Female boxer Angela Carini from Italy only lasted 46 seconds in her Olympic match with her intersex opponent Imane Khelif, saying “I have never been hit so hard in my life.”
She had to abandon the match because she was being punched so hard. This is the moment she fell to her knees in despair:
Female boxer Angela Carini breaks down in tears as she falls to her knees in despair after being beaten by a biological MALE boxer during a women’s boxing match at the Paris Olympics.
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) August 1, 2024
“I have never been hit so hard in my life. It’s up to the IOC to judge.”
Italy’s Angela Carini after lasting just 46 seconds against Algeria’s intersex athlete Imane Khelif.
Biological firestorm at Paris Olympics. pic.twitter.com/BQRTF9Dc3m
— Pete Badel (@badel_cmail) August 1, 2024
In a highly emotional interview, Angela Carini has just explained that she abandoned because she had never been punched so hard.
Imane Khelif said nothing. And this is the issue that the IOC’s Mark Adams suggested everyone should just ‘dial down’.
An absolute scandal pic.twitter.com/BzKSpphhM0
— Oliver Brown (@oliverbrown_tel) August 1, 2024
This is an outrage and a scandal. Carini has been training her whole life for this moment in the Olympics, only to have it stolen away by an intersex opponent, who tests as a biological male, and the IOC. But she wasn’t just cheated, she was beaten by this intersex male in front of the entire world with this abuse, sanctioned by the Paris Olympics.
We are living in unreal times.
[UPDATED TO CLARIFY: Khelif is not transgender, but an intersex with xy chromosomes]