“I said ‘that’s enough’ because I knew I couldn’t finish the match. So I thought it might be better to stop it myself.”
It’s believed that Carini may have sustained a broken nose during the fight, but this has yet to be confirmed.
There was already controversy surrounding the boxing match between Carini and Khelif due to Khelif’s disqualification from last year’s World Boxing Championships in New Delhi.
She failed an unspecified gender eligibility test due to what the International Boxing Association cited as elevated levels of testosterone.
Khelif failed because the IBA’s eligibility rules prevent athletes with XY chromosomes from competing in women’s events, according to Reuters.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has come under scrutiny for allowing Khelif to participate in the Games despite her previous failure to pass the required health tests.