Last Updated on 03/08/2024 by wccexam Desk
Imane Khalif vs Angela Carini, Paris Olympics 2024: Algerian transgender boxer Imane Khalifa sparked a debate across the world after her match at the Paris Olympics 2024. Khalifa’s opponent, Italy’s Angela Carini, quit the match after 46 seconds on Thursday (August 1) and said that she had never faced such strong punches in her life. Angela’s headgear also came off twice during the match. Angela also started crying after the match. The matter did not end here, after the match ended, Angela did not even shake hands with Khalifa.
Iman Khalifa reached the gold medal match in the Boxing World Championship last year, but was disqualified just before the match because it was claimed that her testosterone level was high in the test. But this time there is a matter of gender-equality in the Paris Olympics, so she got entry. Khalifa is a two-time Olympian, before Paris she also participated in the Tokyo Games.
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After the incident between Iman Khalifa and Angela Carini, #IStandWithAngelaCarini is trending on social media. Supporting this, social media platform X owner Elon Musk also shared a post. Everyone has supported Angela Carini. Italy’s PM Georgia Meloni has also supported Angela Carini.
Italy’s PM’s post goes viral
Georgia Meloni wrote on social media platform X, ‘I know you won’t give up, Angela. And I know that one day you will earn what you deserve through hard work and sweat. In a competition that is finally equal.’ This post of Meloni has received more than 3.7 million views.
I know you won’t give up, Angela, and I know that one day you will earn what you deserve through hard work and sweat. Finally, in fair competition. pic.twitter.com/bJ2GfAUTzq
— Giorgia Meloni (@giorgiameloni) August 1, 2024
Georgia Meloni also met Angela Carini in Paris. This meeting took place when the Italian Prime Minister supported her and said that the fight against Khalifa is not a fight for equality. Meloni said that athletes who have male genetic characteristics should not be included in women’s competitions.
IOC clarified the whole matter
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has repeatedly defended the boxers’ right to compete this week. This year marked the first time gender parity has been achieved in Olympic boxing, with 124 men and 124 women taking part in Paris. “All participants competing in the women’s category are complying with the competition eligibility rules,” IOC spokesman Mark Adams said on Tuesday.
The IOC said it had decided on the boxers’ eligibility based on gender-related rules that were in place at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Several sports have updated their gender rules in the past three years, including World Aquatics, World Athletics and the International Cycling Union.
The IOC is in charge of boxing in Paris after it stripped the International Boxing Association (IBA) of its Olympic status following years of administrative problems, a lack of financial transparency and multiple cases of corruption involving judges and referees. The IBA is controlled by president Umar Kremlev, who is Russian. He made Russian state-owned Gazprom its main sponsor and moved most of the IBA’s operations to Russia. Last year, the IBA disqualified both Ting and Khalif.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)