Jenny Lozano's Olympic dream began in Laredo, Texas, where as a child, she walked into a neighborhood gym after being bullied. After putting on a pair of boxing gloves, she never looked back. NBC News' Tom Llamas reports. Watch the 2024 Paris Olympics on NBC and streaming on Peacock, July 26 - Aug 11.
A boxer whose gender identity has recently been questioned won her first fight at the Paris Olympics on Thursday. Imane Khelif of Algeria defeated Angela Carini of Italy after Carini quit 46 seconds into the match. Carini stopped the fight after only a few punches were exchanged, avoided shaking Khelif’s hand and then fell to the floor in tears.
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, who recently drew criticism for comments he made about his estranged trans daughter, also weighed in on the matter on X, which he owns. Replying to a post that contained a video of the fight and read, “Kamala supports this…vote accordingly,” Musk, who endorsed former President Donald Trump last month, wrote: “True or let her deny it.” While most of the responses online appear to be critical, Khelif was not without support.
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