Visually impaired Italian sprinter, 50, set to become first-ever transgender Paralympian after being picked to run in women's races in Paris, five years after she started gender transition

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Visually impaired Italian sprinter, 50, set to become first-ever transgender Paralympian after being picked to run in women's races in Paris, five years after she started gender transition

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Visually impaired Italian sprinter, Valentina Petrillo, 50, is set to become the first-ever transgender athlete to compete at the Paralympic Games and believes her participation is an 'important symbol of inclusion'. Petrillo, who transitioned in 2019, won bronze in the T12 200m at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships and will compete in the T12 200m and 400m in Paris. It follows the much-discussed boxing gender row that has engulfed the Olympic Games after Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting's participation in the women's event.
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