Ed Warner: The Paralympics is heading for a transgender row in Paris
Thursday, 22 August 2024 () A row over the eligibility of Italian transgender athlete Valentina Petrillo looms over the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, showing why para sports must be independent from organisers the IPC. It is increasingly difficult to find footage online of Raygun at Paris 2024. For a brief moment it seemed the Aussie breakdancer who launched a thousand [...]
In a dramatic continuation of the gender debate that shook the Paris Olympics, the controversy now takes center stage at the Paralympics. This time, the focus is on an Italian athlete, Valentina Petrillo, who has become the first openly transgender competitor at the Paralympics. As Valentina prepares...