Algerian boxer Imane Khelif received the gold medal within the ladies’s 66-kilogram division on the 2024 Paris Olympics Friday, defeating the reigning welterweight world champion, Yang Liu of China.
Khelif was awarded the highest spot on the rostrum after successful the three-round bout by unanimous resolution.
Imane Khelif of Algeria, left, fights Yang Liu of China within the ladies’s gold medal match on the 2024 Paris Video games. (Sebastian Kahnert/image alliance by way of Getty Photographs)
Khelif took the primary spherical on all 5 playing cards, showing to win the judges over within the remaining moments with a mix of punches. Regardless of a sluggish begin from each boxers within the first spherical, Khelif got here out swinging and had Yang on the ropes virtually instantly.
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Yang responded with the identical vitality, however Khelif took the second spherical in a similar way. A shot on the gold medal appeared to slide away from Yang within the third, and Khelif finally secured a gold medal for Algeria.
Khelif has confronted scrutiny over a gender eligibility controversy that started with a disqualification on the 2023 Worldwide Boxing Affiliation World Championships, the identical event the place Yang was topped champion.
Algeria’s Imane Khelif, left, and China’s Yang Liu compete within the ladies’s 66-kilogram remaining boxing match throughout the 2024 Olympic Video games Aug. 9, 2024. (Mohd Rasfan/AFP by way of Getty Photographs)
The IBA’s president mentioned on the time that Khelif and Taiwanese Olympic boxer Lin Yu-ting, who may also battle in a gold medal match on Saturday, had been disqualified after they had been discovered to have “XY chromosomes.”
However Khelif and the Worldwide Olympic Committee have maintained that the Algerian Olympian is eligible to compete.
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The IOC put out a press release Aug. 1 clarifying that each one boxers competing within the ladies’s occasions “comply with the competition’s eligibility and entry regulations, as well as all applicable medical regulations set by the Paris 2024 Boxing Unit (PBU).
“As with earlier Olympic boxing competitions, the gender and age of the athletes are primarily based on their passport,” the statement continued.
Khelif did not lose a round on any scorecards in Paris, according to The Associated Press.
Gold medalist Imane Khelif of Algeria poses on the podium during the medal ceremony for the women’s 66-kilogram final during the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris Aug. 9, 2024. (Mohd Rasfan/AFP via Getty Images)
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After defeating Italy’s Angela Carin in just 46 seconds, Khelif defeated Hungarian Luca Anna Hamori via unanimous decision in the quarterfinals and did the same against Thailand’s Janjaem Suwannapheng Tuesday to advance to the gold medal match.
Khelif’s gold medal is Algeria’s first in women’s boxing.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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