Khelif, who was beforehand disqualified for failing a testosterone degree check, will, subsequently, be dealing with Italy’s Carini Angela on Thursday.
Transgender boxers cleared to struggle at Olympics
However, forward of the struggle, a video of the transgender Algerian battering a feminine opponent has sparked criticism on social media.
Khelif confronted Mexico’s Brianda Tamara in December 2022 and utterly dominated her in that contest after touchdown a number of headshots.
When Khelif was disqualified from the World Championships, Tamara got here out saying she was fortunate to have completed the struggle with none harm and backed the ban.
“When I fought with her I felt very out of my depth. Her blows hurt me a lot, I don’t think I had ever felt like that in my 13 years as a boxer, nor in my sparring with men. Thank God that day I got out of the ring safely, and it’s good that they finally realized,” she wrote on X.
Meanwhile, IOC spokesman Mark Adams has defended the worldwide physique’s determination to clear the 2 boxers to compete on the Olympics.
“These athletes have competed many instances earlier than for a few years, they have not simply instantly arrived – they competed in Tokyo,” she stated, as quoted by the BBC.
“The federation must make the foundations to guarantee that there’s equity however on the similar time there’s the power for everybody to participate that wishes to. That is a tough steadiness.
“In the top the consultants for every sport are the individuals who work in that. If there’s a massive benefit that clearly isn’t acceptable, however that must be a call made at that degree.”
Khelif might be preventing within the welterweight division on the Olympics.
