The boxer faced severe criticism for her controversial victory over Italian Natalia Carini, who abandoned the fight after a powerful right hook from her rival.
The Algerian boxer Imane Khelif faced severe criticism, especially from Italyfor his participation in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Natalia Carini He openly opposed it, considering it unfair to allow him to compete for being “trans“. The controversy increased after the fight between Khelif and Italian boxer Angela Cariniwho She left the ring after 46 seconds, visibly hurt and saying in Italian “Mi ha fatto malissimo” (“It hurt me a lot”) after a powerful right-hander Khelif.
The fight began with a strong right punch from Khelif that damaged Carini’s helmet, leading to the quick withdrawal of the Italian boxer, who showed frustration to her team. This incident further fueled controversy over Khelif’s eligibility to compete in the women’s category.
Who is Imane Khelif, the Algerian boxer behind the gender controversy at the 2024 Olympics?
Imane Khelif, a 25-year-old Algerian boxercompetes in the category up to 66 kilos for the 2024 Olympic Games. After a mixed performance at the 2018 and 2019 World Cups and reaching the After reaching the quarter-finals at Tokyo 2020, Khelif made a breakthrough in 2022, winning gold medals at the Mediterranean Games and the African Championships, and finishing runner-up in the amateur world championship.
In it World Cup 2023 in India, Khelif He won his first four fights at welterweight, but She was disqualified before the final due to a hormone test that showed higher testosterone levels than normal for a woman.. The IBA, the International Boxing Federation, He claimed that Khelif did not meet the eligibility criteria based on hormone levels. This same measure was applied to the former two-time world champion Lin Yu-ting, from Taiwan.
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Khelif claimed that the disqualification was the result of a conspiracy against him and Algeria. I affirm that She was a victim of harassment and discrimination because of her appearance and the exclusion occurred when she was close to winning a gold medal. On the other hand, Umar Kremlev, president of the IBAassured that the tests of DNA They confirmed that Khelif and Lin They had XY chromosomes, which justified its exclusion.
Despite this controversy, the The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has allowed Khelif and Lin to participate in the qualifying process for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, since the IOC is responsible for supervising boxing in the Olympic Games. Khelif It was wrongly classified as “trans athlete” on social media and in the media, with some boxing figures questioning his participation based on concerns about fairness.
He Algerian Olympic Committee defended Khelifdenying the allegations and stating that she meets the eligibility rules for women’s competition. IOC spokesman Mark Adams He stressed the complexity of the eligibility criteria and highlighted that the aim is to balance equity with inclusion.
Javier Milei’s opinion on the gender controversy at the 2024 Olympic Games
The Argentine president He got involved in the controversy that broke out after the fight and used his social networks to express his opinion. Through his X account he said: “Let’s see, progressive bolugres. Come and explain this. When their stupidities are pointed out with arguments, they respond by putting all kinds of labels that seek to cancel the argument that refutes them. Then reality appears that exposes them to their imbecility. If she continued, he would kill her.“.
He also retweeted on X (formerly Twitter) a post in which a serious accusation is made: “Feminism made it a ‘sport’, not a crime, for a man to hit a woman.”
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