PARIS: Imane Khelif, one of the two boxers at the heart of a gender dispute at the Paris Olympics, vowed on Tuesday (Aug 6) to put the controversy behind her and make Algeria and the Arab world proud.
Match Referee Shawn Reese raises the arm of Imane Khelif of Algeria after winning her fight against Janjaem Suwannapheng of Thailand. PARIS: Imane Khelif, one of the two boxers at the heart of a gender dispute at the Paris Olympics , vowed on Tuesday to put the controversy behind her and make Algeria and the Arab world proud.
Khelif, a silver medallist at the 2022 world championships, and Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting have been in the spotlight at the Paris Games as part of a storm that has dominated headlines and been the subject of much discussion on social media platforms. The IOC has rejected the results of the IBA-ordered tests as arbitrary and illegitimate, saying there was no reason to conduct them.
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