Algerian boxer Imane Khelif defeated Chinese opponent Yang Liu in the 66kg gold medal bout at the Paris Summer Olympics on Friday.
Khelif received a warm welcome from the crowd as she entered the ring at Roland Garros Stadium for her fourth bout of the Games. Algerian flags were seen waving all around the arena. In the first round, both fighters started off tentatively, but Khelif got the better of her southpaw opponent, taking the round in unanimous fashion. It was more of the same in the second round as a stiff punch from the Algerian sent Yang bouncing off the ropes in the opening seconds.
The fight triggered an onslaught of online abuse, with transphobic commentators incorrectly calling Khelif “a man” because she had failed a so-called “gender test” by a now-discredited boxing federation that had been stripped of its ability to run the Olympic events. The International Olympic Committee took over the sport for the 2024 Games because it decided that no international federation was qualified to run the sport and emphasized repeatedly that Khelif met the criteria to compete.
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