The Algerian boxer at the centre of the gender storm at the Paris Olympics defeated her Thai opponent 5-0 in the semi-final.
In 2018,Kristy Harris fought against one of the two boxers at the centre of controversy in Paris. Last year,she sat on the board that ruled on their sex tests.
At a chaotic press conference in Paris,the IBA detailed tests that had been carried out on boxers who are in the middle of an Olympics controversy.
Regardless of whether you believe Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting should be competing at these Games,all concerned would do well to remember they are human beings.
Khelif struggled to control her emotions as she burst into tears following a win that guaranteed her an Olympic medal amid a gender row that’s erupted in Paris.
A tearful Tina Rahimi was left speechless by her loss to Poland’s Julia Szeremeta. There are now just two of Australia’s contingent of 12 boxers still in contention.
Two women entered the Paris Games ready to compete in the sport they love. Instead,they’ve become pawns in a brutal gender storm – one the IOC could have avoided.
Skye Nicolson,who fought for Australia at the Tokyo Olympics before turning professional,urged people to “be a lion,not a sheep” and consider the facts before joining the global pile-on.
The bout between Imane Khelif and Angela Carini lasted less than a minute,but it has become one of the biggest stories of the Olympics.
Away from celebrities in the stands,execs on their jollies and plenty of world-class sport,there are some pretty serious moral questions being raised at these Games.
Bloody nosed and emotional,Angela Carini yelled to her entourage “it’s not fair” before quitting her fight amid a furore over gender-eligibility rules.