{"id":205476,"date":"2024-08-02T09:11:04","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T09:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/02\/female-boxer-carini-who-quit-a-match-against-transgender-boxer-speaks\/"},"modified":"2024-08-02T09:11:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T09:11:04","slug":"female-boxer-carini-who-quit-a-match-against-transgender-boxer-speaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/02\/female-boxer-carini-who-quit-a-match-against-transgender-boxer-speaks\/","title":{"rendered":"Female boxer Carini who quit a match against \u2018transgender\u2019 boxer speaks \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"article-123\">Italian female boxer Angela Carini shared a heartbreaking story of her journey to the Olympics moments after ending her match against the alleged transgender boxer Imani Khelif during their boxing match.<\/p>\n<p>Carini explained that she went to the Olympics to honor her father, who had always encouraged her to never give up.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, circumstances beyond her control forced her to quit for her safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy father taught me to be a warrior. I have always stepped into the ring with honor and served my country with loyalty. This time, I couldn\u2019t do it because I couldn\u2019t fight anymore, so I ended the match,\u201d she told the media while weeping profusely.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Angela Carini abandoned her bout against Algerian alleged transgender boxer Imane Khelif at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Carini quit the fight just 46 seconds in after receiving the first punch. Khelif landed two heavy punches in the opening round, which appeared to have injured Carini\u2019s chin.<\/p>\n<p>Carini threw her helmet down and broke into tears as her coaches entered the ring to console her. Khelif was awarded the win following Carini\u2019s decision to withdraw.<\/p>\n<p>Khelif\u2019s participation in the Olympics has been controversial, with many protesting the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for allowing him to compete.<\/p>\n<p>Along with Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu Ting, Khelif is one of the two transgender boxers cleared to compete at the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>View the post below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>NEW: Italian boxer Angela Carini tells heartbreaking story of her journey to the Olympics just moments after getting assaulted by a man during her boxing match.<\/p>\n<p>Carini said she went to the Olympics to honor her father who told her to never give up.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: Italian boxer Angela Carini tells heartbreaking story of her journey to the Olympics just moments after getting assaulted by a man during her boxing match.<\/p>\n<p>Carini said she went to the Olympics to honor her father who told her to never give up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy father taught me to be a\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/quaVv1RTz9\">pic.twitter.com\/quaVv1RTz9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1819018865252393088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italian female boxer Angela Carini shared a heartbreaking story of her journey to the Olympics moments after ending her match against the alleged transgender boxer Imani Khelif during their boxing match. Carini explained that she went to the Olympics to honor her father, who had always encouraged her to never give up. Unfortunately, circumstances beyond [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":205477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-205476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Female boxer Carini who quit a match against \u2018transgender\u2019 boxer speaks \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/02\/female-boxer-carini-who-quit-a-match-against-transgender-boxer-speaks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Female boxer Carini who quit a match against \u2018transgender\u2019 boxer speaks \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Italian female boxer Angela Carini shared a heartbreaking story of her journey to the Olympics moments after ending her match against the alleged transgender boxer Imani Khelif during their boxing match. 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