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Italian boxer Angela Carini quit her Olympic bout with Algeria’s Imane Khelif after only 46 seconds because the punches from an opponent who previously failed a gender test were too hard. “I couldn’t carry on. I have a big pain in my nose and I said, ‘Stop’. It’s better to avoid keeping going. My nose started dripping from the first hit,” Carini said after the 66kg fight on Thursday. “It could be the match of my life but, in that moment, I had to safeguard my life, too.” Khelif was disqualified from the 2023 women’s world championships in New Delhi after they effectively failed a gender test. …

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