France Probes Cyberbullying Of Olympic Boxer Imane Khelif Amid Gender Row

The investigation will determine who was behind this misogynist and racist campaign, and who fed the online lynching, said Imane Khelif's lawyer.

France has launched a cyberbullying probe following a complaint by Algerian Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif, who was at the centre of a gender controversy at the Paris Olympic Games, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

The investigation was opened Tuesday into "cyberharrassment" following the high-profile gender row at the Games, the Paris public prosecutor's office told AFP.

The athlete's lawyer Nabil Boudi said last week that Khelif, 25, had filed a complaint for online harassment, calling it a "fight for justice."