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PARIS — Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has won a gold medal Friday at the Paris Olympics, emerging a champion from a tumultuous run at the Games where she endured intense scrutiny in the ring and online abuse from around the world over misconceptions about her womanhood.Also read: Sex eligibility rules for female athletes are complex and legally difficult.
It also hasn’t slowed two boxers who have performed at the highest levels of their careers while under the spotlight’s glare.Khelif was dominant in Paris at a level she had never reached before: She won every round on every judge's scorecard in each of her three fights that went the distance.Khelif’s gold medal is Algeria’s first in women’s boxing.
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