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Three days ago, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif won a gold medal in the women’s welterweight division of the 2024 Olympics. It should have been a triumphant moment for an athlete who spent years training for this moment and won all four of her matches on the world’s biggest stage. Instead, …

Imane Khelif is an Olympic Gold medalist. On Friday, Khelif — the Algerian boxer who was accused of being a man after her opponent quit because she hit her hard — earned gold after defeating China’s Yang Liu. “I’m very happy. For eight years, this has been my dream, and …