PARIS — Crowds of women have shown up at Imane Khelif’s fights during the Paris Olympics to rally around the Algerian boxer as she faced online abuse over misconceptions about her sex. Hours before Khelif won a gold medal in the women’s welterweight division Friday night, women arrived at Roland Garros wrapped in Algerian flags, many with no interest in …
Another controversy has engulfed the 2024 Paris Olympics but this time it involves gender and boxing. False allegations have been swirling around conservative media outlets and online spaces that Algerian boxer Imane Khelif is a transgender woman in the women's competition. Her opponent, Khelif, is one of two boxers allowed to compete in Paris after being disqualified from the women’s …
