Paris Olympics: Controversy rises over women’s boxing gender policy

Imane Khelif was cleared to compete in the women’s boxing in Paris despite being disqualified from world championships in 2023 after failing to meet gender eligibility criteria.

During a boxing match, her opponent Angela Carini claimed her nose might have been broken by the powerful punches of Imane Khelif after insisting she could not fight on.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/imane-khelif-how-gender-boxing-row-created-one-of-the-most-contentious-olympics-contests-ever-13189076

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