Meloni hits back amid Olympics gender boxing row
Italy’s Prime Minister Georgia Meloni has spoken out about the ongoing gender row in female boxing.
Italian boxer Angela Carini pulled out of the Olympics mid-fight on Thursday after she sustained a series of punches from her Algerian opponent Imane Khelif, who last year failed a gender eligibility test at the World Championships.
IOC spokesperson said: “The Algerian boxer was born female, was registered female, lived her life as a female, boxed as a female, has a female passport. This is not a transgender case.”
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Italian boxer Angela Carini pulled out of the Olympics mid-fight on Thursday after she sustained a series of punches from her Algerian opponent Imane Khelif, who last year failed a gender eligibility test at the World Championships.
IOC spokesperson said: “The Algerian boxer was born female, was registered female, lived her life as a female, boxed as a female, has a female passport. This is not a transgender case.”
#Paris2024 #Boxing #Meloni
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00:00A fact that with the levels of testosterone present in the blood of the Algerian athlete,
00:13the race at the start is not a race, it is a race that does not seem fair.
00:18I think that athletes who have male genetic characteristics should not be admitted to
00:25the women's races, and not because they want to discriminate someone, but to protect
00:30the right of athletes to be able to compete at equal weights.