Khelif had already failed a gender test. Already in the 46th second, Carini refused to continue the fight after several powerful blows from his opponent. After the end of the fight, Carini refused to shake his opponent’s hand.
The Italian boxer expressed her refusal to continue the fight with the Algerian who failed the gender test
“We need to take legal action. His rights were violated and the IOC did not bother to ensure the safety of the health of the athletes participating in the Olympic Games, even though everyone knew in advance that these athletes had been disqualified before and that it was. We knew that they were not playing honestly. We need to take legal action against the IOC and especially against Thomas Bach, to hold them accountable for why this happened,” Tishchenko is quoted by Sport-Express.
Source: Sport
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