'This was not a competition on equal terms.'
Imane Khelif failed a gender eligibility test with the International Boxing Association last year Italy’s Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, has slammed the decision to allow Imane Khelif to compete in the women’s boxing after Angela Carini abandoned her fight against the Algerian after just 46 seconds on Thursday.
‘When in 2021 the IOC changed the regulation on this matter we presented a motion to point out the consequences that this could have. Imane Khelif hit Angela Carini with a solid punch after 30 seconds Giorgia Meloni says Imane Khelif contest against Angela Carini ‘It is a fact that with the levels of testosterone present in the blood of the Algerian athlete the race at the start does not seem fair.
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