"I send a message to all the people of the world to uphold the Olympic principles and the Olympic Charter," she said.

"I am not a medical person who should say if Lin could compete or not here," the boxer's trainer said after the bout.

Algerian Imane Khelif defeated Hungary's Anna Luca Hamori to move one step closer to winning a medal at the Paris Olympics.

Simone Biles took on the competition of the world's best women gymnasts at the Olympics. Then she took on her own fans.

"The fact that she has been beaten by 9 females before says it all," Amy Broadhurst said in a statement on social media.

"I've actually fought and sparred both of the girls. They were born female," she said in a message on social media.

Controversial boxer Imane Khelif's next opponent is getting her licks in on social media before ever stepping into the ring.

A second boxer disqualified by the world's governing body of the sport has beaten a female opponent in the Olympic Games.

Long snapper Taybor Pepper went after Pat McAfee for his take on Thursday's bout between Imane Khelif and Angela Carini.

The harsh reaction to Khelif's victory requires softening but also acknowledgement of why the harshness manifested in the first place.