Second boxer who had failed gender test defeats female opponent at Paris Olympics

A second boxer who previously failed a gender eligibility test but was allowed to compete in the Paris Olympics defeated their female opponent on Friday.

In 2023, the International Boxing Association had disqualified Algeria’s Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan over its rule that athletes with XY chromosomes are not able to compete in women’s events.

The International Olympic Committee reportedly decided to disregard the results of Khelif and Yu-Ting’s 2023 gender eligibility tests.

Khelif defeated Italy's Angela Carini in 46 seconds on Thursday.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., disagreed with the decision to allow Khelif to compete after previously failing a gender eligibility test.

"I am glad Angela Carini was able to escape this unfair fight with her life," Tuberville, of Alabama, wrote on his X account. "She should have NEVER been put in a position where she had to box against a man. Men don’t belong in women’s sports. EVER."

Following the match, Carini said that she was not making a political statement but that she had an issue with her nose. 

“I felt a severe pain in my nose, and with the maturity of a boxer, I said ‘enough,’ because I didn’t want to, I didn’t want to, I couldn’t finish the match," Carini said.

On Friday, Yu-Ting defeated Uzbekistan’s Sitora Turdibekova unanimously on Friday.