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The second of the two female boxers whose gender identities have recently been scrutinized won her first fight at the Paris Olympics on Friday. ... Angela Carini of Italy, quit 46 seconds into the ...
Carini competed in the women's 66 kg division at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [4] On 1 August, she faced Imane Khelif in a bout that sparked intense debate within the boxing community. During the match, Carini, after receiving a punch in the face, signaled for her headgear to be checked and eventually withdrew from the fight after 46 ...
Italy’s Angela Carini quit 46 seconds into her Olympic boxing match with Imane Khelif on Thursday, after the Algerian – who failed a gender eligibility test last year – landed the first ...
Imane Khelif of Algeria won her opening Olympic boxing bout Thursday when opponent Angela Carini of Italy quit after just 46 seconds. Khelif was disqualified from the 2023 world championships ...
After 46 seconds in the Olympic ring with Khelif, Carini tapped out. “A punch hurt too much, and so I said enough,” Carini told reporters after the match. ... Despite her loss in the boxing ...
Boxers who have won 3 or more Olympic medals. Western athletes usually participate in a single Olympic tournament and then turn pro, while boxers from Cuba and other countries with state support of the sport might compete in several Olympics, therefore having a clear advantage in terms of age and experience.
Italy dominated boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics, winning three gold medals and seven medals overall. Two of the gold medalists would later become Hall of Fame world champions in professional boxing: American Cassius Clay (later known as Muhammad Ali) and Italian Nino Benvenuti .
For Carini, this is the second straight Olympics to end in heartbreak. In Tokyo, her father died the night before her opening match. "After that, she stopped boxing for two years," Renzini said.