3 August 2024 at 09:01 Carini gets money despite Olympic loss The controversial boxing association IBA offers Angela Carini, who gave up her first Olympic match after 46 seconds, a price equivalent to what she would have received if she had won the Olympics. Carini met Algerian Imane Khelif, who was disqualified from the WC last year after a gender test. – I have never met anyone who hits so hard. I had to save my life by giving up my dream, Carini said after the match. The International Boxing Association (IBA) was behind the WC tournament where Khelif and another Olympic boxer, Lin Yu-ting from Taiwan, were disqualified after gender tests. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) does not accept the gender tests that were used and allows the two to participate in the Olympics. – I would urge to put the culture war aside and rather talk about the facts and think about the people involved, said IOC spokesman Mark Adams at a press conference dominated by the boxing controversy. It is unclear what kind of gender testing was done in connection with the WC in New Delhi last year. Unconfirmed reports say XY chromosomes were detected in the samples from the athletes who were disqualified, but Adams is skeptical. – We have no knowledge of what kind of tests it was. It seems that something was put together overnight to influence the results in the WC, said Adams. The IBA will give all boxers who win Olympic gold a prize sum of 50,000 dollars. Now IBA president Umar Kremler says Carini will get the same. – It hurt to see her tears. I am not indifferent to this, and I can promise that we will protect the boxers, he says. Khalif meets Hungarian Anna Luca Hamori on Saturday afternoon. Hungary’s boxing federation has asked its national Olympic committee to object to Imane Khelif’s participation.
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