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Boxer Imane Khelif, men’s football final between france and Spain and US women’s basketball are the highlights on Day 14 of the Paris Olympics. read more
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Imane Khelif, central to the gender controversy at Paris Olympics, will be in contention in the boxing final at Paris Olympics. AP
Imane Khelif, at the centre of an Olympic gender eligibility controversy, goes for a gold medal at Paris 2024 on Day 14 (Friday, August 9) as Thierry Henry bids to lead France’s footballers to glory.
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With just three days of sport to go, there is a packed athletics programme at the Stade de France.
Khelif in gold medal bout
The boxing competition has been overshadowed by a bitter row over whether Khelif and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting should be allowed to compete in the women’s category.
Khelif and Lin were disqualified from last year’s world championships by the International Boxing Association (IBA) after failing unspecified gender eligibility tests but she and Lin were cleared to compete in Paris.
The International Olympic Committee is running the boxing in the French capital.
The 25-year-old Khelif and Lin both fought at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago but there was no controversy at the time and neither won a medal.
On Friday, Algeria’s Khelif takes on China’s Yang Liu in the 66kg final while Lin is in action a day later in a different weight category.
“I am like all athletes, I am here to achieve my dream,” she said.
Spain vs France in men’s football final
Henry’s France take on Spain in the men’s football final at the Parc des Princes.
Henry, one of France’s all-time great players, has led his country to the brink of their second football gold, 40 years after they won the title in Los Angeles.
They have conceded just a single goal in five matches and Henry admits he does not want his Olympic dream to end.
“I think it’s going to be difficult waking up,” he said. “Every night I watch and get goosebumps when I see guys win.”
Spain came from behind to beat Morocco 2-1 in their semi-final in Marseille in front of a hostile crowd, which will give them confidence that they can handle the pressure in the French capital.
“It’s another atmosphere that I will like,” said Fermin Lopez, who has scored four goals at the Olympics after helping Spain win Euro 2024.
“In any situation we can overcome anything. Now we want to get the gold.”
On the tracks
The penultimate evening of track and field action features the men’s and women’s 4x100m relays, the men’s 400m hurdles, the women’s 400m and the final event of the heptathlon, the 800m.
In the women’s 10,000m final, Dutch runner Sifan Hassan will attempt to defend her crown after coming up short in her bid for a historic long-distance treble.
Defending champion and world record-holder Karsten Warholm is favourite to defend his title in the men’s 400m hurdles.
US women close in on history in basketball
The US women are two wins away from an unprecedented eighth consecutive Olympic gold medal. They’ll face Australia in the first of two semifinals, aiming to extend their Olympic winning streak to 60 straight games.
Australia have never beaten the US in Olympic competition, losing in the gold medal games in 2000, 2004 and 2008. The Opals also lost to the US in the semifinals of the 1996 and 2012 Olympics.
France and Belgium will meet in the second semi-final in what should be an exciting environment. These teams have drawn some of the best crowds of the tournament.
Elsewhere
In diving, China are targeting gold in the women’s 3m springboard as they close in on clean sweep in Paris, with victories in all six events so far.
Defending champions the Netherlands take on China in the women’s hockey final, chasing their fourth title in five Games after the Dutch men’s team won gold.
History will be made when the first Olympics medals are won in the breaking competition staged at La Concorde.
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