Polémica de género en el boxeo olímpico: Mujeres vs Intersexuales

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La pelea de boxeo femenino entre la italiana Angela Carini y intersexual argelina Imane Khelif ha generado uno de los momentos más polémicos de los Juegos Olímpicos de París 2024. ¿mujeres boxeando contra intersexuales?

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00:00New controversy in the Olympic Games.

00:04The focus is on the intersexual Algerian boxer Iman Khalif.

00:09Iman Khalif was banned from the World Boxing Championship,

00:13but since the Olympic Games are not organized by the Federation,

00:16but by the International Olympic Committee,

00:19she was allowed to box in Paris 2024 despite her high levels of testosterone.

00:25Khalif faced the Italian Angela Carini

00:28in a fight that lasted only 46 seconds.

00:31After a powerful right hand from Khalif,

00:33Carini decided to withdraw between tears,

00:36visibly affected and fearing for her integrity.

00:39Carini declared to the media after the fight,

00:42I preferred to stop for my health,

00:44I had never felt a punch like this.

00:47The controversy was not long in coming.

00:49Before the tournament, the Australian boxer Evayne Bridge

00:52criticized the decision of the Olympic Committee,

00:55calling it disgusting that the KOI let these women,

00:59who still look like men, compete against other women.

01:02Khalif is not the only one in the center of the controversy.

01:05The Taiwanese Li Junqing will also compete in the Games,

01:08despite not being able to participate in the World Championship

01:11due to her high levels of testosterone.

01:13The sports world is divided with this controversy

01:16by the acceptance of intersex people,

01:19that is, with sexual characteristics

01:21that do not fit the binary norms of masculine or feminine.

01:24But some women in Paris have declared

01:27that they will not box against Khalif in these Games.

01:30The situation of Angela Carini has been so hard

01:33that today she announced her decision to withdraw from women's boxing,

01:36while Khalif will continue her path

01:39to a controversial Olympic medal in Paris.

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