Millions of sports fans are protesting against the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for allowing an athlete disqualified from the 2023 Games for suspected male chromosomes to compete against a female opponent on Thursday.
Just 46 seconds into what was supposed to be the biggest fight of her life, Italian Olympic boxer Angela Carini realized she couldn’t beat Algerian boxer Imane Khalife, who had failed a gender test administered by the International Boxing Federation. 46 seconds later, Carini left the ring and gave up hope of winning an Olympic medal.
Angela Carini’s Olympic dreams were dashed today by male boxer Imane Kheriff.
It is suspected that he broke her nose.
This cannot be tolerated in silence. Men cannot be allowed to beat women in sports.
Save women’s sports. pic.twitter.com/i5GMdgWrwb
— Hazel Appleyard (@HazelAppleyard_) August 1, 2024
Karini gave up on his dream of winning an Olympic gold medal. Said “My heart is broken. I stepped into the ring to honour my father. I’ve been called a warrior many times but I’ve decided to stop for the sake of my health. I’ve never taken a punch like this,” he was quoted as saying by Media.
“I’ve never been hit that hard in my life,” she added in a separate post-match interview.
“I have never suffered such a terrible blow in my life. It’s up to the IOC to decide.”
Italy’s Angela Carini lasted just 46 seconds against intersex athlete Imane Kherif of Algeria.
Biological fire at the Paris Olympics. pic.twitter.com/BQRTF9Dc3m
— Pete Badel (@badel_cmail) August 1, 2024
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni also criticised the IOC for allowing this to happen. To tell“Athletes with male genetic characteristics should not be able to participate in women’s sports. Not because we want to discriminate against anyone, but because we want to protect the right of female athletes to compete on an equal footing.”
Millions of people were outraged by the IOC’s decision to allow Khelif to compete against women and took to social media to condemn the Olympics.
Women’s rights activist Riley Gaines derided the IOC’s push for “inclusion.”
Inclusions
Courtesy of the International Olympic Committee pic.twitter.com/HszyyDVEaZ
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) August 1, 2024
Tennis great Martina Navratilova Harry potter Author J.K. Rowling also slammed the Olympics for the “farce.”
That’s exactly right.
This is all the fault of the IOC and those in power who make the rules. This is a travesty and a mockery of all Olympic sports. https://t.co/LTKF8Yt9z5— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) August 1, 2024
X-user Darren Grimes pointed out that the man had recently been banned from boxing as a woman, but the IOC had allowed him to do so.
The International Olympic Committee has confirmed that two boxers who were disqualified from last year’s world championships for failing a “gender eligibility test” have been allowed to compete in Paris.
What a disgrace!
Are men allowed to hit women at the Olympics?
‘progress’?! pic.twitter.com/kkTsIcHTNh— Darren Grimes (@darrengrimes_) July 31, 2024
Many others agreed that the situation was outrageous.
What’s new: South Park becomes a reality at the Olympics when biologically male boxer Imane Kheriff forces Italian boxer Angela Carini to withdraw after 46 seconds.
Kheriff is biologically male but failed the gender eligibility test for the 2023 World Championships.
“This is not fair,” Carini exclaimed… pic.twitter.com/nQeMqA4Cve
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 1, 2024
I find it really hard to imagine a sport where comparing male and female bodies doesn’t seem unfair. I don’t understand how pitting male and female bodies against each other falls under the category of “women’s sports.” It’s cruelly unfair that political correctness has taken over for women…
— Anna Kirkwood Graham (@adorokirk025) August 1, 2024
Sorry. This fight was fake. The “winners” are not winning. It’s a hoax! If you can’t fight as a man, be a woman! To take away from women what we have fought so hard for is to set us back 100 years! Men who are women…cool! Let’s do it! But stay the path of biology…it’s wrong!
— Patty Linson (@pattylinson) August 1, 2024
And then, just like that…all of the women’s achievements were gone.
Democrats hate women. Anyone who claims this hates women. This is spite.— The Right Girl (@TheRightGirl47) August 1, 2024
It’s evil, her dreams shattered by a mentally challenged man.
— Burt Maclin (@BurtMaclin_FBI) August 1, 2024
Just when you thought the Olympics couldn’t get any more vile than the opening ceremony, they now condone men violently assaulting women. OM_Official @iocmedia.
— Savannah (@BasedSavannah) August 1, 2024
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