Paris Olympics: Gender row in female boxing

A scandal has engulfed the boxing at the Paris Olympics after an Algerian female boxer who previously failed a gender eligibility test stopped her opponent after 46 seconds.Italian boxer Angela Carini abruptly withdrew from the match against Algeria’s Imane Khelif, who was previously disqualified from last year’s World Boxing Championships.That after the International Boxing Association said she failed a gender eligibility test.The incident has gone viral on social media, where the likes of J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk are decrying Olympic organizers. 

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