Crowds of women have shown up at Imane Khelif’s fights during the Paris Olympics to rally around the Algerian boxer as she faced online abuse over misconceptions about her gender.

Hours before Khelif won a gold medal in the women’s welterweight division Friday night, women arrived at Roland Garros wrapped in Algerian flags, many with no interest in boxing, but with the sole aim at supporting the 25-year-old boxer thrust into a worldwide clash over gender identity and regulation in sports.

“I’m super happy that she got here, and I’m here to support her because she needs it, and she needs women to support her,” said Sarah Dayan, sitting on a bench with miniature Algerian flags hanging above it.

Khelif and fellow boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan have been heavily scrutinized by those bringing up their disqualification from the world championships last year. The Olympics- banned International Boxing Association claimed the two fighters failed unspecified eligibility tests for women’s competition.

The International Olympic Committee has called the arbitrary sex tests that the sport’s governing body imposed on the two boxers irretrievably flawed and has defended both boxers since the start of the Paris Games.

Khelif did not lose a round on a judge’s scorecard in Paris, going on the most dominant run of her boxing career since her first opponent, Angela Carini of Italy abandoned their bout after just 46 seconds, saying she was in too much pain from Khelif’s punches.

Khelif defeated Yang Liu of China 5-0 Friday in front of a passionate crowd that chanted her name throughout the three-round bout.

Men’s marathon puts end to swimming in Seine River

Kristóf Rasovszky of Hungary wrapped up Olympic swimming events in the Seine River by winning the men’s 10-kilometer marathon race Friday.

Battling strong currents on a sunny, breezy morning, Rasovszky set the pace most of the race and held off Germany’s Oliver Klemet in an all-out sprint to the finish. The winner touched in 1 hour, 50 minutes, 52.7 seconds, with Klemet 2.1 seconds behind.

The bronze went to another Hungarian, David Betlehem, who expressed strong objections to competing in the long-polluted Seine.