Crowds of women have shown up at Imane Khelif's fights during the Paris Olympics to rally around the Algerian boxer as she faces online abuse over misconceptions about her sex. Many women arrived at Roland Garros wrapped in Algerian flags, showing their support for the 25-year-old boxer thrust into a worldwide clash over gender identity and regulation in sports.
Khelif and fellow boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan have been heavily scrutinized due to their disqualification from the world championships last year. The International Boxing Association claimed the two fighters failed unspecified eligibility tests for women’s competition, a decision that has been criticized by the International Olympic Committee as irretrievably flawed.
