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Italy's Petrillo to be first transgender athlete at Paralympics
Valentina Petrillo will be the first openly transgender athlete at the Paralympic Games, representing Italy in the women's 200 and 400 metres races in Paris.
International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons stated that Petrillo is welcomed in Paris but wants a united approach to transgender policies in sports.
Critics argue that male puberty gives athletes an advantage that transition cannot fully counter, while LGBT advocacy groups emphasize that excluding trans athletes is discriminatory.
The Italian Valentina Petrillo is the first transgender athlete ever to take part in the Paralympic Games. The visually impaired athlete will compete for Italy in the 200 and 400 meter races.
After the controversy at the Paris Olympic Games in the boxing discipline over the presence of two intergender boxers -Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting-, who also won the