{"id":3191,"date":"2024-08-19T12:35:25","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T12:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amazinggstory.fun\/?p=3191"},"modified":"2024-08-19T12:35:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T12:35:25","slug":"imane-khelifs-dad-breaks-his-silence-after-olympic-boxers-gender-8controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amazinggstory.fun\/?p=3191","title":{"rendered":"Imane Khelif\u2019s dad breaks his silence after Olympic boxer\u2019s gender 8controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Algerian boxer Imane Khelif found herself at the center of controversy after her opponent, Angela Carini of Italy, walked out of their match at the 2024 Paris Olympics, citing \u201csevere pain\u201d in her nose. This sudden exit made Khelif the automatic winner, but her previous disqualification from the 2023 world championships due to elevated testosterone levels has fueled debate over her participation.<\/p>\n<p>Her father, Amar Khelif, defended his daughter, expressing pride: \u201cHaving such a daughter is an honor because she is a champion. She honored me.\u201d He presented an \u201cofficial-looking document\u201d confirming her gender, emphasizing, \u201cThis document doesn\u2019t lie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carini later apologized, saying, \u201cI\u2019m sorry for my opponent\u2026 If the IOC said she can fight, I respect that decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Khelif urged the public to stop bullying athletes, warning that it \u201ccan destroy people\u2026 spirit, and mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the controversy, Khelif remains focused on her Olympic goals, with her father\u2019s support and her own resilience guiding her through the challenges.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Angela Carini &#039;wants to apologise&#039; to Imane Khelif amid boxing gender row\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8D8uyMczPXw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algerian boxer Imane Khelif found herself at the center of controversy after her opponent, Angela Carini of Italy, walked out of their match at the 2024 Paris&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amazinggstory.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amazinggstory.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amazinggstory.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amazinggstory.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amazinggstory.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3191"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.amazinggstory.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3193,"href":"https:\/\/www.amazinggstory.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3191\/revisions\/3193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amazinggstory.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amazinggstory.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amazinggstory.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amazinggstory.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}