Boxer Angela Carini The Italian won her eighth Italian women’s title on Sunday, making a comeback after withdrawing against a controversial opponent at the Paris Olympics.
“Tonight was my revenge,” Carini told reporters via The Telegraph after the match, months after he was beaten in front of a global audience. A player Whose birth gender has been questioned.
The 26-year-old Karini withdrew from her bout against Algerian Emani Khalif in Paris after taking several powerful blows to the head. Khalif’s inclusion in the Olympics was one of the biggest controversies of the Paris Games after Algerian women failed gender eligibility tests to compete in other international boxing events.
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Khalif was disqualified from the 2023 International Boxing Association (IBA) World Championship, and IBA president Omar Karimliu said the boxer had “XY chromosomes”, which are associated with biological males.
Carini He left his match Against Khalif after just 46 seconds.
“I came to the ring to fight,” Carini said via Italy’s ANSA in Paris. “I didn’t give up, but one punch hurt too much. And, so, I said ‘Enough.’
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Emani Khalif of Algeria defeats Angela Carini of Italy, right, during the women’s 66 kg preliminary round match at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris on August 1, 2024. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Carini first told reporters His goal at the Olympics was to win a medal for his late father.
Khalif won gold in Paris and was not the only women’s gold medalist to be disqualified for failing a gender eligibility test. Taiwan’s Lin Yu Ting also won gold in another women’s weight class in Paris, sparking similar outrage.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) defended the inclusion of Khalif and Yu Ting in the women’s event to the end.
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Khalif later filed a lawsuit against a number of people, including Elon Musk and JK Rowling, who criticized the athlete and the IOC for engaging in “escalating cyber-harassment measures” based on sex. Accused of
The Caliph Threatened with another lawsuit In November, a French journalist was accused of having testicles by a French journalist.
“We will meet the French journalist in court,” the Algerian player said via NDTV.
Carini had previously said she wanted to “apologise” to the caliph for the withdrawal, which brought negative attention to Algeria.
Angela Carini of Italy prior to her women’s 66 kg preliminary round match against Emani Khalif of Algeria at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at the North Paris Arena on August 1, 2024 in Paris. (Richard Pelham/Getty Images)
“All this controversy makes me sad,” Carini said via the BBC. “I also feel sorry for my opponent. If the IOC says she can fight, I respect that decision.”
Karini gives Khalif the cold shoulder after the fight and says she’s sorry.
“It wasn’t something I intended,” Carini said. “Actually, I want to apologize to him and everyone else. I was angry because my Olympics went up in smoke.”
Still, Carini felt some sense of “revenge” was met on Sunday.
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