Italy's Angela Carini pulled out of her bout with Imane Khelif after 46 seconds, amid an ongoing row over the Algerian's eligibility for the Games.
Italian boxer Angela Carini has explained why she withdrew from her fight with Algeria's Imane Khelif at the Olympic Games after just 46 seconds.report that the Italian sustained a suspected broken nose in the opening exchanges, leading to her decision to pull out of the fight.
As a result, the boxing competition at the 2024 Olympics is being organised by another body, the Paris Boxing Unit , which approved both Khelif and Yu-ting to take part in the Games."I have always honoured my country with loyalty," she said in a post-fight interview described as "highly emotional" by"I put an end to the match because after the second blow, after years of experience in the ring and a life of fighting, I felt a strong pain in my nose.
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