Transgender professionalathlete Valentina Petrillo stoppedworking to reach the T12 400m last at the Paris Paralympics after endingup 3rd in her semi-final. The 51-year-old Italian sprinter contended in the females’s T12 category on Monday, for professionalathletes with visual problems. She endedup 2nd in her heat with a time of 58.35 seconds, 1.38secs behind Venezuela’s Alejandra Paola Perez Lopez, to certify for the semi-finals lateron on Monday. Despite recording a individual finest time of 57.58 in her semi-final, she onceagain completed behind Perez Lopez, while Iran’s Hajar Safarzadeh Ghahderijani won in a time of 56.07. Petrillo had certified 6th fastest for the semi-finals – 2.99secs behind top qualifier and world record holder Omara Durand from Cuba. The last is on Tuesday at 11: 14 BST. Petrillo is likewise completing in the ladies’s T12 200m in Paris, which gets under method on Friday. Speaking to BBC Sport before the Games, Petrillo, who transitioned in 2019, stated her involvement in Paris would be an “important sign of addition”. After Monday’s heat, she included: “The environment in the arena is fantastic, it’s simply a dream come real. “From today I puton’t desire to hear anything more about discrimination, bias versus transgender individuals.” Currently, there is no combined position in sport towards transgender addition. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) permits worldwide sport governing bodies to set their own policies. IPC president Andrew Parsons informed BBC
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