Is Paris set for the most controversial Olympic boxing match of all time? Gender row Algerian Imane Khelif fights tonight for a place in the final and a chance to win GOLD amid growing fury By Miriam Kuepper Published: 09:32, 6 August 2024 | Updated: 09:48, 6 August 2024 e-mail View comments The Olympics might see its most controversial boxing final of all time as Algerian Imane Khelif is fighting for a chance to win gold after being embroiled in a gender row. Khelif, 25, has been at the centre of controversy as she is competing in the Paris Games after being previously disqualified from the World Championships for failing a gender eligibility test. She could now advance to the welterweight boxing final and therefore get the chance to win the gold medal if she wins her fight against Janjaem Suwannapheng of Thailand in the semi-final at 9.
30pm tonight. Khelif's controversial time at the Olympics saw her win against her Italian opponent, Angela Carini, in just 46 seconds after Carini quit the match and sank to her knees in tears, saying 'it's just not fair'. But it was the Algerian who was reduced to tears after her last fight against Hungarian Anna Luca Hamori and shouted from the ring: 'I am a woman,' hitting back at claims she was a man.
Khelif (left), 25, has been at the centre of controversy as she is competing in the Paris Games after being previously disqualified from the World Championships for failing a gender eligibility test (pictured right: Anna Luca Hamori of Hunga.