Olympics women's boxing: Italian abandons fight with Imane Khelif, who failed gender test
A United Nations expert unequivocally condemned the Olympic rules that enabled the bout to take place. Reem Alsalem, the UN’s special rapporteur on violence against women and girls, said: “Angela Carini rightly followed her instincts and prioritised her physical safety, but she and other female athletes should not have been exposed to this physical and psychological violence based on their sex.”Emanuele Renzini, Carini’s coach, was adamant that the decision to quit the bout was not premeditated....