The match at the 66kg weight of Boxing women's weight between IMane Khelif (Algeria) and Angela Carini (Italy) only lasted for exactly 46 seconds. After some situations, Italian boxers took the initiative to stop the match and take the losing. This is also one of the earliest matches of Olympic.
Angela Carini cried a lot when leaving the ring. Answering to the international media, she said: “I always appreciate my country, loyal to my country. This time I did not fight because I could not fight anymore, so I would like to stop the match and take losing to myself.”
The Italian boxer also shared that, after 2 times of receiving the blow from the opponent, she felt her nose “never had such pain during the years of training”. Many people believe that Angela Carini actually broke his nose, but no other motivation, such as protest against the “male” boxer.
The interesting coincidence is that before the match between Angela Carini and IMane Khelif, the Italian side affirmed that they would not let their boxers play with men. Because, Imane Khelif was previously concluded by IBA as male, but still attended the female boxing awards in the Olympic system.
A year ago, IMane Khelif was banned by the International Boxing Association (IBA) for being concluded as a male. However, she later attended the Olympic qualifying round, and had tickets to this Olympics. The Algerian boxer was even ranked as one of the first group seeds in the tournament.