2024-08-04 13:51:40
PARIS. L’Iba, International Boxing Federationwhich manages Elite boxing, but not Olympic boxing, has decided to award Angela Carini the same amount established for the gold at the Paris Olympics: 100 thousand dollars – of which 50 to the Italian, 25 to the federation and 25 to her coach. The decision to award her “As if she had become an Olympic champion” was made by the president, the Russian Umar Kremlev.
The position of the IOC, the International Olympic Committeeseems to be clear: the Imane Khelif case is closed. “We have two boxers who were born women, who grew up as women, who have women’s passports and who have competed as women for years,” she said. “This is a clear definition of a woman. There has never been the slightest doubt about it,” and called the social hatred “unacceptable.”
The IOC’s position, faced with the choice to reward the Italian athlete anyway – with money defined as “of dubious origin” – was to not recognize the IBA, following the World Athletics model.
On the other hand, the line, indicative, of general in Italy, an example is the municipality of Fiumicino that intends to award a medal to the Italian boxer Angela Carini because “she embodies the true values of sport”, as confirmed by the Sports Councilor Federica Poggio.
2024-08-04 13:51:40