Anna Luca Hamori, Hungarian boxer and next opponent from the Algerian Imane Khelif, in women’s boxing at Paris 2024, posted several images on her social networks this Friday that provoked criticism towards her.
Khelif, 25, is at the centre of the Paris 2024 agenda after her 46-second victory over Italian boxer Angela Carini on Thursday. A triumph that sparked an old controversy about her and her gender.
Hamori, 23, maintained that she is “not afraid” of her opponent and claimed that Italian Carini only “gave up” when she retired from the fight with Khelif after 46 seconds.
One of her now-deleted posts showed a slim, long-haired woman facing off against a muscular, horned beast towering over the girl beneath the Olympic rings.
“If she or he is a man, it will be a bigger victory for me if I win,” the Hungarian boxer wrote about Khelif. “I’m looking forward to the fight,” she concluded, referring to the quarter-final match that will take place this Saturday.
The Hungarian deleted the post after causing a wave of outrage from the public who accused Hamori of violating the Declaration of Rights and Duties of Athleteswhich states that athletes should avoid unethical behavior and respect all other participants by refraining from discrimination.
The IOC made its position on Khelif clear
It should be remembered that during its briefing this Friday, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) addressed the controversy surrounding the Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, accused of not passing a gender eligibility test at the 2023 World Boxing Championship.
The organization in which she was “born as a woman, was registered as a woman at birth, lives her life as a woman, boxes as a woman and has a female passport.”
