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What we see now is that some want to own the definition of who is a woman
A young female boxer has just had everything she's worked and trained for snatched away because you allowed a male to get in the ring with her,
Rowling wrote, reposting a video of an IOC official speaking on the committee's mental health and safeguarding initiatives You're a disgrace, your 'safeguarding' is a joke and #Paris24 will be forever tarnished by the brutal injustice done to Carini,
I WILL KEEP MEN OUT OF WOMEN'S SPORTS!"
Former President Donald Trump wrote on his social media site, Truth Social Simply put, Imane Khelif and the other athletes being targeted met the criteria to compete in the Olympics. They deserve to compete as much as every other athlete who trained, prepared, and qualified for the most significant opportunity in their sport. An opportunity now dampened by internet trolls and evangelical zealots consumed with ignorance and a disregard for how weaponized hate can threaten one's livelihood and life,
the organization said in a statement Anti-trans rhetoric is anti-woman,
she wrote in an Instagram story on Friday She made us proud many times, she honored our country and our flag many times and she always made us happy with her results,
Having such a daughter is an honour because she is a champion, she honoured me and I encourage her and I hope she will get the medal in Paris. Imane is a little girl that has loved sport since she was six-years-old,
Let’s be very clear here: We are talking about women’s boxing,
If they are coming up with something, we are ready to listen,
What is going on in this context in the social media with all this hate speech, with this aggression and abuse, and fueled by this agenda, is totally unacceptable,
We reserve the right to prosecute everyone who participated in the heinous campaign against our heroine Imane Khelif,
Anyone find the khelif boxing in uk, got fire stick. Tried all different countries on Eurosport and nothing on bbc about boxing. Strange one."
One fan wrote on social media We have two boxers who were born as women, raised as women, who have passports as women and who have competed for many years as women and this is a clear definition of a woman."
It’s being able to overcome the obstacles in my life,
she is quoted as saying in her UNICEF biography when asked what makes her most proud I'm not scared. I don't care about the press story and social media. If she or he is a man, it will be a bigger victory for me if I win."
These two athletes were the victims of a sudden and arbitrary decision by the IBA. Towards the end of the IBA World Championships in 2023, they were suddenly disqualified without any due process,
The current aggression against these two athletes is based entirely on this arbitrary decision, which was taken without any proper procedure – especially considering that these athletes had been competing in top-level competition for many years,
We will never accept anyone questioning her qualifications and determination to fight for glory in the Olympic women's boxing arena,
With the situation in this category, which, you know, people are talking about all over the Facebook, the internet and media, this is not good for women's boxing,