The 50-year-old finished second in her heat of the T12 400 metres.
PARIS – The first openly transgender athlete in Paralympics history, Italian sprinter Valentina Petrillo, competed in the Paris Games on Sept 2.
Petrillo suffers from Stargardt disease, a genetic retinal condition which leads to progressive loss of vision.In an interview ahead of the Games, Petrillo said competing in Paris would be “the most important moment of my sporting career” after she just missed out on the Tokyo Paralympics three years ago.“When I was a man, I wasn’t myself, I ran with the handbrake on and I wasn’t happy. Certainly not as happy as I am now, even if I’m a little bit older,” she said.
The 33-year-old Dutchman finished in 58min 16sec to claim his third Paralympic title in a row, after victories at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. The podium of the men’s PTWC race – the triathlon event for wheelchair users – was completed by Austria’s Florian Brungraber in silver medal position and Geert Schipper of the Netherlands in bronze.
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