The Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, in the spotlight in recent weeks for a medical report that assures that she has male biological characteristics, visited the program The State of the Cose by Massimo Giletti on Italian television and talked about all the criticism he has received since entering the scene at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
“My parents have seen a lot of fake images. The war against me through social media has had a negative impact. We have to understand who are the people who have done these things. Those who have done it are not important people“explained the athlete.
“I have seen that there are many politicians and presidents who speak without a source and it is something strange, because they make baseless statementswithout reality,” he denounced.
All those evaluations of her, as she said, have affected her negatively, but she does not give up on a professional level: “Any person who is exposed to this harassment and hatred finds it more difficult to succeed. But I have learned a lot from this experience. The more a person desires success, the easier it is to achieve it.“.
His most controversial fight of the Games
On Massimo Giletti’s program he also spoke about his confrontation with Angela Carini in the second round of the Paris Games, which lasted just a few seconds due to the Italian’s abandonment after ensuring that “I had never felt a blow” like the one he received from Khelif.
“I have nothing against Angela Carini. She is a boxer, a young girl. I have nothing against the people who pressure her to behave that way, I don’t think he behaved that way of his own free will.“he said about her.
Khelif is “sure that the pressure she was subjected to led her to this behavior” so she wants to “send a message to Angela”: “I want to tell her that she is a friend and will continue to be a friend, the apologies were accepted from the bottom of my heart. I wish you much success, people can make mistakesbut we must learn from them,” he said.
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