Khelif was at the centre of a gender row coming into this Olympic Games.
Irish boxing star Amy Broadhurst has praised Imane Khelif after the Algerian dominated her Olympic final to win a gold medal.
But despite the scrutiny, the Algerian impressed en route to the gold medal and secured a comprehensive 5-0 win against Yang Liu.READ MORE: RTE star hailed as 'amazing' after Olympics performance Khelif was too good for the No.2 seed in the opening round, winning on all the judges' scorecards, and the experienced Chinese didn't have much more joy in the second round either - again losing on each of the judges' scorecards.
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