Olympics 2024: Imane Khelif moves to final after gender row; Gabby Thomas wins women’s 200m gold

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, at the centre of a row about her eligibility to fight in the women’s category, won again at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday to move into the gold-medal bout.

Khelif beat Thailand’s 2023 world silver medallist Janjaem Suwannapheng in a unanimous points decision to progress into Friday's final in the 66kg category.

The Algerian was cheered by the crowd at Roland Garros.

On the track, American sprinter Gabby Thomas said she was in “disbelief” after roaring to the women's 200 metres title at the Stade de France.

Thomas held off the newly crowned 100m champion Julien Alfred of St Lucia, who won silver.

In a major upset, American Cole Hocker won the men’s 1,500m gold after producing a remarkable surge in the home straight to carry him past pre-race favourites Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Josh Kerr.

Cuban wrestler Mijain Lopez made Olympic history when he became the first athlete to win five consecutive individual gold medals in the same event.

Lopez, who turns 42 in two weeks' time, defeated Chile's Yasmani Acosta in the final of the 130kg Greco-Roman final.

With his victory, Lopez broke a tie for four successive individual Olympic golds he shared with Carl Lewis (athletics/long jump), Michael Phelps (swimming/200m medley), Katie Ledecky (swimming/800m freestyle), Al Oerter (athletics/discus), Paul Elvstrom...

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