Algerian beats Thai in women's Olympic boxing
published : 7 Aug 2024 at 09:24
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Reuters
Imane Khelif, the boxer at the centre of a gender dispute, beat Thailand's Janjaem Suwannapheng in a semi-final fight at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday.
Khelif and Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting were disqualified by the International Boxing Association (IBA) from the 2023 World Championships in New Delhi, with the body saying in a press conference on Monday that a sex chromosome test had ruled both of them ineligible.
The International Olympic Committee has rejected the results of the IBA-ordered tests.
Khelif and Janjaem touched gloves in a sign of respect after the fight, and when Khelif was announced as winner a deafening roar erupted from the fans.
Khelif waited until Janjaem left the ring before celebrating, jogging on the spot with an enormous grin on her face before leaving for the doctor's station for a quick medical check.
Khelif will face Yang Liu of China in the final on Friday.
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Vocabulary
- chromosome (noun): one of the very small structures like threads in the nuclei (= central parts) of animal and plant cells, that carry the genes - โครโมโซม
- dispute: a serious disagreement - ข้อพิพาท
- disqualification: a decision not to allow someone to do something because they have done something wrong - การตัดสิทธิ
- face: to (likely) have to deal with a problem - เผชิญ, พบ, เจอ
- gender: the fact of being either male or female. The term is also used more broadly to denote a range of identities that do not correspond to established ideas of male and female. - เพศ
- gloves (noun): pieces of clothing that cover your fingers and hands - ถุงมือ
- ineligible: not having the necessary qualifications to have or to do something - ซึ่งขาดคุณสมบัติ
- reject: to not agree with - ปฏิเสธ ไม่ยอมรับ
- respect: a feeling of admiration that you have for someone/something because of their personal qualities, their achievements, or their status, and that you show by treating them in a polite and kind way - ความเคารพ, ความนับถือ
- roar (noun): a loud continuous noise - เสียงดังลั่น
- Keywords
- Olympics
- Khelif
- Janjaem
- gender
- controversy
