{"id":1972938,"date":"2023-07-14T11:14:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T15:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trans-identifying-male-medals-in-womens-race-at-world-para-athletics-championships\/"},"modified":"2023-07-14T11:15:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T15:15:15","slug":"trans-identifying-male-medals-in-womens-race-at-world-para-athletics-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trans-identifying-male-medals-in-womens-race-at-world-para-athletics-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Transgender male wins medals in women&#8217;s race at World Para Athletics Championships."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrans-identifying-male-medals-in-womens-race-at-world-para-athletics-championships%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1972938&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Trans-Identified Male Wins Bronze in Women&#8217;s 400m at 2023 World Para Athletics Championships<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Valentina Petrillo, an Italian man who identifies as a woman, took third place in the women\u2019s 400-meter T12 race at the 2023 Paris World Para Athletics Championships.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Petrillo, 49, who was running in the category for those with visual impairments, <a href=\"https:\/\/reduxx.info\/trans-identified-male-wins-bronze-in-womens-400m-at-2023-world-para-athletics-championships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">finished behind<\/a> Omara Durand of Cuba (52.82) and Alejandra Perez Lopez of Venezuela (57.88) with a time of 58.24 seconds. Coming in fourth place was Moroccan runner Fatima Zahra El Idrissi.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since identifying as a woman, Petrillo has claimed several women\u2019s records and titles, including Italian visually impaired runner\u2019s records for the 200-meter T12 (27.17) and the indoor 400-meter T13 (59.77).<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pediatrician-slams-gender-affirming-doctor-glorifying-teen-suicide-at-pediatric-conference\/\" title=\"Pediatrician Slams Gender Affirming Doctor \u2018Glorifying\u2019 Teen Suicide At Pediatric Conference\">trans-identified male<\/a> has taken bronze in the women&#8217;s 400m T12 at the World Para Athletics Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Valentina Petrillo has several women&#8217;s athletic titles, but this is his first women&#8217;s world championship medal.<\/p>\n<p>READ FULL: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u47MDxchL6\">https:\/\/t.co\/u47MDxchL6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AdSm9kUzST\">pic.twitter.com\/AdSm9kUzST<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 REDUXX (@ReduxxMag) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReduxxMag\/status\/1679594493044043784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>&#8220;Diminishing the Rights of Fairness in Women&#8217;s Sport&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s shocking to see that women\u2019s opportunities to a medal were taken by a cheating 49-year-old male,\u201d former Canadian Olympic Coach Peter Eriksson <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/reduxx.info\/trans-identified-male-wins-bronze-in-womens-400m-at-2023-world-para-athletics-championships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">told<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Reduxx. \u201cThe International Paralympic Committee is diminishing the rights of fairness in women\u2019s sport by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/s-d-governor-launches-national-coalition-to-challenge-policies-on-transgender-participation-in-womens-sports\/\" title=\"S.D. governor launches national coalition to challenge policies on transgender participation in women\u2019s sports\">allowing transgender athletes<\/a> at their events.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paralympic.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2023-02\/2023_02_24%20World%20Para%20Athletics%20Rules%20and%20Regulations%20February%202023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">guidelines<\/a> from World Para Athletics, athletes eligible to compete in the women\u2019s category are those who are \u201crecognized as female in law.\u201d The guidelines also say that World Para Athletics will \u201cdeal with any cases involving transgender athletes\u201d in line with International Olympic Commission (IOC) Guidelines.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The IOC rolled out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/female-athletes-rip-iocs-trans-athlete-participation-guidelines.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new guideline<\/a> principles in December to regulate the participation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/number-of-socially-conservative-americans-at-highest-level-since-2012-poll\/\" title=\"More Americans are socially conservative than in 2012, according to a recent poll.\">transgender-identifying athletes<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Factors considered by the IOC include: \u201cinclusion,\u201d \u201cprevention of harm,\u201d \u201cnon-discrimination,\u201d \u201cfairness,\u201d \u201cno presumption of advantage,\u201d an \u201cevidence-based approach,\u201d \u201cprimacy of health and bodily autonomy,\u201d \u201cstakeholder-centered approach,\u201d \u201cright to privacy\u201d and \u201cperiodic reviews.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">World Athletics <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/world-athletics-bans-transgender-athletes-from-competing-in-female-world-ranking-events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">banned transgender-identifying athletes<\/a> in March 2023 from competing against women in female World Rankings competitions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>World Athletics is the international <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldathletics.org\/our-sport\">governing<\/a> body for sprints, middle\/long, hurdles, road running, jumps, throws, combined events, race walks, relays, cross country, mountain running, ultra running, and trail running.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe will be guided in this by the science around physical performance and male advantage which will inevitably develop over the coming years. As more evidence becomes available, we will review our position, but we believe the integrity of the female category in athletics is paramount,\u201d World Athletic President Sebastian Coe said at the time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eriksson told Reduxx that the World Para Olympics should use World Athletic guidelines and not the IOC policies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s a cop-out not to make a stance in support of women in sport. It feels kind of like they are trying to push the blame onto the IOC,\u201d Eriksson says. \u201cThey adapted World Athletics rules and should also adopt the World Athletics regulation on transgender and DSD participation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valentina Petrillo, an Italian transgender athlete, secured third place in the women&#8217;s 400-meter T12 race at the 2023 Paris World Para Athletics Championships. Competing in the visually impaired category, Petrillo, aged 49, finished behind Cuba&#8217;s Omara Durand (52.82) and Venezuela&#8217;s Alejandra Perez Lopez (57.88).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":1972939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1972938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1972938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1972939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1972938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1972938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1972938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}