Revealing how Imane's family were left stunned by the criticism of their daughter and he also gave his unwavering and passionate support, Mr Zaghba writes exclusively here for MailOnline.
Algeria 's top TV news anchor Youcef Zaghba, who grew up in the same village as controversial Algeria n female boxer Imane Khelif and watched her career develop, has made a passionate defence of his friend's right to fight as a woman, as the international campaign against her gathers momentum.
Algeria's top TV news anchor Youcef Zaghba grew up in the same village as Algerian boxer Imane Khelif All of Algeria supports our heroic daughter, Imane Khalif. The authorities, the citizen athletes...they are all behind Imane Khalif and they trust her. The Algerian Minister of Sports published a tweet in support of her.
I am not defending Imane because she is my friend or the daughter of my country, no, I am defending humanity.Khelif's family have been left stunned following the gender row Read MoreEXCLUSIVE 'Biologically male' Olympic women's boxer whose demolition win sparked fury reveals HER tough life Imane was a little girl who lived in a pauper family. Her father did not always work, and her mother did not work. She was the eldest daughter in the family.
Iman won and got the study tools. From that day, Iman became attached to boxing and began to develop.
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