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The women's boxing bout at the 2024
Paris Olympics between Italy's Angela Carini and Algerian Imane
Khelif shows what happens when ideas are taken to extremes,
Premier Giorgia Meloni said after Carini abandoned the
controversial welterweight contest against an athlete who failed
gender-eligibility tests at last year's world championships.
"I have been trying to explain for years that, when taken to the
extreme, some theses risk impacting women's rights," Meloni said
at Team Italy's Casa Italia headquarters at the Olympics.
"I think that athletes who have male genetic characteristics
should not be admitted to women's competitions.
"Not because we want to discriminate against anyone, but in
order to protect the right of female athletes to be able to
compete on equal terms".
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