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Under pressure: Algerian boxer Imane Khelif triumphs after days of abuse over 'gender controversy'

Algerian welterweight boxer Imane Khelif beat Hungary’s Anna Luca Hamori by a unanimous decision in the quarter-finals in the North Paris Arena on Friday night after facing days of online abuse following accusations that the 25-year-old fighter is secretly a man. It’s a bittersweet victory for Khelif, who continues to…

France 24

Algerian boxer at centre of gender row sheds tears after quarter-final victory

Imane Khelif, guaranteed a medal after beating Hungary’s Anna Luca Hamori, dominated the fight to deafening cheers

The Guardian - UK

‘Looks like a man’: Rowling, Kangana, journos post anti-trans misinformation on Olympic boxer

It was 46 seconds of “strong blows” when Italian boxer Angela Carini abandoned her match against Algeria’s Imane Khelif in the women’s 66-kg round of 16 bout in the Paris Olympics on August 1. Carini did not shake Khelif’s hands after the defeat and remarked that she had “never faced…

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Imane Khelif: Boxer at the centre of Olympics gender row guarantees medal with latest win

The Algerian secures at least a bronze and breaks down in tears after comfortable quarter-final victory over Hungary’s Anna Luca Hamori

Evening Standard

Imane Khelif beats Anna Luca Hamori as boxing controversy rumbles on

The Algerian now moves into the semi-finals.

The Independent UK

IOC puts out correction after president Thomas Bach confuses gender issues

The IOC has issued a correction after its president Thomas Bach got in a muddle when defending a decision to let Imane Khelif fight in Paris

The Guardian - UK

Imane Khelif is taking the Olympic boxing ring after days of gender outcry

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif takes to the ring again at the Paris Olympics following days of online abuse as misconceptions about her gender have exploded into a larger clash about identity in sports

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Banned governing body that's fueling outcry on Olympic boxers has Russian ties and troubled history

The allegations that Olympic boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting failed an eligibility test for women's competition have been made by only the International Boxing Association

The Independent UK

Olympics chief slams ‘unacceptable’ hate speech against boxers in gender row

International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Thomas Bach condemned the "hate speech" targeting Algerian boxer Imane Khelif and Taiwan's Lin Yu-Ting, saying that a wider, Russia-led "defamation campaign" against the IOC and the Paris Games was fueling the controversy.

France 24

IOC president weighs in on Olympic boxing gender controversy: ‘This is the definition of a woman’

Thomas Bach defended boxers Lin Yu-ting and Imane Khelif and their place at Paris 2024 after failing gender eligibility tests run by the International Boxing Association

The Independent UK

Olympics 2024: International Boxing Association to award Angela Carini prize money for defeat to Imane Khelif

Carini has apologised to Khelif for the level of scrutiny she has faced

Evening Standard

Angela Carini to be awarded prize money by IBA despite Olympic loss to Imane Khelif

The Italian pulled out in the first round against the Algerian amid a gender row at Paris 2024

The Independent UK

IBA says it will award Italian boxer Angela Carini Olympic champion prize money

Carini abandoned her fight with Algeria’s Imane Khelif, who is at the centre of a gender row.

The Independent UK

Team GB sweep up three more golds and make fast track start on fab Friday

Britain’s runners made a blistering start to the track events in the Stade de France building on seven medals including three golds claimed by Team GB on a fabulous Friday in Paris

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In the Olympics boxing arena, facts and fairness are taking a battering

Hugely complex, essentially irresolvable issues have been flattened in the toxic furore over the inclusion of Lin Yu-ting and Imane Khelif in the women’s competition

USA Today Sports Media Group

Olympic boxer Lin Yu-Ting dominates as gender eligibility issue unfolds

Controversy surrounding gender eligibility in boxing at the Paris Games has sparked outrage, including from honorary U.S. coach Jake Paul.

AAP

Teremoana's golden run ended by Games champ

Australian super heavyweight Teremoana Teremoana Jnr has been denied Australia's seventh Olympic boxing medal, losing a tight contest to the defending champion.

The Independent UK

How Lin Yu-ting overcame ‘pressure’ to land Olympics win amid gender controversy

The Taiwanese fighter followed Algeria’s Imane Khelif in featuring at the Paris Olympics amid widespread attention after failing gender eligibility tests in a previous tournament last year

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The Independent UK

Vitriol about female boxer fuels concern of backlash against LGBTQ+ and women athletes

LGBTQ+ athletes, officials and observers have warned that a deluge of hateful comments misidentifying a female boxer in the Paris Olympics as transgender or a man could pose dangers for the LGBTQ+ community and female athletes

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Taiwanese Boxer Lin Yu-Ting Advances To Quarterfinals Amid Controversy

Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-Ting faces gender eligibility controversy at Olympics despite victory. Controversy surrounds her journey to the Games.

Al Jazeera

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif becomes target of Olympics gender row

The fighter under scrutiny won her opening bout when opponent Angela Carini from Italy quits after 46 seconds.

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