Olympics gender row erupts after female boxer gives up against fighter barred from competing in 2023

CONTROVERSY IN PARIS as Italian boxer Angela Carini stopped her fight with Imane Khelif, who last year failed a gender test, just 46 seconds into the contest.

Carini took two shots to the face from her Algerian opponent before throwing in the towel and breaking down in tears in the centre of the ring.

And 25-year-old Carini then failed to acknowledge Khelif when she tried to shake hands after her defeat in the 66kg welterweight bout was confirmed.

Khelif, also 25, is one of two athletes who have been cleared to compete in the women's boxing, despite being disqualified from last year's Women's World Championships for failing to meet gender eligibility criteria.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Khelif was disqualified in New Delhi for failing a chromosome test…But she has since been cleared to fight in Paris.

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[josephusbarnard]

This Olympic organization should be sued. Complete nonsense

[Wattle-ti]

You can't have men beating up women as a sport it's so wrong on all levels unfair to

[johntatum]

Once banned, always banned....stop this crap now!

[Leftyintollerable]

Stop calling HIM a HER. Let's get that straight.

[farouqmohammad]

The actual woman didn't give up. She refused to be mistreated by having to fight a man. She is a true winner.

[marcleblanc]

Just another disgrace for France's woke

[LVA-ym]

HE almost killed her! She did not give up. She walked away before he could kill her. He's afraid to fight other men. Why don't you tell the truth! Censure this Olympics Committee. They need to be replaced. Bring back the true meaning of sport.

[rogeremberson]

He's a HIM, not a HER, and never will be a HER.

[russelljabara]

Charges should be filed against the Olympic committee members. They put her health and well being in danger. It is criminal and irresponsible.

[simont]

Glad more biological female athletes are standing up and calling out this bullshit

[jackiea]

It’s disgusting to expect a female boxer to have to face a male. It’s shameful violence and abusive and should be stopped before he seriously damages an opponent.

[The.Grateful.Norse]

Rhe fact that this commentator keeps referring to that man as a "she" is a part of the problem.

[ConnieA]

Horrible. That poor woman worked for years, makes it to the Olympics and loses to a man.. THIS IS SICK.

[bayouboattrash]

Esteemed and baseless?! Nope, a biological male that couldn't fight against other males.

[almawilliams]

This is abuse, a man literally beating a woman, how unjust is this?

[elainecoyle]

Love the girl for stopping the fight. She is a winner in my eyes.

[waynekelly]

Never, in all of my 68 years of life, have I ever seen the world so absolutely upside down. This is sickening to the core.

[chrissilver]

A man goes to jail or gets a restraining order for hitting a woman; but gets a gold medal in the Olympics.

[asylum]

Applauded violence against women... and CTE... this is crimminal...and plain sick.

[BernieTheBoxer]

You don't need a gender test - you just need a pair of eyes.