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The Algerian Olympic Committee has lodged a general title to nan International Olympic Committee (IOC) concerning nan curen of their female boxer Imane Khelif.
While, Hungary's boxing federation and Bulgaria's Olympic Committee person contacted nan International Olympic Committee (IOC) to entity to her information astatine nan 2024 Games.
Khelif faced terrible disapproval pursuing her triumph complete Angela Carini successful nan women's welterweight information of 16 astatine nan Paris Olympics, pinch nan Italian boxer withdrawing from nan bout conscionable 46 seconds in.
Controversy arose erstwhile it was revealed that Khelif had not passed eligibility tests conducted by nan International Boxing Association (IBA) up of the Women's World Championships.
However, nan International Olympic Committee (IOC) - which is overseeing boxing astatine nan 2024 Games but did not organise nan World Championships - cleared Khelif to compete successful Paris.
Algeria's Imane Khelif (above) defeated Angela Carini of Italy aft jus 46 seconds of their women's 66kg preliminary information lucifer astatine nan Paris 2024 Olympics
Khelif faced terrible disapproval pursuing her triumph complete Angela Carini astatine nan Paris Olympics, pinch nan Italian boxer withdrawing from nan bout conscionable 46 seconds in
The crestfallen Italian combatant Carini fell to her knees and wept aft nan bout took place
The dispute, which has been centered astir gender identity, fairness successful competition, and nan integrity of Olympic sports, came to ray after Khelif's conflict pinch Carini.
The business was escalated further erstwhile Khelif's upcoming opponent, Anna Luca Hamori, posted a bid of disparaging comments astir her online. In response, nan Algerian Olympic and Sports Committee submitted an charismatic title to nan IOC.
'The Algerian Olympic and Sports Committees reason to nan knowledge of nationalist and world nationalist opinion, that follows nan charismatic title submitted coming by our Olympic assemblage to nan International Olympic Committee,' they said successful a statement.
'Regarding nan usurpation and superior usurpation of athletics morals and affecting nan Olympic Charter, successful nan personification of our champion Iman Khalif, by 1 of nan participants successful nan boxing tourney for nan Olympic Games Paris 2024.
'The International Olympic Committee has issued a last apology to violators pinch an bid to delete each station that concerns our heroine Iman Khalif. We reserve nan correct to prosecute everyone who participated successful nan heinous run against nan heroine Iman Khalif. Good luck to our heroine and agelong unrecorded Algeria.'
Meanwhile, Hungary's boxing federation and Bulgaria's Olympic Committee person contacted nan International Olympic Committee (IOC) to entity to Khalif's information astatine nan 2024 Games.
'Our federation has notified nan Hungarian Olympic Committee of our objections to nan information of nan Algerian athlete,' Hungary's federation (MOB) said. 'The MOB is continuously examining nan intends it tin usage to protect Hamori's authorities to adjacent title nether nan rules successful force.'
The connection continued: 'The MOB president has initiated contiguous consultations pinch nan IOC Director of Sport to explain nan situation.'
Khelif will return on Hamori later today.
Khelif is 1 of 2 athletes—alongside Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting—who person been authorised to compete successful nan Paris 2024 aft being disqualified from past year's Women's World Championships for allegedly failing gender eligibility tests.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC), which is overseeing boxing astatine nan Paris 2024 Games but did not organise nan World Championships, said that Khelif was disqualified successful India owed to elevated testosterone levels.
However, aft receiving a bye successful nan first information astatine nan Olympics, Khelif—who besides competed successful nan Tokyo Games—faced disapproval pursuing her bout pinch Italian boxer Carini.
Within nan first 30 seconds of their clash, Carini was deed successful nan look and went to her area to person her headgear adjusted by her coach, pinch reports stating she had surgery her nose.
Although she concisely continued, Carini hardly threw a punch earlier telling her area 'it's not fair' and past abandoning nan lucifer 'for her ain safety' - instantly dropping to her knees and crying.
'I wasn't capable to decorativeness nan match. I felt a beardown symptom to my chemoreceptor and I said [to myself] for nan acquisition that I person and nan maturity arsenic a female that I have, I said I dream my federation won't return it badly, I dream my dada won't return it severely - but I stopped, I said extremity for myself,' Carini told BBC Sport aft nan fight.
Anna Luca Hamori of Team Hungary celebrates aft winning nan Women's 66kg preliminary information lucifer against Marissa Williamson of Team Australia connected August 1
In nan lead up to her lucifer connected Saturday, Hamori shared respective posts to her Instagram communicative astir Khelif, including an image of a mini female facing a muscled beast successful boxing gloves
'It could person been nan lucifer of a lifetime, but I had to sphere my life arsenic good successful that moment. I didn't person fear, I don't fearfulness nan ring. I don't fearfulness taking nan blows. But this clip there's an extremity for everything, and I put an extremity to this match, because I wasn't capable to [continue].'
After nan lucifer was stopped, nan referee raised Khelif's manus successful nan air. But a visibly furious Carini yanked her ain manus distant from nan conflict charismatic and walked off.
During nan accelerated fight, Carini was rocked by 2 punches from Khelif and said nan ferocious unit of nan blows made it 'impossible to continue'.
Ignoring nan Algerian aft calling a halt to nan bout, nan Italian combatant past plunged to her knees and burst into tears - later saying she said she had ne'er felt specified beardown blows successful a title before.
Speaking aft nan match, nan heartbroken Italian said: 'I'm utilized to suffering. I've ne'er taken a punch for illustration that, it's intolerable to continue. I'm cipher to opportunity it's illegal.
'I sewage into nan ringing to fight. But I didn't consciousness for illustration it anymore aft nan first minute. I started to consciousness a beardown symptom successful my nose. I didn't springiness up, but a punch wounded excessively overmuch and truthful I said enough. I'm leaving pinch my caput held high.'.
She said she did not locomotion distant from nan conflict arsenic a protestation against her opponent's inclusion, but that was a determination for nan Olympics to consider.
Asked why she knelt astatine nan extremity of nan match, she said it was for her precocious father, who died successful 2021, earlier adding: 'I americium sorry not to person taken Italy connected to nan podium.'
She was taken distant for aesculapian appraisal to analyse nan seriousness of her facial injuries which included a bruised chemoreceptor and subsequently apologised for her actions towards Khelif.
'All this contention makes maine sad,' Carini said. 'I'm sorry for my opponent, too. … If nan IOC said she tin fight, I respect that decision. It wasn't thing I intended to do [ignoring nan handshake].
'Actually, I want to apologise to her and everyone else. I was angry because my Olympics had gone up successful smoke. I don't person thing against Khelif. Actually, if I were to meet her again I would clasp her.'
