Boxer previously barred from women's events wins fight after opponent quits in 46 seconds

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6. The Shameful Controversy Over Olympic Boxer Imane Khelif

Imane Khelif has always defined herself as a woman, and has every right to compete—no matter what J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk have to say about it.

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif won her first match of the 2024 Paris Olympics when her opponent, Angela Carini of Italy, quit after taking several blows to the face in the opening seconds of the bout. The victory only fueled the misguided controversy around Khelif, who has been targeted by critics who have misgendered her throughout the Games.

Born in 1999 in Tiaret, Algeria, Khelif has been boxing since she was a child and has always competed in women's categories. In her career, she competed in the Women's World Boxing Championships in New Delhi in 2018 (finishing in 17th place), then competed in Russia the following year. She competed in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, reaching all the way to the quarterfinals, and she finished second in the 2022 Women's World Championships in Istanbul.
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The fact is that Khelif is participating in the Games because she is allowed to by the rules, and has passed the IOC's standards. “The current aggression against these two athletes is based entirely on this arbitrary decision,” said the Boxing Unit and IOC in a statement Thursday, referring to the IBA ban. “[It] was taken without any proper procedure—especially considering that these athletes had been competing in top-level competition for many years. Such an approach is contrary to good governance.”

https://www.wired.com/story/imane-khelif-olympic-boxer-controversy/
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So...The loser lost because she -- unlike Khelif's previous opponents in her long career as a female boxer -- quit. The IOC has strict standards - and Imane Khelif has met all of them.

The language in the first article posted seems to side with JK Rowling, Elon Musk, and, let's see, the openly fascist Italian Georgia Meloni.

I'm sure we'll see this before too long on Fox, in another pathetic attempt to frame powerful and successful women as...men.

They're trying to sweeten their misogyny by coating it in transphobia. Too bad that tactic seems to be fooling some of the people.