boxer Angela Carini She won her eighth women's title in Italy on Sunday, a comeback after bowing out to a controversial opponent at the Paris Olympics.
“Tonight was my revenge,” Carini told reporters after the match via The Telegraph, months after she was punched in the face in front of a global audience. athlete Whose birth sex was questioned.
Carini (26 years old) withdrew from her match against Algerian Iman Khalif in Paris after receiving several strong blows to the head. Khalif's inclusion in the Olympics was the biggest controversy of the Paris Games after the Algerian failed gender eligibility tests to compete in other international women's boxing events.
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Algerian Iman Khelif (in red) defeats Italian Angela Carini in the preliminary round of the women's 66kg during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Nord Paris Stadium in Villepinte on August 1, 2024. (Mohamed Rasfan/AFP via Getty Images)
Khalif has been disqualified from the 2023 International Boxing Association (IBA) World Championship, with IBF president Omar Kremlev saying the boxer has “XY chromosomes” associated with biological males.
Nice She gave up her match Against Khalif after only 46 seconds.
“I entered the ring to fight,” Carini said in Paris, via the Italian news agency ANSA. “I didn't give up, but one punch was too painful. So I said enough is enough.”
Algeria's Iman Khelif, right, beats Italy's Angela Carini in the women's 66-kilogram preliminary bout at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Aug. 1, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/John Lusher)
Formerly Karenni He told reporters Her goal at the Olympics was to win a medal for her late father.
Khalif won gold in Paris and was not the only women's gold medalist to be disqualified for failing gender eligibility tests. Taiwanese Lin Yu-ting also won the gold medal in another women's weight category in Paris, sparking similar outrage.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) defended Khalif and Yu Ting's inclusion in the women's events to the end.
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Khalif later sued several people, including Elon Musk and JK Rowling, who criticized the athlete and the International Olympic Committee for their inclusion, alleging “aggravated acts of cyber harassment” based on gender.
Khalif He threatened another lawsuit In November, a French journalist was charged over a report that claimed the boxer had testicles.
“We will meet the French journalist in court,” the Algerian athlete said on NDTV.
Carini had previously said that she wanted to “apologize” to Khalif for the withdrawal, which sparked negative interest in the Algerian.
Angela Carini of Italy before her women's 66kg preliminary round match against Iman Khalif of Algeria at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at North Paris Arena on August 1, 2024 in Paris. (Richard Pelham/Getty Images)
“All this controversy saddens me,” Karini said, via the BBC. “I'm sorry for competing too. If the IOC says she can fight, I respect that decision.”
Carini gave Khalif the cold shoulder after the fight and said she regretted it.
“This was not something I intended to do,” Carini said. “Actually, I want to apologize to her and everyone. I was angry because the Olympics I was participating in turned into smoke.”
However, Carini felt that some sense of “revenge” was achieved on Sunday.
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