Polémica de género en el boxeo olímpico: Mujeres vs Intersexuales
La pelea de boxeo femenino entre la italiana Angela Carini y intersexual argelina Imane Khelif ha generado uno de los momentos más polémicos de los Juegos Olímpicos de París 2024. ¿mujeres boxeando contra intersexuales?
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00:00New controversy in the Olympic Games.
00:04The focus is on the intersexual Algerian boxer Iman Khalif.
00:09Iman Khalif was banned from the World Boxing Championship,
00:13but since the Olympic Games are not organized by the Federation,
00:16but by the International Olympic Committee,
00:19she was allowed to box in Paris 2024 despite her high levels of testosterone.
00:25Khalif faced the Italian Angela Carini
00:28in a fight that lasted only 46 seconds.
00:31After a powerful right hand from Khalif,
00:33Carini decided to withdraw between tears,
00:36visibly affected and fearing for her integrity.
00:39Carini declared to the media after the fight,
00:42I preferred to stop for my health,
00:44I had never felt a punch like this.
00:47The controversy was not long in coming.
00:49Before the tournament, the Australian boxer Evayne Bridge
00:52criticized the decision of the Olympic Committee,
00:55calling it disgusting that the KOI let these women,
00:59who still look like men, compete against other women.
01:02Khalif is not the only one in the center of the controversy.
01:05The Taiwanese Li Junqing will also compete in the Games,
01:08despite not being able to participate in the World Championship
01:11due to her high levels of testosterone.
01:13The sports world is divided with this controversy
01:16by the acceptance of intersex people,
01:19that is, with sexual characteristics
01:21that do not fit the binary norms of masculine or feminine.
01:24But some women in Paris have declared
01:27that they will not box against Khalif in these Games.
01:30The situation of Angela Carini has been so hard
01:33that today she announced her decision to withdraw from women's boxing,
01:36while Khalif will continue her path
01:39to a controversial Olympic medal in Paris.