the IBA having seized on the two boxers' presence in Paris to criticise the IOC. The governing body then disqualified Khelif only after the Algerian defeated Russian boxer Azalia Amineva during the tournament. In a statement, the IOC criticised the IBA's previous disqualification decision against Khelif and Yu-ting, calling it "arbitrary".
"The IOC is saddened by the abuse that the two athletes are currently receiving. Every person has the right to practice sport without discrimination." "I thinks it's the way she was born and that's out of her control. The fact that she has been beaten by nine females before says it all."
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