A passionate crowd showered Algerian boxer Imane Khelif with cheers during her boxing match Saturday at the Paris Olympics, repeatedly chanting “Imane! Imane!” before the athlete who has faced a cascade of backlash over false claims about her gender broke out in sobs following her win.

A large contingent of Algerian supporters called her name and waved flags throughout the women’s 66-kilogram quarterfinal at North Paris Arenain Villepinte, and they unleashed some booes as her opponent was introduced in the jam-packed venue.

Khelif defeated Anna Luca Hamori of Hungary 5-0 to ensure that she will win at least a bronze medal.

Khelif took to the ring amid days of international scrutiny and online abuse as misconceptions about her gender added to an ongoing clash over gender identity and regulation in sports. The outcry about Khelif’s participation in the Paris Games exploded after she won her opening bout Thursday, when opponent Angela Carini of Italy tearfully abandoned the fight after just 46 seconds.

The online outrage included comments from former U.S. President Donald Trump, “Harry Potter” writer J.K. Rowling, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and others falsely claiming Khelif was a man or transgender.

Hamori’s boxing association also sent letters protesting Saturday’s fight to both the International Olympic Committee and Hungary’s Olympic committee.

There was a strong show of support for Khelif at the arena, including from dozens of Algerians draped in the North African country’s flag who danced and cheered outside after she won.

Fans bellowed and clapped excitably with each jab Khelif landed. And she was overcome with emotion after it was over. She sat down for a moment after she was declared the winner. She then got up, bent down in the center of the ring and pretended to scribble on the mat.

Sick triathlete prompts change for Swiss mixed relay team

Three days after the men’s triathlon at the Paris Olympics, the Swiss team said Saturday one of its athletes has a stomach infection and will not compete in the mixed relay event.

It was “impossible to say” if Adrien Briffod’s gastrointestinal infection is linked to water quality in the River Seine, the Switzerland Olympic team said in a statement.

No other cases of Olympic triathletes with stomach problems had been found among other countries that took part in the individual races, the Swiss team’s doctor Hanspeter Betschart said.

The health risks of sending triathletes and marathon swimmers into the long-polluted Seine after a $1.5 billion project to clean the water was among the biggest issues for Olympics organizers — and could yet be the best games legacy for the city of Paris.

Briffod spent 21½ minutes in the Seine completing the 1.5-kilometer (0.93-mile) swimming section to open the race that he finished in 49th place. He had his 30th birthday Friday in Paris.

Julie Derron, the women’s silver medalist, is in the Swiss team for the mixed relay Monday, with Cathia Schär, Max Studer and, replacing Briffod, Simon Westermann.

Afghanistan judoka tests positive for anabolic steroid

A judoka from Afghanistan tested positive at the Paris Olympics for the anabolic steroid that sprinter Ben Johnson used at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Mohammad Samim Faizad gave a sample at his opening bout that tested positive for stanozolol, the International Testing Agency said Saturday. It was the third failed drug test at the Paris Games.

He lost his only bout in the men’s 81-kilogram class to Wachid Borchashvili of Austria on Tuesday.

Faizad turns 22 during the Olympics, from which he has been removed. He was the only athlete based in Afghanistan on its team of three men and three women in Paris.

Ex-con advances to beach volleyball knockout round

Dutch Olympian Steven van de Velde, who was convicted in 2016 of raping a 12-year-old girl in England, advanced to the knockout round of the beach volleyball tournament on Friday, even with a loss in the final match of pool play. Van de Velde and Matthew Immers will play in the round of 16 on Sunday or Monday. An opponent has not been determined.

Van de Velde, 29, served 13 months in prison after his 2016 rape conviction. Although victims advocates, lawmakers and fans have called for him to be banned from the Olympics, the IOC has said it was powerless to stop the Netherlands from sending an athlete who qualified in the usual way.

Only woman to compete at 10 Olympics says she’s retiring

After 10 Olympic Games and 36 years, Nino Salukvadze says she’s finally done. The pistol shooter from Georgia has been ever-present at the Summer Olympics since Seoul 1988, when she competed for what was still the Soviet Union.

At the 2024 Olympics, she became the first female athlete ever to compete at the Games 10 times.