Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, whose identify vaulted into the highest of Google searches a day in the past after a 46-second bout reraised gender check points, isn’t finished in Paris.
She’ll face Hungary’s Luca Anna Hamori within the girls’s welterweight quarterfinal at 11:22 a.m. You’ll watch that right here. In line with ESPN, Hungary plans to protest Khelif’s participation. If the bout goes on as scheduled and Khelif wins, she strikes on to the semifinal at 4:34 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Aug. 6.
The ladies’s welterweight closing is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 9. Watch that one right here. Get extra on Olympic boxing.
Khelif was disqualified from the 2023 world championships after failing an unspecified gender eligibility check, and her presence on the Paris Olympics has develop into a divisive concern. There is not any indication she identifies as transgender.
So what occurred with Angela Carini?
Opponent Angela Carini of Italy stop after simply 46 seconds in Thursday’s bout.
Carini and Khelif had only some punch exchanges earlier than Carini deserted it, a particularly uncommon incidence in Olympic boxing. Carini’s headgear apparently grew to become dislodged twice earlier than she stop.
Carini refused to shake Khelif’s hand after the choice was introduced, and he or she cried within the ring earlier than leaving.
Afterward, a still-tearful Carini mentioned she stop due to intense ache in her nostril after the opening punches. Carini, who had a spot of blood on her trunks, mentioned she wasn’t making a political assertion and was not refusing to battle Khelif.
“I felt a extreme ache in my nostril, and with the maturity of a boxer, I mentioned ‘sufficient,’ as a result of I didn’t need to, I didn’t need to, I couldn’t end the match,” Carini mentioned.
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Khelif is an completed novice who received a silver medal on the Worldwide Boxing Affiliation’s 2022 world championships. The identical governing physique disqualified her from final yr’s championships shortly earlier than her gold-medal match due to what it claimed had been elevated ranges of testosterone.
The 25-year-old entered the ring on the North Paris Area to a refrain of cheers, however the crowd was confused by the bout’s sudden finish.
