«I find it difficult to understand that there is no alignment in the parameters of minimum hormonal values at an international level, which therefore includes European, World Cup and Olympics. In the event that represents the highest values of sport, the safety of male and female athletes must be guaranteed, as well as respect for fair competition from a competitive point of view. Tomorrow, it won't be like this for Angela Carini." This was said by the Minister for Sport Andrea Abodi, speaking about the match of the Italian boxer Angela Carini - scheduled for tomorrow - against the Algerian Imane Khelif, whose DNA tests have highlighted the presence of XY chromosomes, typical of the male biological sex.
It is not proven that the boxer has changed sex, but the hormonal values indicate an "imbalance" that is causing discussion.
And politics also intervened on the issue. "Having two athletes of different sexes fight in the ring is an attack on women's safety," says Fabio Rampelli, member of Fratelli d'Italia and vice-president of the Chamber. He adds: «Learning that a boy will clash with our athlete Angela Carini leaves us dismayed and worried. The same paradoxical ideology that haunts our society, seeing patriarchy in every gesture or phrase, sometimes completely normal, leads us today to have to accept that a biological man beats a woman worldwide because, in the "woke hierarchy" the trans man beats the woman." .
«The IOC continues Rampelli – has decided to ignore both the voice of science which tells us that a man's fist has 160% more power than that of a woman, and the voice of a previous opponent of Khelif, who she said she had never suffered such blows in her 13-year professional career and felt lucky not to have suffered any serious injuries during the bout. We must – concludes Rampelli – free the IOC and sport from characters so blinded by ideology."
(Unioneonline)
