Olympic boxer Imane Khelif has become a hometown hero in Algeria, a conservative, Muslim-majority country where attacks on her gender have been interpreted as attacks on the nation
Girls train for at Ahmed Qayed school, where Olympic boxer Imane Khelif trained as a child, in Tiaret, Algeria, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. In Ain Mesbah, the rural cinderblock-built town where the boxer was raised, legions of supporters convened on her uncle’s home to watch Khelif's match. With news camera lights shining on the gathering, they drank orange juice, waved flags and whistled as Khelif jumped around the ring in excitement about advancing to Friday’s gold medal match.
“Imane Khelif, the last round against hate and racism!” read a Tuesday headline in leading Algerian daily Echourouk, which described her as “an iconic figure in national sport.” Salah Goudjil, the speaker of Algeria's Senate, lauded Khelif on Tuesday evening for “her well-deserved qualification for the 2024 Olympic final, amid a hateful racist campaign.”, she noted the challenges of growing up in a sheep farming community where many neighbors and family members were not accustomed to young girls pursuing certain sports.
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