Algeria’s Imane Khelif reaches Olympic boxing final amid gender row

PARIS, France – Algeria’s Imane Khelif, the boxer at the center of a gender dispute, beat Thailand’s Janjaem Suwannapheng by unanimous decision in the women’s 66kg semifinals in the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, August 6 (Wednesday, August 7 Manila time), to progress to the gold-medal match at Roland Garros.

Khelif, a silver medalist in the 2022 World Championships, and Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting have been in the spotlight at the Olympics as part of a storm that has dominated headlines...