Judy Murray fumes boxing must be 'safe for biological women' and calls for 'swab tests' to be reintroduced after Angela Carini's heartbreaking Olympic boxing defeat against Imane Khelif amid gender row

Judy Murray has fumed that Italian boxer Angela Carini's defeat against Imane Khelif should 'not be allowed to happen' and has called for 'swab tests' to be reintroduced amid a gender row over the Algerian's eligibility.

Italy's Carini quit after just 46 seconds of their Olympic bout on Thursday morning as she was left in agony following a huge right-hand punch from her competitor who celebrated in the ring.

Khelif, 25, has been cleared to compete in Paris despite being rejected from last year's World Championships due to having high levels of testosterone.

She took on Italy's Angela Carini in the Olympic bout on Thursday, and immediately went on the front foot as she nailed Carini with a massive punch that sent her across the ring.

Murray, mother of Team GB tennis greats Andy and Jamie, has now blasted the fight for even being allowed to go ahead, posting on X: 'This should never have been allowed to happen. 

'Bring back the swab test. Sport has to be fair and safe for biological women.'

 Carini claimed after the Olympic-ending defeat that she quit the bout following less than a minute after fearing for her life following the first exchange of punches.

The 25-year-old screamed 'this is unjust' before she fell to canvas and wept having had her Olympic dream brought to a crushing and abrupt halt.

Athletes were previously subjected to sex testing before Olympic competition before the IOC decided to remove the requirement for blanket testing, with the Sydney Olympics in 2000 the first time in three decades where the genetic make-up of female athletes wasn't investigated.

Murray has called for it to be reintroduced in her emotional X post, while an emotional Carini struggled to hold back her tears following Thursday's loss in Paris. 

 Other fierce backlash from the likes of JK Rowling, Olympian Sharron Davies and former Prime Minister Liz Truss has also come to light following the fight.

The ongoing saga over Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting of Taiwan's participation at the Olympics has been the focus of women's boxing amid a gender row over Olympic organisers letting them compete.

Khelif was previously disqualified from the World Championships in New Delhi last year while Yu-Ting was also barred from the same competition.

The Olympics website noted that Khelif had been disqualified hours before a gold medal bout against China's Yang Liu in New Delhi after her elevated levels of testosterone failed to meet the eligibility criteria.

The Algerian Olympic Committee (COA) hit back by claiming the disqualification was part of a 'conspiracy' to stop them from winning a gold medal and said 'medical reasons' were behind high testosterone levels.

Speaking out following her loss, Carini revealed she quit to 'safeguard my life', adding: 'I couldn't carry on. I have a big pain in my nose and I said, "Stop". It's better to avoid keeping going. My nose started dripping from the first hit. 

'It could be the match of my life but, in that moment, I had to safeguard my life, too. I felt to do this, I didn't have any fear, I don't have any fear of the ring or to get hit.'