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Paris 2024: As gender row engulfs Olympic boxing, what is testosterone?

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Algeria's Imane Khelif (in red) and Italy's Angela Carini leave after their women's 66kg preliminaries round of 16 boxing match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the North Paris Arena, in Villepinte on August 1, 2024.[AFP]

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif's swift defeat of her Italian opponent at the Paris Olympics on Thursday has sparked a row after she was disqualified from a previous competition over reportedly high levels of testosterone.

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