Italian female boxer falls to her knees and cries as she abandons fight against Olympic opponent deemed biologically male after just 46 SECONDS following two powerful punches to the face that dislodged her helmet

A boxer deemed a 'biological male' coming won against an Italian female successful 1 of nan astir arguable Olympic bouts ever.

The conflict took 46 seconds and her Italian force threw her helmet onto nan level arsenic nan conflict was abandoned.

She refused nan handshake, fell to nan canvas sobbing arsenic nan emotional Italian collapsed down successful tears aft conscionable 2 punches.

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, 25, fought Italy's Angela Carini, 25 contempt being banned from a awesome boxing title earlier nan Olympics.

After nan lucifer was stopped, nan referee raised Khelif's manus successful nan air. But a visibly furious Carini yanked her manus distant from nan conflict charismatic earlier exiting nan ringing without shaking her opponent's hand. 

Ignoring nan Algerian, nan Italian combatant past dropped to her knees and burst into tears arsenic she said she had ne'er felt specified beardown blows successful a title before. 

Speaking aft nan match, nan heartbroken Italian said: 'I person ever honoured my state pinch loyalty. This clip I didn't win because I couldn't conflict anymore. So I put an extremity to nan match.' 

She said she did not locomotion distant from nan conflict arsenic a protestation against her opponent’s inclusion, but that was a determination for nan Olympics to consider.

She was taken distant for aesculapian appraisal to analyse nan seriousness of her facial injuries which included a bruised nose.

Khelif was thrown retired of past year's world championships aft failing testosterone tests carried retired to found gender qualification.

But contempt her gender trial problems, she was admitted to nan Olympics amid a immense furore.

Olympics officials astatine Paris 2024 person accepted her arsenic a female and authorities truthful successful her charismatic games biography.

Another female boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan was besides disqualified from nan 2023 women's boxing world championships for failing a gender eligibility test.

Former world featherweight champion Barry McGuigan - now president of nan Professional Boxing Association - said it was `shocking' and `pathetic' determination to let 'a man' to conflict women.

Umar Kremlev, president of nan International Boxing Association (IBA) has said aft a bid of DNA-tests nan relation 'uncovered athletes who were trying to fool their colleagues and pretended to beryllium women.

Kremlev claimed that nan tests 'proved they had XY chromosomes and were frankincense excluded from nan sports events.'

Italy's sports curate Andrea Abodi raised concerns astir Khelif competing , but Angela Carini was connected grounds arsenic saying that 'respect' of her opponents was her mantra.

She said: 'Boxing is simply a athletics that teaches you to person respect for your opponent. It tin beryllium a limb successful life, but only for defence. It cannot and must not go an abuse. Like immoderate sport, it tin alternatively go a conveyance for venting anger and pain.'

Algeria's Olympic Committee condemned arsenic 'baseless' nan attacks connected their boxer aft questions were raised complete her information astatine nan Paris Olympics.

But Khelif, who competed astatine nan 2020 Tokyo Olympics, only fell into contention aft failing nan tests past twelvemonth successful New Delhi.

She received resounding applause from staunch Algerian supporters arsenic she entered nan ring, but location were respective boos.

At 5.10 and 2 inches taller than her constabulary serviceman opponent, Khelif showed disconnected her powerfulness pinch a bid of powerful punches early successful nan 3 information contest.

But it was complete successful little than a minute.

The conflict comes amid a gender large wind astatine nan Olympics complete 'biologically male' fighters competing successful nan female divisions. 

IOC bosses overseeing nan Olympics successful Paris said Khelif met nan eligibility criteria to compete - contempt concerns of nan boxer's biologic sex.