Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, bidding to become her country’s first woman to win an Olympic boxing gold medal, said she is proud for guaranteeing herself a medal amid a row over her eligibility for the Paris Games.

The 25-year-old beat Hungary’s Luca Anna Hamori by unanimous decision in a welterweight quarter-final fight to ensure at least a bronze medal – Algeria’s first boxing medal since 2000. Peter Cziborra photographed the match.

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