Algeria's Imane Khelif beat China's Yang Liu to win gold in women's welterweight boxing. She has been in the spotlight at the Paris Games amid a gender dispute.
PARIS -- Crowds of women have shown up at Imane Khelif's fights during the Paris Olympics to rally around the Algerian boxer as she faced online abuse over misconceptions about her gender.
Khelif and fellow boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan have been heavily scrutinized by those bringing up their disqualification from the world championships last year. The Olympics-banned International Boxing Association claimed the two fighters failed unspecified eligibility tests for women's competition. Khelif did not lose a round on a judge's scorecard in Paris, going on the most dominant run of her boxing career since her first opponent, Angela Carini of Italy abandoned their bout after just 46 seconds, saying she was in too much pain from Khelif's punches.
Agnes Lipeb, who is from Versailles, France, said she had no idea how boxing rules work but was there to cheer for Khelif and have fun.
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