Khelif Wins Gold, Internet Comes to Different 'Unanimous Decision': 'Battered Women Olympics'

A different unanimous decision swept social media as a boxing controversy ended with a gold medal: “Good for him, very bad for real women.”

Since it began in late July, one particular story of the 2024 Olympics has received pushback to rival that of opening ceremony blasphemy. Having previously defeated Italy's Angela Carini who “I never felt a punch“As she did before touching down in 46 seconds, Algeria's XY-carrier Imane Khelif stormed to the top of the podium with a defeat of China's Yang Liu for gold in women's 66kg boxing.

After going the distance in the three-round bout, the judges backed Khelif over the reigning welterweight world champion with identical scores across the board 30-27.

Riley Gaines, a former NCAA swimmer and advocate for women's and women's sports, summed up the final result to state on Friday: “During: Imane Khelif (XY) dominated world champion Lang Liu (XX) to win a medal d “Olympic gold”.

“Let me repeat that: A MAN has taken Olympic gold from a woman,” Gaines stated. “This is what they call 'progress'. It's the ultimate betrayal of fairness, safety and women by @iocmedia.”

BREAKING: Imane Khelif (XY) dominated world champion Lang Liu (XX) to win an Olympic gold medal.

Let me repeat that: A MAN has taken Olympic gold from a woman.

This is what they call this “progress”. It is the ultimate betrayal of justice, security and women @iocmedia. pic.twitter.com/pHw1Ve4uTF

— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) August 9, 2024

Before going through Carini, Hungary's Anna Luca Hamori and Thailand's Janjaem Suwannapheng to reach the gold medal match, the International Olympic Committee had advocated Khelif's inclusion in the competition along with Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting .

Both had been disqualified by the International Boxing Association (IBA) in 2023, having failed gender eligibility tests.

“We have seen in reports misleading information about two female athletes competing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games,” the IOC said in a statement in early August. “Both athletes have been competing in international women's boxing competitions for many years, including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the International Boxing Association (IBA) World Championships and IBA sanctioned tournaments.”

“These two athletes were victims of a sudden and arbitrary decision by the IBA,” the IOC continued, siding with the controversial inclusion and treating male-chromosome athletes competing in a women's event as victims. . “Towards the end of the 2023 IBA World Championships, they were suddenly disqualified without any due process,” and “The current assault against these two athletes is based entirely on this arbitrary decision, which was made without any due process, especially considering that these athletes had been competing in top-level competitions for many years. This approach is contrary to good governance.”

The organization had stated that to participate in the Olympics, “As with previous Olympic boxing competitions, the gender and age of the athletes is based on their passport.”

While some ideologues applauded Khelif's victory for how they believed it would upset their opposition to the culture war, those calling for a return to reason and the defense of women's spaces criticized the “madness”.

can't you see Don't you see what this madness is doing to women?? WHY DO GIRLS HAVE TO SHARE BATHROOMS WITH BOYS? HIS CLOTHES? YOUR SPORTS? YOUR PRISONS? WHY DO 4TH GRADE BOYS HAVE TO SHARE WITH GIRLS (AND TAMPONS) IN MN? NONE OF THIS IS NORMAL, SAFE OR FAIR https://t.co/EqMdZD15qv

— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) August 9, 2024

Good for him, very bad for real women.

— JWF (@JammieWF) August 9, 2024

It's not progressive, it's regressive. The people who allow it to stand idly by are complicit in this ultimate betrayal, dereliction of duty and failure to do what is right.

— Justin George (@jdgeorge94) August 9, 2024

They only trust science when it fits the narrative…

— Natalie Dawn (@NattieFink) August 9, 2024

We live in a world where a man beat up a woman in public to win the Olympic gold medal.

— c essene (@c_essene) August 9, 2024

And we women are supposed to sit here in silence and think there is no physical advantage to having XY chromosomes?

NO WAY. The advantage has never been clearer.

— Kristen Mag (@kristenmag) August 9, 2024

This is incredibly disgusting. Now it's okay for men to hit on women…and get rewarded for it.

— Suzie Q (@singinsuzi) August 10, 2024

The Battered Women's Olympics.

— David Gingrich (@CDGingrich) August 10, 2024

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A native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College, where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and seeker of truth, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and dog, and when he's not researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel the

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