'Protect women!' Shot Put champion has hit out at the International Olympic Committee

'Protect women!' Shot Put champion has hit out at the International Olympic Committee
Gabrielle Wilde

By Gabrielle Wilde


Published: 01/08/2024

- 20:35

Two boxers who were disqualified from last year's boxing World Champion­ships for failing gender eligibility tests are competing in the Paris Olympics

A Shot Put champion has hit out at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for not "protecting women" after a boxer with "high levels of testosterone" fought Italy's Angela Carini today at the Olympics.

Carini's fight with her Algerian opponent Imane Khelif took just 46 seconds, with the Italian throwing her helmet onto the floor as the clash was abandoned, yelling: "This is unjust."

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