Algerian boxer Khelif eyes gold amid gender row

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, bidding to become her country's first woman to win an Olympic boxing gold medal, said she is proud for guaranteeing herself a medal amid a row over her eligibility for the Paris Games.

The 25-year-old beat Hungary's Luca Anna Hamori by unanimous decision in a welterweight quarter-final fight to ensure at least a bronze medal – Algeria's first boxing medal since 2000. Peter Cziborra photographed the match.

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