Khelif wins gold amid gender eligibility row

Imane Khelif won Olympic women's boxing golden a twelvemonth aft being disqualified from nan World Championships for reportedly failing a gender eligibility test.

The Algerian, amid a contention that has overshadowed nan boxing events successful Paris, hit Chinese world champion nan Liu by unanimous decision.

The 25-year-old was roared to nan ringing by swathes of Algerian support - who waved their green, achromatic and reddish flags - and dominated nan fight.

She was showboating astatine nan bell, dancing while already knowing nan triumph was hers, earlier nan brace shared a lukewarm embrace.

When nan consequence was confirmed, nan raised her opponent's limb into nan aerial - a crisp opposition to nan scenes aft Khelif's opening conflict against Italy's Angela Carini - and Khelif was past carried astir a jubilant arena connected nan shoulders of her coach.