Imane Khelif vs Angela Carini, Paris Olympics 2024: One issue is becoming more serious regarding the Paris Olympics 2024. It is also trending heavily on social media. This case is of Algerian boxer Iman Khalifa. He is a transgender, who could not meet the gender eligibility criteria and was out of the 2023 World Championship. But this time there is an issue of gender-equality in Paris Olympics, so she got entry.
Now this same Khalifa has entered the women’s boxing event of the Paris Olympics. On Thursday, he faced Italian boxer Angela Carini. Khalifa won this match in just 46 seconds. The reason for this is that Angela left the match midway due to a nose injury. However, she later said that she did not lose the match but considered herself a winner.
Elon Musk also supported Angela
After this match, #IStandWithAngelaCarini is trending on social media. Supporting this, Elon Musk, owner of social media platform Everyone has supported Angela Carini.
One user wrote- Men should not participate in women’s sports #IStandWithAngelaCarini. Responding to this, Musk wrote – Absolutely correct. Meanwhile, another user wrote that what is the use of a man in a women’s game.
Angela left the match in the 46th second.
In fact, on the sixth day of the Paris Olympics, Khalifa faced Angela in the first round of the 66 kg weight category event in women’s boxing. The match had just started when at the 46th second, Angela stopped the match and left the match midway complaining of pain in her nose.
Angela’s headgear was also removed twice during the match. Angela also started crying after the match. The matter does not end here, after the match was over, Angela did not even shake hands with Khalifa. Let us tell you that Khalifa is an amateur boxer.
Last year, Khalifa reached the gold medal match in the Boxing World Championship, but she was disqualified just before the match because tests claimed that her testosterone levels were elevated. Earlier in the Boxing World Championship 2022, Khalifa had won the silver medal.