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Olympic Games: Khelif through to the welterweight gold medal fight amid eligibility row

# Olympic Games: Algeria’s Imane Khelif beat Thailand’s Janjaem Suwannapheng by unanimous decision in the women’s boxing welterweight semifinal in Paris. She is one of two boxers competing at the Games despite being disqualified from last year’s World Championships by the International Boxing Association after she was reported to have failed gender eligibility tests. Khelif will face Liu Yang of China in the gold medal fight, as she bids to become Algeria’s first boxing gold medallist.