Olympics 2024: Algerian boxer Khelif to fight for Gold amidst controversy

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif is one victory away from wrapping up her tumultuous Paris Olympics with a gold medal around her neck a potential prize that she has called the best response to a cascade of online abuse she has endured over misconceptions about her sex.

Khelif fights Yang Liu of China on Friday night in the final of the women's welterweight division at Roland Garros.

Khelif has yet to lose one round on a judge's scorecard in her first three fights in Paris, going on the most dominant run of her boxing career while facing an extraordinary amount of scrutiny.

It stems from Khelif and fellow two-time Olympian Li Yu-ting of Taiwan getting disqualified from last year's world championships by the Russian-dominated International Boxing Association, which claims both fighters failed a murky eligibility test for women's competition.

The International Olympic Committee took the unprecedented step last year of permanently banning the IBA from the Olympics following years of concer