Italy’s Angela Carini could be awarded $50,000 by the International Boxing Association after her contro🗹versial withdrawal against Algeria’s Imane Khelif in the women’s💧 welterweight class at the Paris Olym꧃pics, according to the Associated Press.
Carini’s decision to quit her round-of-16 match after she was pummeled through the first 46 seconds sparked a gender debate around Khelif and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting.
Like Yu-ting, Khelif was disqualified at the 2023 world championships “after her el💞evate✤d levels of testosterone failed to meet the eligibility criteria,” according to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) database.
Aജn IOC spokesperson previously said Khelif is eligible for the Olympics,🐼 citing identification as female on her passport as the standard to meet.
The Russa-operated IBA, which oversees the world championship💮s, and the IOC split off last year and have different eligibility standards.
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The IBA announced its i🔯ntention to split a $100,000 pot among Carini, her national boxing federation ($25,🥂000) and her coach ($25,000).
“I do not understand why they [IOC] killed women’s boxing,” IBA president Umar Kremlev said. “Only eligible athletes should compete in the ring for the sake of safety. I could not look at [Carini’s] tears.”
Botಞh Yu-ting and Khelif competed in women’s boxing for years before their disquaౠlification in 2023.
Carini apologized for causing the uproar that has placed Khelif’s gen🃏der in the spotlight during an interview with Gazetta dello Sport of Italy.
“All this controversy certainly made me sad, and I also felt sorry for my opponent – she had nothing to do with it and like me was only here to fight,” Carini said.
“It was not intentional, in fact I apologize to her and to everyone. I was angry, because my Games had already gone up in smoke. I have nothing against Khelif and on the contrary if I happened to meet her again I would give her a hug.”
The IBA previously announced a pl🔯an to give $3.1 million to medal winners in Paris even though it is no longer associated with the Olympics.