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Hours after an Olympic boxing match between Algeria’s Imane Khelif and Italy’s Angela Carini was forfeited by the latter just seconds into the match, the IOC issued a statement on the matter, and also sought to address vitriol being directed at Khelif and another female boxer. Khelif had been under scrutiny in 2023 after a disqualification from the women’s world champions after testing determined she had XY chromosomes, something possible in cisgender women. And while Carini stated publicly that the reason for her withdrawal from the fight was due to her own health issues — Khelif advanced to …

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