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Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif Fights For Olympic Gold

Imane Khelif competes for Olympic gold in Paris amid gender identity controversy. Follow the latest updates on the Paris Olympics on the AP Olympics page.

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Women’s boxing in Olympic storm: who is Algeria’s Imane Khelif and what are the issues she’s facing?

Imane Khelif from Algeria is one of two women boxers at the 2024 Paris Olympics making the news – as ugly issues of gender testing and testosterone levels once again raise their head, as they did in the case of South African runner Caster Semenya. Khelif and Taiwanese boxer Lin…

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Italian Boxer Who Abandoned Fight After 46 Seconds Could Receive $50,000 Prize From Banned IBA

The organization wants to award Angela Carini $50,000 "as if she were an Olympic champion" despite her losing to Imane Khelif. The post Italian Boxer Who Abandoned Fight After 46 Seconds Could Receive $50,000 Prize From Banned IBA first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Olympics 2024: Imane Khelif pleas for 'human dignity' after 'bullying' over boxing gender questions

Algerian will win a medal at Paris Games amid furore over previously-failed test by body banned by IOC

Evening Standard

Transgender Olympic Boxer Slams False Claims About “Cisgender” Imane Khelif And Lin Yu Ting

“I am fully aware that these two athletes are cisgender women." The post Transgender Olympic Boxer Slams False Claims About “Cisgender” Imane Khelif And Lin Yu Ting first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Olympic Boxer Imane Khelif Calls For End To Bullying

Imane Khelif, Olympic boxer, addresses gender scrutiny, emphasizes dignity, and aims for gold amidst challenges and support in Paris Games.

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Misinformation, abuse and injustice: breaking down the Olympic boxing firestorm

In a preliminary women’s under 66kg boxing match at the Paris Olympics last week between Algerian Imane Khelif and Italian Angela Carini, a powerful punch to the face resulted in Carini withdrawing after 46 seconds.

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French-Born Kaylia Nemour Wins Algeria’s First Gymnastics Olympic Gold

After a dispute with the French gymnastics federation, the 17-year-old made history for Africa at the Paris Games in her home country.

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‘The routine of my life’: France’s lost star Kaylia Nemour wins historic Olympic gold for Algeria

Nemour switched national allegiance last year after a dispute with French authorities. Now she is the first African to win an Olympic gymnastics medal

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Kaylia Nemour’s Epic Uneven Bars Routine Beloved by Simone Biles, Fans

The Algerian gymnast shocked the world on Sunday.

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Algerian Gymnast Makes History With Olympic Gold Win

Kaylia Nemour makes history as the first Algerian gymnast to win Olympic gold, inspiring athletes across Africa.

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Kaylia Nemour Leads Women's Uneven Bars Final In Paris

Kaylia Nemour of Algeria leads in women's uneven bars with a score of 15.700, surpassing Qiu Qiuyan from China. Spectators eagerly await Sunisa Lee's perfo...

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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

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Algeria’s Imane Khelif thanks supporters after clinching an Olympic medal with emotional victory in Paris

Imane Khelif is going to get an Olympic medal

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Gender row target Algerian boxer Imane Khelif ensures Olympic medal

An emotional Khelif comfortably beat Hungary’s Luca Anna to enter the welterweight semis and ensure a podium finish.

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‘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…

The Independent UK

Hungary boxer Anna Luca Hamori ‘proud’ after defeat to Imane Khelif

The participation of Khelif and fellow boxer Lin Yu-ting at Paris 2024 has led to scrutiny.

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The Independent UK

Tearful Imane Khelif given ray of light in heartening victory amid dark Olympic episode

The Algerian fighter advanced to the semi-finals of the women’s welterweight tournament after victory against Anna Luca Hamori amid the gender controversy that has dominated the Paris Games

The Independent UK

Imane Khelif beats Anna Luca Hamori as boxing controversy rumbles on

The Algerian now moves into the semi-finals.

The Independent 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

France 24

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.

Evening Standard

Controversial Algerian boxer's father says attacks on daughter are 'immoral'

Amar Khelif defended his daughter amid the worldwide storm over her eligibility to fight at the games

The Independent UK

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.

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