Since yesterday, controversy was served at these Olympic Games In an issue that promises to bring a lot of excitement and completely affect our entire society and more than purely sports matters.
This happened in the women’s boxing category, which was in danger of being left without a participant after the fight in between Imane Khelif and Angela Carini.
The match lasted only 47 seconds. The moment when the Italian boxer, after receiving a second blow from the intersex Algerian, decided to retire because of the power and punch difference. “It’s not fair,” Carini said in the ring as some tears welled up.
The The controversy over Imane Khelif goes back a long way. At the 2023 World Cup held in New Delhi, the International Boxing Association (IBA) decided to subject him to tests that showed he had XY chromosomesrelating to the masculine gender, and was expelled.
On this issue, yesterday, through his personal ‘X’ account, a legend of the Olympic Games spoke.journalist Paloma del Ríois now retired, but throughout his career he covered nine Games, from Seoul 1988 to Tokyo 2021, as one of the most recognizable voices of the Olympic Games.
Now away from the media spotlight, the veteran journalist wanted to give his opinion on the matter and published the following message:
“If your chromosomes are XX, you’re female. If your chromosomes are XY, you’re male. Sport, to be fair, has historically segregated by weight and gender. If your chromosomes are “
It’s a message did not leave anyone indifferent and it ignited the networks, with comments of all kinds, both in favor of the argument defended by Del Río, and against it, accusing him of transphobia.
The controversy has been filed and promises to last for a long time, and more, as long as the Algerian, who finished 5th at the Tokyo Games, is still in competition.
Source: La Verdad
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