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Sami Quadri

Italian boxer 'never felt punch like this' as she quit Olympic bout against athlete who failed 'gender test'

Italian boxer Angela Carini says she quit the highly contentious Olympic match between her and Algeria's Imane Khelifhas after just 46 seconds because she “never felt a punch like this”.

The Italian insisted she was not making a political statement and refusing to fight Khelif, but rather her nose “hurt so much”.

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