Imane Khelif returns to the ring tonight and faces the fight of her life when she battles China’s Yang Liu for gold on the Olympics.
The bout will conclude an intense fortnight for the Algerian at Paris 2024 following scrutiny after the IBA, which isn’t operating boxing on the Olympics, introduced she had failed a gender take a look at eventually yr’s world championships.
The drama began after Angela Carini withdrew 46 seconds into her fight with Khelif, and additional victories in opposition to Hungary’s Anna Luca Hamori, amid loud support from a boisterous contingent of Algerian fans, and Thailand’s Janjaem Suwannapheng have arrange a crowning second.
However Yang might deny Khelif within the ultimate underneath the roof at Roland Garros, the place the boxing has shifted for the finals this week, in what guarantees to be a dramatic night of pugilism.
Right here’s the beginning time and the right way to watch all of the motion unfold in Paris:
When and the place is Imane Khelif v Yang Liu?
Khelif vs Liu is on Friday 9 August at Roland Garros, Paris and the battle is scheduled for 10:51pm native time (9:51pm BST).
Khelif vs Liu is the fourth and ultimate bout of the session and follows the lads’s heavyweight gold medal battle between Azerbaijan’s Loren Berto Alfonso Dominguez and Uzbekistan’s Lazizbek Mullojonov.
How can I watch the battle and is there a stay stream?
You may watch the battle with the stay stream on Discovery+, which is able to present the total card on the app. Protection of the boxing and right this moment’s night session begins at 8:20pm BST. BBC Sport might choose to indicate the battle, too, though the broadcaster has not confirmed which two occasions it’ll present on the time of the battle, with the present deal limiting the quantity of stay motion it could possibly deliver viewers.
