A woman has to box a man today at the Olympics. AIBU to be scared for her?

[ilovemoney]

Lin Yu-ting and Imane Khelif: Boxers cleared for Paris Olympics - BBC Sport

They are both biological males. Its to IOC, International Olympic committee. There will be a protest and i know another female Irish boxer has pulled out but surely this cant stand. The women could be seriously injured.

Apparently abandoned the match after a couple of hits.

Brave woman. Not only to step into the ring but also to say Enough.

He punched her right in face then she abandoned the fight

She is the winner in my eyes, brave woman.

You can see where he hit her right in the face in slow motion

fucking disgrace

Fuck sake I don’t have discovery 🙄 😂

For any reader who believes that any female person can have testosterone in the 'male range' please look at this chart.

Plus

This is from a PCOS advocate on twitter.

PCOS raises female testosterone to up to 5.5 nmol/L (and above 4 can cause serious issues).
5-ARD raised Caster's testosterone to 21 nmol/L.

twitter.com/NathanielHart72/status/1550916276490477568?s=20&t=E8muLvV5kUEpbPeemz8zwQ

and

twitter.com/seaningle/status/1537480540068225031?s=20&t=E8muLvV5kUEpbPeemz8zwQ

Sean Ingle (Guardian sports journalist) mentioned this

The latest scientific publications clearly demonstrate that the return of markers of endurance capacity to "female level" occurs within six to eight months under low blood testosterone, while the awaited adaptations in muscle mass and muscle strength/power take much longer (two years minimum according to a recent study). Given the important role played by muscle strength and power in cycling performance, the UCI has decided to increase the transition period on low testosterone from 12 to 24 months. In addition, the UCI has decided to lower the maximum permitted plasma testosterone level (currently 5 mol/L) to 2.5 mol/L. This value corresponds to the maximum testosterone level found in 99.99% of the female population.

Plus

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/sms.14581

The International Olympic Committee framework on fairness, inclusion and nondiscrimination on the basis of gender identity and sex variations does not protect fairness for female athletes

“In adulthood, circulating testosterone concentrations do not come close to overlapping between females (0.1–1.7 nmol/L) and males (7.7–29.4 nmol/L).”

I can't watch as I'm at work! What's going on with the fight?! Has the woman just stopped fighting and walked off?

but if these competitors are genuinely intersex... the argument is more nuanced and comes down to the authorities making a fair medical decision based on whether the individual has an unfair advantage.

No. And its DSD not Intersex.

These are MEN with difference of sexual development, regardless of the way they present or the culture that they might have grown up in (which is a whole other discussion), biologically, medically they are still MEN.

It doesn't matter what they present as or how long they've been getting away with it.

They are MEN and it is dangerous for them to be competing in contact sports like boxing against women.

Do we go "Oh poor love" at these MEN and handwave away the very real danger of serious injury, brain damage, or death to the women they are going to be hitting?

"Fair medical decision" for the women boxers anyone? No? Just for the MEN regardless of the collateral damage to actual women.

I hope there is a global gofundme set up for Angela Carni, the poor girl? Have the Italian organisation made noise about this?

Yes. I think when he hit in her face she just thought I don’t want to get badly injured

is this slaughter of a woman by a man going to be televised ?

Looking at the official result on the Paris 2024 website, the match was abandoned after 46 seconds.

The fight is over. It was televised

sorry didn't see your post. God that poor woman. I'm so enraged.

Disgusting, revolting, disgraceful

I imagine that feeling the full force of a man punching her once was enough

For anyone not watching.
Fight started. He punched her in the face. She put her hand up and abandoned fight. Ref declared him the winner. She walked off and refused to congratulate him. Brave, brave woman, I think she was in tears.

What an absolute disgrace. Shame on the IOC.

@ilovemoney Which Irish boxer has pulled out? I know Michaela Walsh is in the same category as Yu-Ting but she hasn't pulled out as far as I know. I didn't think any of our boxers were in the same category as Khelif.

Brave, brave woman. She was shouting "it's not fair" in Italian

I am devastated for her, all that training, work and that was her match, competing against a cheat.

Exactly that. Good for her!

Abandoned after 46 seconds. Fuck every single bastard who allow or enable this shit.

Did he 'celebrate' or look happy? How could he possibly feel proud of this is beyond me