Algerian girls take up boxing after Khelif’s Olympic gold

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Aizaga, Algeria: In a gym in Kabilia, northern Algeria, 15 -year -old Siren Castle was running his fists in a puppy bag. Two -time national champions were dreaming of maximum successes after winning the Olympic Gold last year.

The victory of the Caliph created a new interest in women in sports under Algerian girls and men, Jammu witnessed the increase in membership in the North African country.

She came to the Paris Olympics as a trail bill for those seeking women athletes in Algeria, despite a gender dispute over her ability. “I want to compete in the African and World Championships,” Castle said in a combination of Arabic, French and Tamazite, which is also known as the Berberers, is the language of the people.

His coach, Joffer and Hown, said that the caliphs have become a role model for other boxers in the gym, after winning their local club, Jeanisi Sports Aizaziga, after winning the Jeanisi Sportato Aizaziga.

Orion said the small gym, belonging to the former municipal slaughterhouse, with the help of local families, is now trained by 20 female boxers. He said that young girls are born in “hunger of consequences” often “competition, even jealousy, in their men’s counterparts.

“I want to be like a caliph and want to win the Olympic gold medal,” said Castle. In 2023, the International Boxing Association stopped the caliph from its world championship when it said it had failed to test gender qualification to carry XY chromosome. The 25 -year -old champion condemned the IBA’s “false and unpleasant” allegations and will continue to fight “in color” and “in courts last month.” He said in a statement, “I have seen the difficulties before,” but I have never been. “

In Bija, clubs like the Dream Team and Sidi Aid Boxing Club in the east of Algeees have also welcomed more women and girls. Former boxer and now a sports adviser, Lena Dabo, said the pace began only after the Olympics.

He told AFP, “Amin Khalif brought a lot to women’s boxing.” “More girls are joining the game thanks to it.” Even in the country’s relatively more conservative parts, as in the Sehran Atlas, 300 km south of al -Jiyars, like Dhafa, it is said that more women have advanced the game. “We first tried to introduce women’s boxing in 2006, but it was not successful because of the region’s conservative,” said Mohammad Beniakub, director of the local club Anasar, AFP.

“Now,” the women’s sports movement began to survive, “he said, adding that the caliph” was scattered by the prohibition that women could not box. ” Nesim Tami, a boxing referee, whose wife is also a professional boxer, said parents were playing an important role in this “real madness with boxing.”

“Parents preferred volleyball or swimming for their daughters,” he said. “But after the Caliph’s gold medal, we have seen a real change.” Former national champion, Maniel Berkche, who also coaches in the JSA, said that it is especially mothers, which are moving forward.

“Mothers are now the ones who register their daughters and participate in training and matches, and this is a beautiful thing,” he said. Algerian Boxing Federation Vice President Hawkin Ochrif called it the “I Emine Caliph Trend”. “They are women’s boxing engines in Algeria,” he said. “He gave us a strong pace.”

He said that this year’s national championship has started more than 100 junior girl boxers – which is more than twice the previous year. In the same competition, Cassel won the gold medal, he sprayed against the athletes of clubs, including the Tires Civil Protection Club, where the Caliph debuted. Like Castle, the 14 -year -old Hayat Birwali, who had picked up boxing less than a month ago, also dreamed of becoming a champion.