Boxer who beat Imane Khelif at 2022 World Championship speaks out about Olympic gender controversy

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Irish boxer Amy Broadhurst, who beat Imane Khelif at the 2022 World Championships, has defended the Algerian amid the gender controversy storm that has engulfed her at the Olympics.

Khelif was disqualified hours before her gold-medal bout at the women’s World Championships in New Delhi last year after she failed to meet the International Boxing Association’s (IBA) eligibility criteria, which prevent athletes with male XY chromosomes competing in women’s events. Taiwan’s double world champion Lin Yu-ting lost her bronze medal at the same competition, after she too failed to meet the criteria.

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The situation has caused a deluge of hate, aggression and misinformation online surrounding Khelif with the likes of author JK Rowling and billionaire Elon Musk voicing their opposition to her competing in the Games. But before the Algerian’s victory at Paris 2024, Broadhurst – a boxer who beat Khelif in the welterweight final of the 2022 IBA Women’s World Championships – defended her in a social media post.

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https://sports.yahoo.com/boxer-beat-imane-khelif-2022-113027914.html

Angela Carini, Italian boxer in middle of gender firestorm, offers apology: 'All this controversy makes me sad'

PARIS — The Italian boxer who after 46 seconds abandoned her bout against Algeria’s Imane Khelif says she wants to apologize for her post-fight behavior.

In a story published Friday, Angela Carini told Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport that she regrets not shaking Khelif’s hand Thursday before leaving the ring.

"It wasn't something I intended to do," Carini told the Italian publication, per the AP. "Actually, I want to apologize to her and everyone else. I was angry because my Olympics had gone up in smoke."

Carini added that if she and Khelif met again, she would “embrace her.”

https://sports.yahoo.com/angela-carini-italian-boxer-in-middle-of-gender-firestorm-offers-apology-all-this-controversy-makes-me-sad-161538473.html