A moment of glory!
back in AugustItalian female boxer Angela Carini was competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics, but having to face Imane Kerif, a biological male who even had the XY chromosomes to prove it, left her devastated. The journey has been crazy.
There were high hopes for Carini to win the gold medal, but things took a turn for the worse when he lost to Kerif. And this loss only further fuels the debate over men in women’s sports, depriving women of opportunities and raising safety concerns for female athletes. (Related article: U.S. Olympic gold medalist Tamira Mensah-Stock stands up against transgender women in sports)
The situation left women’s rights activists squarely furious at Carini’s loss, and their anger intensified as Kerif won the gold medal.
A few months later, Carini was in the news again, this time winning his eighth Italian Boxing Championship. And Carini’s victory not only reminded people that she only lost because she played against a man at the Olympics, but Carini herself also considered it “revenge.”
“Tonight was revenge,” Carini said of his loss to Kerif at the Olympics.
2024 for Angela Carini. She endured pain and gross injustice at the Paris Olympics, where she was forced to withdraw after 46 seconds in a match against an opponent who had failed two gender tests.
Four months later, she just won the Italian title. “Tonight was my revenge,” she says pic.twitter.com/J1uxnKMsYE
— Oliver Brown (@oliverbrown_tel) December 8, 2024
Great, let’s get this woman back in the Olympics!
