Algeria Floods Streets in Celebration of Imane Khelif’s Historic Boxing Gold

The gender controversy at the Olympics has taken to the streets, but in celebration.

Thousands of fans exulted in Algeria, throwing a party in honor of boxer Imane Khelif’s historic gold medal victory on Friday when she defeated China’s Yang Liu in the women’s welterweight division.

It was a complete party scene in the major Algerian cities with DJ booths set up, artists painted pictures of Khelif and flares were released to celebrate the county’s second gold medal in Paris after Kaylia Nemour broke a 12-year medal drought with a gold medal in the uneven bars final for gymnastics.

It’s also a very significant bright spot for Khelif after the boxer continuously had her gender questioned throughout the 2024 Summer Games.

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