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Olympic organizers have called for calm as they try to defuse the row over two Paris boxers who are taking part in the women’s competition despite failing gender tests at last year’s world championships. Italy’s Angela Carini quit after just 46 seconds on Thursday, saying the punches were too hard when taking on Algerian Imane Khelif, who had been disqualified at the 2023 worlds for not meeting gender eligibility requirements. Lin Yu-Ting of Taiwan, which the International Olympic Committee (IOC) calls Chinese Taipei, won 5-0 on points on Friday against Ukzbekistan’s Sitora Turdibekova in the …

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