In the final duel, Helifa defeated the Chinese Yana Liu by points, securing a 5-0 victory. All three judges awarded the victory to the Algerian with a score of 30:27.
The referee for the ring in this duel was the Estonian Jakov Petersons.
At last year’s world championships, the International Boxing Association (IBA) disqualified Helifa before the finals due to her testosterone levels exceeding the permitted levels for female competitors. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) criticized the sudden and unexplained nature of this decision.
The bronze medalists in this weight category were Yanjema Suvannapheng from Thailand and Chen Nengchin from Taiwan, who lost in the semi-finals.
Uzbek boxers claimed two gold medals in the finals held on Friday. In the weight category up to 71 kilograms, Asadhuja Mujdinhujayev defeated the Mexican Marco Alonso Verdi-Alvarez 5-0, while in the weight category up to 92 kilograms Lazizbek Mullojonov emerged victorious against Lorena Alfonso, representing Azerbaijan, with a score of 5-0.
In the weight category up to 71 kilograms, bronze medals went to the American Omari Jones and the British Lewis Richardson. In the weight category up to 92 kilograms, the Spaniard Emanuel Reyes and Tajik boxer Davlat Boltayev claimed the third prize.
In the women’s weight category up to 50 kilograms, the gold medal went to the Chinese Wu Yu, who defeated the Turkish Busi Naz Çakiroglu 4-1. The bronze medalists were the Kazakh athlete Nazima Kizaibaya and the Philippine boxer Aira Villegas.
The Olympic Games will be held in the French capital until August 11, and will extend beyond the city limits to 16 other locations, including the French overseas territory of French Polynesia. The Games program will include 32 sports, and a total of 329 sets of medals will be awarded.