Paris Olympics Women Boxing Sparks Gender Controversy

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An Italian woman boxer roars, “This is UNFAIR,” refusing to fight against an Algerian “Biological Male.”

Gender controversy arises from women’s boxing as Khelif defeats Carini.

Imane Khelif of Algeria won her first Olympic boxing match shortly thereafter Angela Carini of Italy quit after 46 seconds.

Imane Khelif and Angela carini’s boxing match created controversy.

Remarkably, Khelif a “biological male” was removed from the world championship in last year for having excessive testosterone levels.

Yet,the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allowed Imane khelif to participate in the Olympics.

Khelif cracked Carini’s nose in the first round with two powerful punches, she decided to walk out of the match.Match which lasted for only 46 seconds .

Carini, who was bleeding after her match Khelif’s victory and left without shaking their hands.

Carini responded to the media after the match describing about that she was in severe pain.

After the first punch and was already bleeding, but after the second punch, she realized that continuing was pointless and chose to walk away from the match.

Notably, Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni responded to the incident by stating that athletes with male chromosomes should not compete in female contests.

She also stated that protecting female athletes’ rights is a necessity rather than a kind of discrimination.

And political many leaders and famous personalities started to address this issue.

Throughout the chaos, International Olympic committee (IOC) says that All the contestants in the women’s category are qualified all the test taken.

The Algerian Olympic Committee defended their boxer, calling the controversy an intentional effort by foreign media to damage Khelif’s image.