Angela Carini forfeited just 46 seconds into a fight against a boxer who had been ruled ineligible at the last world championships.
The fight between Angela Carini and Algerian Imane Khelif lasted just 46 seconds before the Italian, having been hit with two fierce punches to the face, one of which dislodged her chinstrap, decided she couldn’t take it any more.
Khelif, also 25, reached the quarter-finals of the Tokyo Olympics three years ago but was disqualified before the gold medal bout at last year’s world championships because of high testosterone levels. An IBA official said a DNA test had shown Khelif had male XY chromosomes.
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