Imane Khelif has shrugged off the controversy surrounding her participation in women’s boxing at the Olympics after sealing her spot in the 66kg gold medal fight. The Algerian has faced heavy abuse on social media after being cleared to compete in Paris by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), despite being disqualified from last year’s women’s world championships by the International Boxing Association (IBA). The now-banned federation claimed that both Khelif and Lin Yu-ting failed ‘gender eligibility’ tests, but the IOC has questioned the legitimacy of the examinations. Gender testing a…
