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PunchUp Trigger Olympics Gender Row: Is The Whole Woke Thing Going Too Far? | Olympics 2024 | News18 PunchUp Trigger Olympics Gender Row: Is The Whole Woke Thing Going Too Far? | Olympics 2024 | News18The entire sports fraternity and fans on social media have gone into a heated flow of reactions after Italian boxer Angela Carini abandoned her welterweight round of 16 bout against Algeria's Imane Khelif after 46 seconds on Thursday, August 1 at the Paris Olympics. Both fans and high-profile personalities have since engaged in some heated debate, specifically due to Khelif’s previous record of failing a gender eligibility test at the 2023 World Championships.Carini, after a 30-second discussion with her coach, returned to the ring and refused to continue fighting against Khelif. After her forfeiture from the game, the Italian revealed that the punches from Khelif were the hardest she had ever faced in her career. In the very first seconds of the game, Carini's chin-strap was dislodged after a punch from the Algerian, which even left her shorts splashed with blood.