Paris 2024 Olympics: transgender case, Abodi thunders

The words of Angela Carini

It is causing discussion in Paris and beyond about the match that Angela Carini will contest on Thursday in the 66 kg boxing category with Algerian Imane Khelif, a transngender who a year ago was excluded from the World Championships but has now received the'ok for the five-ring event.

"I find it unfathomable that there is no alignment in the parameters of minimum hormone values at the international level, thus including Europeans, World Cups and the Olympics. In the event that represents the highest values of sport, one must be able to guarantee the safety of athletes and female athletes, and respect for fair competition from a competitive point of view. Tomorrow, for Angela Carini it will not be so,", said Sports Minister Andrea Abodi.

"That of transgender athletes è is an issue that must be brought back to the category of respect in all its forms, but we must distinguish sports practice from the competitive spirit that must be able to allow them to compete on equal terms, in complete safety,” Abodi continued. È it is quite clear that the dimension of gender identity in the competitive sphere poses the problem of equal opportunities or the same opportunities; it is no coincidence that so many sports disciplines have placed constraints on transgender athletes necessary to allow them to compete under the same conditions. In this case we are witnessing an interpretation of the concept of inclusivity that does not take into account primary and indispensable factors".

Carini for now has only commented: "I have to comply with what the IOC has decided, so tomorrow I will goò into the ring and give".