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Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, Paris 2024 gold medalist, receives warm welcome in home town|Olympics
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Olympic gold medalist boxer Imane Khelif has been welcomed as a hero in her home town.
She arrived on an open top bus and was surrounded by cheering supporters.
The football-obsessed North African country has given Khelif the celebrity treatment since she returned to Algiers earlier this week.
Nowhere has this been more true than Tiaret, the largely rural region in central Algeria where she grew up and learned to box.
The boxer received flowers and framed certificates at the city offices.
“Algerians deserve to be happy and to celebrate. I hope we'll have other opportunities to make them happy," said Khelif.
She arrived on an open top bus and was surrounded by cheering supporters.
The football-obsessed North African country has given Khelif the celebrity treatment since she returned to Algiers earlier this week.
Nowhere has this been more true than Tiaret, the largely rural region in central Algeria where she grew up and learned to box.
The boxer received flowers and framed certificates at the city offices.
“Algerians deserve to be happy and to celebrate. I hope we'll have other opportunities to make them happy," said Khelif.