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Boxer in Controversy Over Eligibility Lets Her Gloves Do the Talking

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An Olympic boxing competition that briefly seemed to be about questions about gender, eligibility and international politics proved on Tuesday to be simply about sports, with one fighter beating another without inquiry or controversy.

Imane Khelif of Algeria, the boxer whose eligibility was questioned after her first-round victory and then vigorously defended by the International Olympic Committee, won her weight division’s semifinal bout by unanimous decision.