Khelif has a medal
“Male” boxer wins – boos for her opponent
The fuss surrounding her hasn't rattled her: the "male" boxer Imane Khelif is unstoppable at the Olympic Games. On Saturday, the Algerian won her quarter-final fight against Anna Luca Hamori from Hungary, who was booed by the crowd, with loud support from the stands.
Several hundred Algerian fans made a lot of noise. Khelif, who had been banned from the 2023 World Championships due to elevated testosterone levels but had been given permission to compete in Paris, was cheered on loudly. There were whistles for Hamori and the Hungarian was repeatedly booed.
Both boxers gave each other nothing. "If she or he is a man, it will be a bigger victory for me if I win," Hamori had trumpeted before the fight.
A medal for sure
In the end, however, all five judges saw Khelif in front - to the delight of the Algerian fans. The athlete is now through to the semi-finals and has already secured a medal.
Handshake with opponent
Unlike her opening victory by technical knockout after just 46 seconds against Italy's Angela Carini, this time she shook hands with her opponent after the decision was announced.
Khelif hit the ring floor with all her might at the end of the fight, saluted and then fought back tears.
Khelif's admission to the Olympics had recently caused a lot of excitement. Is it fair for a woman who has been diagnosed with the Y chromosome to fight against "real" women? No, say Austrian insiders largely in unison - see:
Plain talk from IOC boss
Thomas Bach certainly can't understand the uproar. "She was born as a woman, grew up as a woman, has a passport as a woman and has competed as a woman," said the IOC President plainly.
This article has been automatically translated,
read the original article here.
Kommentare
Liebe Leserin, lieber Leser,
die Kommentarfunktion steht Ihnen ab 6 Uhr wieder wie gewohnt zur Verfügung.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
das krone.at-Team
User-Beiträge geben nicht notwendigerweise die Meinung des Betreibers/der Redaktion bzw. von Krone Multimedia (KMM) wieder. In diesem Sinne distanziert sich die Redaktion/der Betreiber von den Inhalten in diesem Diskussionsforum. KMM behält sich insbesondere vor, gegen geltendes Recht verstoßende, den guten Sitten oder der Netiquette widersprechende bzw. dem Ansehen von KMM zuwiderlaufende Beiträge zu löschen, diesbezüglichen Schadenersatz gegenüber dem betreffenden User geltend zu machen, die Nutzer-Daten zu Zwecken der Rechtsverfolgung zu verwenden und strafrechtlich relevante Beiträge zur Anzeige zu bringen (siehe auch AGB). Hier können Sie das Community-Team via unserer Melde- und Abhilfestelle kontaktieren.