The Algerian Olympic boxer also urged “all the people of the world to uphold the Olympic principles, according to the Olympic Charter”.
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00:00Olympic boxer Iman Khalif broke her silence and calls an end to the bullying of athletes.
00:08It comes following the international backlash she received after her first Paris Olympics
00:12fight against Italian boxer Angela Carini.
00:16The Algerian boxer faced false accusations about her gender after her opponent pulled
00:21out just 46 seconds into their match.
00:25Khalif draws attention to how damaging gender scrutiny can be and that it can harm human
00:29dignity.
00:30I would like to send a message to all the people of the world that they should be committed
00:36to the Olympic principles according to the Olympic agreement and to stay away from bullying
00:42all athletes because this thing affects a lot of people and can destroy people so that
00:50it can kill people's thinking and mind and divide people.
00:58Carini has since apologized and said she was sad about the gender controversy.
01:03Khalif says she's been visiting the city of Assisi in southern Italy for years for training
01:08camps and that the Italian boxer had known her for a long time.
01:12The coaches have known me since I was a child in the national team and I used to train with
01:21them.
01:23Khalif thanked the International Olympic Committee for their support after she faced
01:27an uproar over her eligibility to participate.
01:30The boxer made it clear she won't let the accusations deter her from trying to win Algeria's
01:35first Olympic gold medal in women's boxing.
01:38Khalif said she's been visiting the city of Assisi in southern Italy for years for
01:42training camps and that the Italian boxer had known her for a long time.
01:46The coaches have known me since I was a child in the national team and I used to train with
01:51them.