From our Olympics correspondent in Paris – 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 endure rampant speculation about whether she and Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-Ting – neither of whom has ever identified as anything other than a woman – should be allowed to step back into the ring.
The fight lasted just 46 seconds, but the blows haven't stopped. Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has been the target of a wave of online abuse after her first fight in the Paris Olympics on Thursday came to an abrupt end in the first round, her opponent unwilling – or unable – to continue.
