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VILLEPINTE, France — Algerian welterweight Imane Khelif, backed by a sizable cheering section, beat Hungarian Anna Luca Hamori in a unanimous decision on Saturday, clinching an Olympic medal.

Her victory came just hours after International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach defended its decision to allow her and fellow boxer Lin Yu-ting to compete, saying concerns over their gender identity are "totally unacceptable."

With Khelif's latest win, she is guaranteed at least a bronze medal.

"I dedicate this medal to the world,

and to all the Arabs

no thanks I don't want it anymore !jidf

and I tell you, 'Long live Algeria!'" she told reporters in a wild scrum after the match.

computer add wild scrum

Khelif appeared to fight back tears

just punch them like you punch women

and had an Algerian flag wrapping around her back as she spoke.

"I want to tell the entire world that I am a female, and I will remain a female," she said.

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During her fight on Saturday, Khelif appeared to have a sizable cheering section chanting her name, "Imane, Imane, Imane!" and waving Algerian flags.

Five judges scored each of the three rounds for Khelif. The judges had it 10-9 for every round except for one who called the second round, 10-8, for the Algerian.

>Hamori had boasted she wasn't afraid of Khelif and fueled allegations that the Algerian was not a woman. But at the end of the match, it appeared the combatants exchanged pleasantries with each other and their corners.

Before the match, Bach forcefully defended the inclusion of Khelif and Yu-ting in the Olympics and blasted the pushback as "hate speech."