Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Imane Khelif of Algeria, one of the two female boxers at the center of an Olympic gender controversy, pleaded with the public to “avoid bullying all athletes." Boxer embroiled in Olympics gender ...
The second of the two female boxers whose gender identities have recently been scrutinized won her first fight at the Paris Olympics on Friday. ... “All this controversy makes me sad,” Carini ...
PARIS — The second boxer at the center of a global debate over gender eligibility and fairness at the Paris Olympics won her semifinal match Wednesday, ascending to the featherweight gold medal ...
But the 25-year-old boxer's time in Paris has become the latest focus of a global debate about gender and competition eligibility. The controversy was first reignited following Khelif's win over ...
Imane Khelif, boxer engulfed in Olympics gender controversy, declares 'I am a woman like any other woman' after winning gold Dan Wetzel August 9, 2024 at 4:55 PM
At the tournament, she became the first Algerian female boxer to reach the final after defeating Chelsey Heijnen. [28] She was then defeated by Amy Broadhurst in the final and finished runner-up. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] Later that year, Khelif saw further success, winning gold medals at the Mediterranean Games and the African Amateur Boxing Championships .
Algeria's Imane Khelif, right, defeated, Italy's Angela Carini in their women's 66kg preliminary boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Paris.
Christy Renea Martin (née Salters; born June 12, 1968) is an American former professional boxer.Competing from 1989 to 2012, she held the WBC female super welterweight title in 2009.