Khelif asks for end to bullying after Olympic women's boxing gender row

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.