Quotes
I had to safeguard my life.”
Italian Angela Carini, 25, quit her last-16 welterweight bout with “biological male” Imane Khelif after 46 SECONDS, insisting
I’m here to win gold
After despatching her, a gleeful Khelif brushed away press questions about the legitimacy of her entry and whooped
It’s not up to me to judge
Asked whether she felt she hadCould any picture sum up our new men’s rights movement better?
Condemnation also comes from author JK Rowling, who yesterday posed an image of Khelif attempting to comfort the emotionally and physically broken Carini, and commentedI couldn't carry on.
Carini
It's a disgrace the IOC allowed a man to participate in Women's Boxing and beat a woman in the face on the Olympic stage.
Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley posted on X
Doesn’t matter what you believe. This is wrong and dangerous,
Paul wrote on X, formerly Twitter
To Angela Carini although your dreams couldn’t come true today because of the crazy agendas that are at play in our world at the moment, I would love to offer you to fight on an MVP undercard, to show the world your talents on a fair platform,
Paul wroteI have a big pain in my nose and I said, 'stop'. It's better to avoid keeping going. My nose started dripping (with blood) from the first hit,
said the distressed Carini, who also broke down in tears when talking to reporters
I think that athletes who have male genetic characteristics should not be admitted to women's competitions,
she said during a meeting with Italian athletes in ParisIt's always satisfying to win in such an important competition, but I remain focused on my goal of a medal."
Khelif stopped only briefly to talk to reporters afterwards, sayingI fought very often in the national team. I train with my brother. I've always fought against men, but I felt too much pain today."
The 25-year-old sobbedThe athletes did not undergo a testosterone examination but were subject to a separate and recognised test, whereby the specifics remain confidential,
it addedA 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,
she said
It's really unfortunate when women who have competed since they were little girls, trained since they were little girls, are forced to compete against a mediocre male athlete,
Boebert said in an exclusive interview with Fox News DigitalI felt a severe pain in my nose, and with the maturity of a boxer, I said 'enough,' because I didn't want to, I did not want to, I could not finish the match,
Carini said
What I would say is that this involves real people and we are talking about real people's lives here,
Adams saidThey have competed and they continue to compete in the women's competition. They have lost and they have won against other women over the years,
he addedI am not here to judge or pass judgment. If an athlete is this way, and in that sense, it is not right or it is right, it is not up to me to decide. I just did my job as a boxer. I got into the ring and fought. I did it with my head held high and with a broken heart for not having finished the last kilometre,
she addedThey comply with the eligibility rules and I think that’s as it should be and how it can be.”
Spokesperson Mark Adams said on Thursday morning