marylander1940 Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 OP note: so far nothing but an "online debate" on the subject and it's been happening in minor leagues but once it reaches the Olympics the issue must be faced, and I don't think most countries would be as accepting. Valentina Petrillo - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG Transgender runner, 49, wins women's 400m medal at the World Para Athletics Championships in Paris | Daily Mail Online WWW.DAILYMAIL.CO.UK Valentina Petrillo's place on the podium meant that Morocco's Fatima Ezzahra El-Idrissi missed out in a medal during the T12 final for visually impaired athletes. “Man steals woman’s medal,” “females pay the price” - Trans athlete Valentina Petrillo's bronze win at women’s 400m event gets slammed by internet WWW.SPORTSKEEDA.COM Transwoman athlete Valentina Petrillo made headlines for winning the 400m race at the women’s Para Athletics World Championship. Previous news on the subject: Storm after transgender athlete wins eighth gold in women's events | T TALK.TV Sports stars have condemned a transgender athlete winning a gold medal at the Italian Indoors Championships, their eighth such win in a women's... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhexum Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 Of course, the first thing that comes to mind about this post is: Any relation to Sophia Petrillo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBillybob Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 (edited) Petrillo also on the final competition day moved up to take the 200m bronze after finishing 4th (ie, last in the moderate blind; there are 3 categories: lowest level blind, moderate level blind with tethered running guide optional; and highest level blind all running guide tethered) because the 2nd place German and her guide inadvertently untethered just prior to the finish line and were disqualified. The latter two categories have 4 finalists to make room for running guided, whereas the lower level vision impaired have 8. Petrillo runs solo in the moderate category = max 5% vision. Interestingly, the women’s running guides are typically male as they need to match the blistering speed of female competitive para athletes running only a few seconds over non-para female athletes, so Petrillo as a trans female is running alongside males and females. FullSizeRender.MOV IMG_5558.MOV Edited July 29, 2023 by SirBillybob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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