the Iman Khalif's participation in the Olympic Games, which are being held in the French capital, Paris, continues to stir up conversations among people, mainly due to the fact that she was excluded from the 2023 World Championships, due to her failure in the gender test conducted by the International Boxing Association (IBA).
Anja Stridsman knows the Algerian boxer well (who, remember, has already qualified for the final of the 66kg weight class, where she will face the Chinese fighter Liu Yang), and even defeated her in 2019, a controversy that the Australian herself understands, even if she would prefer to undervalue her.
“I remember fighting with her. She wasn't particularly strong. She was probably a bit angry, but people do this sport for different reasons,” she began, according to the British newspaper. Daily Mail.
“I remember people saying to me, ‘It’s obvious she’s a man’ and ‘It’s good that you beat a man,’ and that made me angry. Of course it’s easy to believe that he’s a man, and he has a masculine presence. But who are we judging him for?” he continued.
“Let her look the way she wants. She won the fight. Her strength was no less than any other woman in this category,” he added.
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