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Angela Carini says she respects the IOC’s decision to allow Imane Khelif to take part in the boxing at the Olympics after yesterday’s controversy.

She’s told Gazetta dello Sport: All this controversy makes me sad, I’m sorry for my opponent, too. If the IOC said she can fight, I respect that decision.”

The International Olympic Committee has defended its position as a second boxer who previously failed a gender eligibility test won her bout on Friday.

Taiwan's double world champion Lin Yu-ting beat Sitora Turdibekova of Uzbekistan less than 24 hours after Algeria's Imane Khelif won her opening Olympic bout in just 46 seconds against Italian Angela Carini.

Sky Sports News reporter Geraint Hughes has the latest on the boxing row that is dominating Olympic headlines.

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