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Boxer in middle of Olympics gender storm forces distraught first opponent to quit 46 seconds into fight
NY Post.com ^ | 8/1/24 | Justin Terranova

Posted on 08/01/2024 5:41:14 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda

Boxer in middle of Olympics gender storm forces distraught first opponent to quit 46 seconds into fight

Imane Khelif’s first fight will do nothing to calm the controversy around the boxer’s entrance into the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Khelif, who failed gender eligibility tests at the 2023 World Championships, forced her Italian opponent, Angela Carini, to withdraw from their opening-round bout in 46 seconds on Thursday.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: boxing; genderequality; olympicboxing; olympics; sports; transgender
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

In the past he tested xy (he is a man). Your genome does not magically change to xx (a woman). If one fails a test they will repeat the test to make sure they did not make a mistake.

Somebody is lying.


61 posted on 08/01/2024 8:32:49 AM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter, deckhand, oilfield roughneck, drilling fluid tech, geologist, pilot, pharmacist ,MAGA)
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To: cpdiii

Isn’t this situation what the woman’s right activists wanted? So...there’s that.


62 posted on 08/01/2024 9:27:11 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp??)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
That male boxer really needs his ass kicked pummeled by a real man. A street fighter.
63 posted on 08/01/2024 10:23:03 AM PDT by lewislynn (Trump did more for America and Americans in a 4 yr term than any Pres. in your lifetime.)
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To: glennaro

I couldn’t agree more.

The girls need to boycott and speak out loudly.


64 posted on 08/01/2024 11:55:12 AM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: yldstrk

The man who wants to beat up a woman is entered as a woman in the Olympics. All the women should refuse to fight.
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Or allow 10 women to fight against him all at once. No holds bared.


65 posted on 08/01/2024 2:19:31 PM PDT by IAGeezer912 (One out of every 20 people on the face of the earth are Americans. We have won life's lottery.)
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