Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Misinformation, abuse and injustice: breaking down the Olympic boxing firestorm

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par Holly Thorpe, Professor in Sociology of Sport and Gender, University of Waikato
Ryan Storr, Research fellow, Swinburne University of Technology

In a preliminary women’s under 66kg boxing match at the Paris Olympics last week between Algerian Imane Khelif and Italian Angela Carini, a powerful punch to the face resulted in Carini withdrawing after 46 seconds.

Carini dissolved into tears, crying “this is unfair”, and “I have never been hit so hard in my life”.

Almost immediately, journalists and commentators jumped to Carini’s defence, raising questions about International…

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