Imane Khelif says she “doesn’t care” about the controversy surrounding her participation in the Paris Olympic Boxing Games after storming into a gold medal bout in the 66kg class with a unanimous points victory over Thailand’s Janjaem Suwannapheng.
Hundreds of flag-waving Algerian fans transformed the normally genteel surroundings of the Phillippe-Chatrier Court at Roland Garros into a cauldron of noise in support of Khelif, who is at the centre of a dispute over gender suitability for the court.