Niamh Flanagan

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Niamh Flanagan: Imane Khelif’s boxing gold poses so many questions

The women’s Olympic boxing championships are set to conclude this weekend. Two of the contests have attracted a disproportionate amount of attention in the preceding weeks: the women’s welterweight and featherweight divisions. Imane Khelif of the welterweight class, and Lin Yu-ting of the featherweight class, have found themselves at the centre of a maelstrom of political controversy over the legitimacy of their participation in the competition.