How South Park predicted Olympic trans boxing fallout

The farce engulfing nan Paris Olympics aft a female boxer mislaid successful 46 seconds to a 'biological male' was anticipated astir 5 years agone by nan drama sitcom South Park, fans person pointed out.

The demolition of Italy's Angela Carini by Algeria's Imane Khelif has sparked fury aft it emerged that Khelif was antecedently banned from title for 'having antheral activity chromosomes.'

In a 2019 section called 'Go Strong Woman, Go,' a transgender jock named 'Heather Swanson' batters her female force astir nan ringing leaving her bloodied and bruised earlier topping nan podium pinch nan trophy.

'I can't show you really free I consciousness now that I've started identifying arsenic a woman,' she tells an interviewer, adjusting her shades. 'Now that I tin compete arsenic a female, I'm fresh to smash nan different girls!'

Carin, 25, threw her helmet onto nan level and sobbed arsenic nan conflict was abandoned, yelling 'this is unjust' aft conscionable 2 devastating punches from her Algerian force successful Thursday's bout.

'I'm utilized to suffering,' she said afterward. 'I've ne'er taken a punch for illustration that, it's intolerable to continue.'

The South Park section originates pinch a merciless parody of biologic women who invited transgender competitors.

'Amazing. I consciousness honored to beryllium a portion of history,' nan reigning Strongwoman champion says erstwhile asked astir nan competition's first transgender competitor.

'I person batch of unthinkable trans friends who are athletes and truthful we are each inspired that this woman's competing,' she continues earlier nan bearded and heavy muscled Swanson steps into framework wearing a ten-gallon hat.

Challenged complete claims that she only transitioned 2 weeks earlier, nan characteristic tells nan interviewer: 'I'm not present to talk astir my transition; I'm present to footwear immoderate f***ing a**.

'Let maine show you something, I'm going to rotation up nan different women present and I'm going to fume them. I americium nan strongest female this authorities has ever seen!'

The animation by Trey Parker and Matt Stone has agelong been hailed for having its digit connected nan beat of nan country's civilization wars and its eerie prescience astir really they mightiness develop.

Episodes person foreseen nan legalization of recreational marijuana, nan sidesplitting of Osama bin Laden and moreover nan coming retired arsenic cheery of vocalist Ricky Martin.

But fans online person noted that nan events successful Paris had a grim predictability.

'It's crazy but astatine nan aforesaid clip not really that South Park nailed this point correct connected nan caput this type of point was bound to happen,' wrote one.

'South Park is fundamentally an animated docuseries astatine this point,' claimed another.

'South Park had nan imagination to spot nan diminution of modular successful our world years up of its time,' added a third.

Khelif was banned from nan International Boxing Association's (IBA) Women's World Boxing Championships successful New Delhi past twelvemonth aft tests indicated she had 'XY chromosomes' — an denotation a personification is biologically male.

But nan IOC — which sets introduction guidelines for boxing astatine nan Olympics — insisted that Khelif and different boxer, Taiwan's Lin Yu-Ting, who likewise antecedently grounded a gender test, meet 'all eligibility and introduction regulations.'

Khelif herself has told Algerian media she has had precocious levels of nan hormone testosterone since birth.

And Italy's Carin isn't nan only female boxer to return rumor pinch nan spot of Khelif's blows. After nan Algerian's 2023 disqualification, Mexico's female boxer Brianda Tamara recalled her acquisition fighting Khelif earlier successful nan tournament.

'When I fought pinch her I felt very retired of my depth,' she wrote connected X.

'Her blows wounded maine a lot, I don't deliberation I had ever felt for illustration that successful my 13 years arsenic a boxer, nor successful my sparring pinch men.

'Thank God that time I sewage retired of nan ringing safely, and it's bully that they yet realised.'

Responding to nan contention Algeria's Olympic Committee (COA) condemned what they called 'baseless' attacks connected Khelif.

'COA powerfully condemns nan unethical targeting and maligning of our esteemed athlete, Imane Khelif, pinch baseless propaganda from definite overseas media outlets,' they said.

'Such attacks connected her characteristic and dignity are profoundly unfair, particularly arsenic she prepares for nan pinnacle of her profession astatine nan Olympics.'