Olympics-Boxing-Algerian Khelif wins semi-final amid gender row

Paris 2024 Olympics - Boxing - Women's 66kg - Semifinal - Roland-Garros Stadium, Paris, France - August 06, 2024. Imane Khelif of Algeria in action against Janjaem Suwannapheng of Thailand. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra

PARIS (Reuters) - Imane Khelif beat Thailand's Janjaem Suwannapheng by unanimous decision in a welterweight semi-final fight at the Paris Games on Tuesday to progress to the final at Roland Garros.

Khelif, a silver medallist at the 2022 worlds, and Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting have been in the spotlight at the Olympics as part of a gender row that has dominated headlines and been the subject of much discussion on social media platforms.

(Reporting by Julien Pretot, Ashraf Hamed Atta, Layli Foroudi and Aadi Nair in Paris)