08-01-2024, 02:53 PM
Various sources:
Quote:Afterward, a still-tearful Carini said she quit because of intense pain in her nose after the opening punches. Carini, who had a spot of blood on her trunks, said she wasn’t making a political statement and was not refusing to fight Khelif.
Carini further said she is not qualified to decide whether Khelif should be allowed to compete, but she had no problem fighting her.
Quote:Khelif and Lin are two-time Olympians who fought in the Tokyo Games with no controversy. Lin has been an elite-level amateur boxer for a decade and Khelif for six years. They were allowed to compete in Paris by the IOC task force, which has run the past two Olympic boxing tournaments.
Quote:Neither boxer is transgender – they were assigned female at birth and identify as women though anti-trans activists have spread transphobic rhetoric about the two women’s gender identities
No trans women are competing at the Olympics this year.
