Watch brutal moment Imane Khelif lands HUGE punch that forces opponent to quit after 46 seconds of Olympic boxing bout amid eligibility row

Footage has emerged of Algerian boxer Imane Khelif landing a immense correct manus connected her force that forced nan Italian to discontinue aft conscionable 46 seconds of their Olympic bout connected Thursday morning.

Khelif, 25, has been cleared to compete successful Paris contempt being rejected from past year's World Championships owed to having precocious levels of testosterone.

She took connected Italy's Angela Carini successful her opening Olympic bout connected Thursday, and instantly went connected nan beforehand ft arsenic she nailed Carini pinch a monolithic punch that sent her crossed nan ring.

Carini stayed connected her feet but it was a cleanable changeable that landed correct connected nan chin, and conscionable moments later she walked to her area earlier telling them 'it wounded for illustration hell'.

After consulting pinch her corner, Carini opted to wantonness nan welterweight title and Khelif was declared nan winner.

Carini was near successful tears aft her loss, and told reporters: 'I went into nan ringing to fight. I didn't springiness up, but a punch wounded excessively overmuch and truthful I said enough. I'm leaving pinch my caput held high'.

Khelif's engagement astatine nan Olympics has sparked contention aft she was disqualified from nan World Championships successful New Delhi successful 2023.

The Olympics website noted that Khelif had been disqualified hours earlier a golden badge bout against China's nan Liu successful New Delhi aft her elevated levels of testosterone grounded to meet nan eligibility criteria.

The Algerian Olympic Committee (COA) deed backmost by claiming nan disqualification was portion of a 'conspiracy' to extremity them from winning a golden badge and said 'medical reasons' were down precocious testosterone levels.

Lin Yu-Ting of Taiwan was besides disqualified from nan World Championships.

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The International Boxing Association (IBA) released a connection connected Wednesday, stating their decisions were made 'after a meticulous review'.

The IBA stated that neither jock underwent testosterone exams, but were alternatively 'subject to a abstracted and recognised test' which were held astatine their World Championships successful 2022 and 2023. 

It is claimed nan tests 'conclusively indicated that some athletes did not meet nan required basal eligibility criteria', pinch some boxers 'found to person competitory advantages complete different female competitors.'

The IBA deed retired astatine nan IOC, stating its differing regulations 'raise superior questions astir some competitory fairness and athletes' safety.'

The IBA are not responsible for nan Olympic title having been stripped of nickname by nan IOC amid ongoing governance issues - pinch nan organisation establishing nan Paris 2024 Boxing Unit to tally nan event.

The Boxing Unit has approved some boxers' information nether rules successful spot for nan Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which are little strict than nan IBA's.

Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting competed successful Tokyo, pinch some losing successful nan early rounds of their respective events.