Editing Women's boxing (section)

== Algeria ==
On 9 August 2024, Algerian boxer [[Imane Khelif]] defeated [[Yang Liu (boxer)|Yang Liu]] of [[China at the 2024 Summer Olympics|China]] in the final to win an Olympic gold medal.<ref name="Beacham 2024d">{{cite web |last1=Beacham |first1=Greg |title=Boxer Imane Khelif wins gold to cap an Olympics marked by scrutiny over her sex |url=https://apnews.com/article/olympics-2024-boxing-imane-khelif-a177d6795d27dbc02db1313de0266753 |website=AP News |agency=Associated Press |access-date=24 August 2024 |date=9 August 2024 |archive-date=9 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240809141420/https://apnews.com/article/olympics-2024-boxing-imane-khelif-a177d6795d27dbc02db1313de0266753 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Pierce 2024">{{cite web |last1=Pierce |first1=Zack |title=Imane Khelif wins Olympic boxing gold medal, ending trying Games with triumph |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5691920/2024/08/09/imane-khelif-olympics-boxing-gold-medal-yang-liu/ |website=The New York Times |access-date=9 August 2024 |date=9 August 2024 |archive-date=9 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240809212903/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5691920/2024/08/09/imane-khelif-olympics-boxing-gold-medal-yang-liu/ |url-status=live |url-access=limited}}</ref> Khelif therefore became Algeria's first female gold medalist in boxing, as well as the country's first boxer of any gender to win a medal since [[Mohamed Allalou]] in [[Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]]<ref name="Ouest-France 2024">{{cite web |author=<!--anonymous author(s)--> |title=JO 2024. Sedjati, Khelif, Nemour... Quelles sont les chances de médailles de l'Algérie à Paris ? |trans-title=2024 Olympics. Sedjati, Khelif, Nemour... What are Algeria's chances of medals in Paris? |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/jeux-olympiques/jo-2024-sedjati-khelif-nemour-quelles-sont-les-chances-de-medailles-de-lalgerie-a-paris-e81fe2ac-4992-11ef-ae43-8601f2d4302d |website=[[Ouest-France]] |access-date=26 August 2024 |language=fr |date=24 July 2024 |archive-date=7 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807113105/https://www.ouest-france.fr/jeux-olympiques/jo-2024-sedjati-khelif-nemour-quelles-sont-les-chances-de-medailles-de-lalgerie-a-paris-e81fe2ac-4992-11ef-ae43-8601f2d4302d |url-status=live}}</ref> and the first to win a gold medal since [[Hocine Soltani]] in [[Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996]].<ref name="Beacham 2024d" /><ref name="Dotson 2024">{{cite web |last1=Dotson |first1=Kevin |title=Algerian boxer Imane Khelif wins Olympic gold after social media firestorm |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/09/sport/imane-khelif-gold-medal-boxing-spt/index.html |publisher=CNN |access-date=9 August 2024 |date=9 August 2024 |archive-date=29 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829120700/https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/09/sport/imane-khelif-gold-medal-boxing-spt/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Khelif had been disqualified from the [[2023 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships|2023 Women's World Boxing Championships]] organized by the Russian-led [[International Boxing Association]] (IBA) after failing unspecified [[sex verification in sports|gender eligibility tests]], along with boxer [[Lin Yu-ting]].<ref name="auto35">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-03 |title=Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting: IOC president Thomas Bach defends boxers competing at Olympics |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/articles/c28e88jdprno |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref> The [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) and its Paris Boxing Unit criticized the disqualification as "sudden and arbitrary" and taken "without any due process".<ref name="auto36">{{Cite web |date=2 August 2024 |title=Joint Paris 2024 Boxing Unit/IOC Statement |url=https://olympics.com/ioc/news/joint-paris-2024-boxing-unit-ioc-statement |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=1 August 2024 |archive-date=1 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240801220339/https://olympics.com/ioc/news/joint-paris-2024-boxing-unit-ioc-statement |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="auto34">{{Cite news |last=Chakraborty |first=Amlan |date=26 March 2023 |title=Two disqualified for failing to meet eligibility criteria at world champs |language=en |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/two-disqualified-failing-meet-eligibility-criteria-world-champs-2023-03-26/ |access-date=1 April 2023 |archive-date=1 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401025041/https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/two-disqualified-failing-meet-eligibility-criteria-world-champs-2023-03-26/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="BBC News-2024">{{cite news |title=Boxers Lin and Khelif cleared for Olympics |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/articles/c4ngr93d9pgo |date=2024-07-30 |work=[[BBC Sport]] |access-date=30 July 2024 |archive-date=30 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730105908/https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/articles/c4ngr93d9pgo |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]'' stated, "It remains unclear what standards Khelif and Lin Yu Ting failed [in 2023] to lead to the disqualifications."<ref name="Carpenter-2024">{{cite news |title=Olympic boxer who faced gender-eligibility claim wins, igniting outcry |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2024/08/01/imane-khelif-algerian-boxer-gender-paris-olympics/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |last1=Carpenter |first1=Les |access-date=2 August 2024 |archive-date=1 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240801201901/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2024/08/01/imane-khelif-algerian-boxer-gender-paris-olympics/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="auto33">{{cite news |last1=Ingle |first1=Sean |title=Boxers who failed gender tests at world championships cleared to compete at Olympics |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/29/boxers-who-failed-gender-tests-at-world-championships-cleared-to-compete-at-olympics |access-date=30 July 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=30 July 2024}}</ref> The IBA did not reveal the testing methodology, stating the "specifics remain confidential".<ref name="Euronews-2024">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-01 |title=Olympics: Italian boxer abandons match after less than a minute |url=https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/08/01/olympics-italys-carini-quits-seconds-into-boxing-match-against-algerian-khelif |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802093640/https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/08/01/olympics-italys-carini-quits-seconds-into-boxing-match-against-algerian-khelif |archive-date=2 August 2024 |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=euronews |language=en}}</ref> The IBA's Olympic status was revoked in June 2023,<ref name="auto32">{{Cite web |title=Olympics 2024: IOC says it is saddened by abuse boxers are receiving over 'arbitrary' gender row |url=https://www.skysports.com/olympics/news/12183/13189126/olympics-2024-ioc-says-it-is-saddened-by-abuse-boxers-are-receiving-over-arbitrary-gender-row |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802105425/https://www.skysports.com/olympics/news/12183/13189126/olympics-2024-ioc-says-it-is-saddened-by-abuse-boxers-are-receiving-over-arbitrary-gender-row |archive-date=2 August 2024 |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=Sky Sports |language=en}}</ref> due to governance issues and perceived judging and refereeing corruption.<ref name="Euronews-2024" /><ref name="Ingle-2024">{{cite news |last1=Ingle |first1=Sean |date=2024-07-29 |title=Boxers who failed gender tests at world championships cleared to compete at Olympics |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/29/boxers-who-failed-gender-tests-at-world-championships-cleared-to-compete-at-olympics |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803085103/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/29/boxers-who-failed-gender-tests-at-world-championships-cleared-to-compete-at-olympics |archive-date=3 August 2024 |access-date=2024-08-02 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>