Australian boxer and featherweight champion Skye Nicolson has come to the defense of two boxers at the center of a gender eligibility controversy at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Nicolson, who competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, took to social media to address the situation involving Algeria’s Imane Khelif and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting after it surfaced...
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach decried the so-called “hate speech” against two boxers who previously failed gender tests prior to the Paris Olympics. Algerian Imane Khelif and Taiwanese Lin Yu-Ting were both disqualified from the 2023 International Boxing Association (IBA) Women’s World Championships over what president Umar Kremlev said was a positive test...
The hottest topic of conversation in Paris has been the boxing controversy at the Olympic Games. Imane Khelif, who was barred from the 2023 world championships after tests revealed she had male XY chromosomes, has dominated the women’s 66-kilogram division. Khelif recently earned a win over Italy’s Angela Carini after Carini forfeited just 46 seconds...
After Italian boxer Angela Carini expressed regret and wanted to “apologize” to Imane Khelif, former ESPN writer Jemele Hill and South Carolina women’s basketball head coach Dawn Staley followed suit. Carini said the controversy surrounding Khelif “makes me sad,” and she “respect[ed]” the IOC’s decision to let Khelif fight. Khelif is considered to have male...
Italian boxer Angela Carini spoke out Friday about her match against Algerian Imane Khelif, who is one of two people involved in a gender controversy at the Paris Olympics. Carini abandoned her match against Khelif about 46 seconds into their matchup. Carini was punched in the face twice and was heard yelling about the fairness...
Riley Gaines is one of the most prominent figures to speak out against the gender controversy in the Olympic boxing competition. Algerian boxer Imane Khelif advanced to the women’s 66-kilogram quarterfinals on Thursday after Khelif’s opponent forfeited just 46 seconds into the match. Khelif fought Italian boxer Angela Carini, who said she decided to take...
The International Boxing Association (IBA) fired back at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and maintained its decision to disqualify Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting from its world championship in 2023 was “justified” based on tests that year and in 2022. The IBA said World Boxing, which was created to become the sport’s governing body following...
Boxing world champion Amy Broadhurst was among the women to beat Algerian Imane Khelif, the fighter in the middle of a gender controversy at the Paris Olympics, and spoke out about her former opponent on Wednesday. Broadhurst, of Ireland, was a gold medalist in the 2022 International Boxing Association (IBA) Women’s World Championships, beating Khelif...
EXCLUSIVE: Both the White House and Kamala Harris’ campaign were silent when contacted for comment Thursday morning about whether they support biologically male, intersex or trans athletes competing against biological females at the Olympics. The Trump campaign, meanwhile, quickly slammed the notion as uproar surrounds an Algerian fighter caught in the middle of a gender...
Day 6 of the Paris Olympics had the world watch Imane Khelif box Angela Carini in a bout that lasted just 46 seconds. Khelif, of Algeria, controversially qualified for women’s boxing despite being disqualified from the 2023 world championships after failing an unspecified gender eligibility test. Meanwhile, Carini, of Italy, was boxing to pay tribute...
