Italian boxer Angela Carini quit her boxing match against Algerian opponent Imane Khelif after just 46 seconds.
‘That’s what we live for’: Medina Lake community hopeful with recent rain, but still looking for more to comeItaly's Angela Carini reacts after she was defeating by Algeria's Imane Khelif, in their women's 66kg preliminary boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics , Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Paris, France. aiming for a medal to honor her late father and coach, who died shortly after she participated in the Tokyo Games three years ago.
She was also a gold medalist at the European youth championships. She lost her opening fight in Tokyo.Carini was an Italian champion in clay pigeon shooting before she switched to boxing. She made the switch to follow her brother, who also left shooting for boxing.What happened in her fight against Khelif?
Carini exchanged a few brisk punches before abandoning her bout — an extremely rare occurrence in Olympic boxing. Carini didn’t shake Khelif’s hand after the referee formally raised it. She cried in the ring after sinking to her knees. Her actions sparked a discussion far beyond Paris about whether Khelif should have been allowed to compete after failing an unspecified gender eligibility test from the now-banned International Boxing Association. Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni discussed the issue with IOC president Thomas Bach during a meeting in Paris on Friday.
“My face and nose were hurting,” Carini said, according to the Italian sports daily Gazzetta dello Sport. “I couldn’t breathe anymore. I thought about my family, I looked at my brother in the stands and I went to my corner to retire. … I’ve never been hit with such a powerful punch.”“All this controversy makes me sad,” Carini said. “I’m sorry for my opponent, too. … If the IOC said she can fight, I respect that decision.”“It wasn’t something I intended to do,” Carini said.
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