The Spectator | 'Violence against women should not be cheered on TV.' Marshi Smith on the Olympic boxing controversy @SpectatorTV | Uploaded August 2024 | Updated October 2024, 8 hours ago.
This week in the Olympics, the Italian women’s boxer Angela Carini lasted just 46 seconds in the ring against Algerian opponent Imane Khelif. Last year Khelif along with Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting were disqualified from the World Championships after failing gender eligibility tests. Despite this, the IOC agreed to allow these fighters into the women's category for the Olympics. Should these boxers be allowed to fight? And where else have problems like this occurred in women's sport? The Spectator's Natasha Feroze speaks to Marshi Smith, NCAA champion and co-founder of ICONS (Independent Council on Womens Sports).
This week in the Olympics, the Italian women’s boxer Angela Carini lasted just 46 seconds in the ring against Algerian opponent Imane Khelif. Last year Khelif along with Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting were disqualified from the World Championships after failing gender eligibility tests. Despite this, the IOC agreed to allow these fighters into the women's category for the Olympics. Should these boxers be allowed to fight? And where else have problems like this occurred in women's sport? The Spectator's Natasha Feroze speaks to Marshi Smith, NCAA champion and co-founder of ICONS (Independent Council on Womens Sports).
