Olympics-Boxing-Algerian Khelif eyes gold amid gender row

Paris 2024 Olympics - Boxing - Women's 66kg - Quarterfinal - North Paris Arena, Villepinte, France - August 03, 2024. Imane Khelif of Algeria reacts after her fight against Anna Luca Hamori of Hungary. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra

PARIS (Reuters) - 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 on Saturday to ensure at least a bronze medal - Algeria's first boxing medal since 2000.