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"I Am A woman Like Any Other" Boxer Imane Khelif Says After Winning Gold At Paris Olympics Algeria's Imane Khelif, the female boxer thrust into the centre of a gender dispute at the Paris Games, made a statement on her womanhood after beating China's Yang Liu to take the welterweight Olympic gold medal, sending her newfound devotees into delirium on August 9.Khelif, silver medallist at the 2022 World Championships, and Taiwan boxer Lin Yu-ting have been in the spotlight as part of a gender dispute in Paris that has dominated headlines and been the subject of much discussion on social media platforms.Khelif, who won by unanimous decision, is the first Algerian woman to earn an Olympic boxing title and the first boxer from her country to claim gold since Hocine Soltani at Atlanta 1996. Women's boxing has been in the Olympics since London 2012.Responding to the controversy surrounding her, Khelif told a press conference: "I am a woman like any woman. I was born a woman and I have lived as a woman, but there are enemies to success and they can't digest my success."Janjaem Suwannapheng of Thailand and Taiwan's Chen Nien-chin were awarded bronze.