NAPLES, Italy — Italian boxer Angela Carini has hit out at the online abuse she has received since her Olympic fight against Imane Khelif last year, which she said “destroyed her career.”

Carini tearfully quit her opening bout with Imane Khelif of Algeria at the Paris Olympics after just 46 seconds, going on to explain afterward that she took the extremely unusual decision because of the pain from her opponent’s opening punches.

On Friday, Carini published a video on Instagram with screenshots of messages she has received on social media — some begging her not to go to the Olympics again, others calling her “a coward” and “the shame of the Italy team” — and a voiceover of the 26-year-old explaining how she felt.

“Have you ever wondered how hard it was for me to face these words? What I

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