As minimum, Khelif has guaranteed one of the two bronzes that distributes the Olympic boxing thanks to its resounding triumph Front of Hungarian Anna Luca Hamoridecided with unanimity of the five judges.
Unlike his controversial first fightin which his rival is abruptly withdrew and him He refused the greetingKhelif did have a brief hug with Hamori before celebrate the triumph in crying to the applause of a crowd of Algerians in the stands.
Hamori arrived at receive some boos when getting into the ring Paris Arena North after he declared that considered unfair to have to face Khelif.
The Algerian, who had already competed in Tokio-2020 without getting on the podium, he will seek a place in the final tuesdays Front of Thai Janjaem Suwannapheng.
Participation in Paris of Khelif and the Taiwanese Lin Yu Ting, who will fight the domingo In the -57kg quarters, he has generated a great media stir y political after last year they were disqualified of the world female for not overcoming a eligibility test of genre.
The controversy broke out on Thursday when the Italian Angela Carini, Kheklif’s first opponentleft in tears after only 46 seconds of combat, in which He received several strong blows to the face.
Images of the fight quickly spread across the social networks with figures of the sportas Martina Navratilovaand politics, from the Italian Prime Minister, Georgia Melonito the former US president Donald Trumpcriticizing the IOC’s authorization of Khelif’s participation.
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