PARIS — Algerian Imane Khelif won welterweight gold on Friday, dispatching China’s Yang Liu and overcoming more than a week of opponents wrongly questioning her gender.

Khelif won in a unanimous decision as a large Algerian crowd at Roland-Garros Stadium cheered her on with chants of “allez Imane” and “1, 2, 3 Algérie!”

All five judges had it 10-9 for Khelif in each round.

After the win, a man in her corner hoisted the fighter on to his shoulders and took Khelif on a victory lap as she…