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Boxers who failed gender tests at world championships cleared to compete at Olympics

Italian boxer Angela Carini abandoned her Olympic bout on Thursday after 46 seconds, allegedly due to severe pain in her nose from two punches, as she was heard telling "Non è giusto" ("It's not fair") to her corner. She didn't acknowledge her opponent and cried on her knees in the ring, but claimed her withdrawal wasn't a political statement.

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This welterweight preliminary round match had long been engulfed in gender controversy, with Rome expressing concerns over rules that allowed her opponent, Imane Khelif of Algeria, to compete in Paris despite failing International Boxing Association's (IBA) gender-eligibility tests.

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It's unclear what these tests consisted of, as the IBA has offered little details except that the athlete wasn't subject to a testosterone exam. Last year, its president claimed that Khelif had XY chromosomes — a typical male pattern that has been seen in other female athletes, including Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya.

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Once boxing's world governing body, the IBA had its recognition withdrawn by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in June last year following a four-year suspension. In a statement on Thursday, the IOC stressed that IBA has no clear procedure on gender testing.

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Khelif, who has a record of 37 wins and nine losses in 50 fights, is participating in her second Olympic Games. Her next match will be against Hungary's Luca Anna Hamori in the quarterfinals on Saturday.

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Taiwan's two-time world champion Lin Yu-ting, who has also been allowed to fight at the Olympics despite failing IBA's gender-eligibility tests, will face off Sitora Turdibekova of Uzbekistan on Friday.

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This welterweight round of 16 match had long been engulfed in gender controversy, with Rome and Italy's Olympic Committee expressing concerns over rules that allowed her opponent, Algeria's Imane Khelif, to compete in Paris despite failing International Boxing Association's gender-eligibility tests.

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Imane Khelif is NOT a biological woman – watching her beat her female opponent in the boxing ring was a sickening sight

Italian Boxer Quits Olympic Match, Reignites Gender Controversy

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