The backlash following the brief Olympic bout between Algerian boxer Imane Khelif and Italy’s Angela Carini continues.
Elon Musk, Riley Gaines speak out on Imane Khelif-Angela Carini Olympics boxing controversy: 'Men don’t belong in women’s sports'
Not long after, Riley Gaines — a 12-time All-American and former collegiate swimmer at Kentucky who describes herself as a “leader defending women’s single-sex spaces” — posted on X, “Men don’t belong in women’s sports #IStandWithAngelaCarini.”“Absolutely,” Musk wrote in a re-post of Gaines’ initial message.
PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 01: Imane Khelif of Team Algeria and Angela Carini of Team Italy exchange punches during the Women's 66kg preliminary round match on day six of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at North Paris Arena on August 01, 2024 in Paris, France. *** BESTPIX ***“I’m used to suffering,” she said. “I’ve never taken a punch like that, it’s impossible to continue. I’m nobody to say it’s illegal.
“A man was allowed to beat up a woman on a global stage, crushing her life’s dream while fighting for her deceased father This delusion must end,” Paul wrote Thursday on X. “But what I would say is that this involves real people. And, by the way, this is not a transgender issue. I should make this absolutely clear,” he added.“Everyone competing in the women’s category is complying with the competition eligibility rules,” Adams said. “They are women in their passports and it’s stated that this is the case, that they are female.”
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