And the Paris Olympics gets even more pathetic… A biological male Olympic boxer from Alegria faced off with Italian female boxer Angela Carini who was forced to quit after just 46 seconds.. After taking the biological male’s punches, Carini just couldn’t continue and forfeited the match to the biological male..
A furious Carini was left in tears and retreated to her corner after getting hit twice in the face by Khelif.
She yelled “this is unjust” at her corner and slammed her headgear on the canvas as the match in the 66-kilogram division was called off.
Carini refused a handshake from Khelif and then ripped her hand away from the ref as Khelif’s was raised as the winner.
“I’m used to suffering,” Carini said after the fight when she spoke to reporters for 20 minutes through tears. “I’ve never taken a punch like that, it’s impossible to continue. I’m nobody to say it’s illegal.
“I got into the ring to fight. But I didn’t feel like it anymore after the first minute. I started to feel a strong pain in my nose. I didn’t give up, but a punch hurt too much and so I said enough. I’m leaving with my head held high.”
Carini’s coach, Emanuel Renzini, told reporters that he was unsure if the boxer’s nose was broken and that she had been warned not to take the fight.
“Many people in Italy tried to call and tell her: ‘Don’t go please: It’s a man, it’s dangerous for you,” Renzini said.
Before the Olympics, the IOC defended the decision to let Khelif, 25, and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting into the competition after both were disqualified from the world championships.