gender controversy | paris olympics 2024 gender controversy latest update boxing KHELIF Imane Angela Carini | Olympics – Italy’s female boxer withdrew from the match: Failed in gender test, had a match with Algerian boxer, debate on social media – why was the man fielded?

Paris Olympics-2024 is once again embroiled in controversy. This time the matter is of gender-equality. On Thursday, Italian boxer Angela Carini stopped the 66 kg weight category fight in just 46 seconds and withdrew from the match.

Controversy arose when the Italian boxer withdrew from the bout because of the Algerian boxer he was facing. She had failed in the gender test last year. Not only this, he was disqualified from the gold medal match of World Champion-2023.

In such a situation, questions began to arise as to why Algerian boxer Iman Khalifa was allowed to play without testing.

The whole matter?
On the sixth day of the ongoing Games in Paris, Khalifa was facing Italy’s Angela Carini in the 66 kg weight category of women’s boxing. The match had just started when Carini left the match, saying that her nose was in severe pain. Carini’s headgear also got removed twice, after which she decided to step down.

The Italian boxer said that

Algeria’s Khalifa (Red) and Italy’s Angela Carini (Blue) during the round of 16 match of 66 kg women’s weight category.

Carini did not shake hands with Khalifa, cried in the ring itself
After leaving the match, Carini refused to even shake Khalifa’s hand and cried in the ring before leaving.

Italy’s Angela Carini came out of the ring crying after withdrawing from the match.

Khalifa has won silver in the World Championship
Khalifa is an amateur boxer, who won the silver medal in the International Boxing Association’s World Championship-2022. He was disqualified just before the gold medal match at last year’s World Championships after tests claimed his testosterone levels were elevated.

Iman Khalifa was disqualified just before the gold match of the World Championship-2023.