{"id":1974610,"date":"2023-07-16T16:37:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T20:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/transgender-runner-more-than-18-years-older-than-female-competitors-awarded-medal-after-finish\/"},"modified":"2023-07-16T16:41:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T20:41:37","slug":"transgender-runner-more-than-18-years-older-than-female-competitors-awarded-medal-after-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/transgender-runner-more-than-18-years-older-than-female-competitors-awarded-medal-after-finish\/","title":{"rendered":"Transgender runner, 18+ years older than female competitors, wins medal."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Ftransgender-runner-more-than-18-years-older-than-female-competitors-awarded-medal-after-finish%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=1974610&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>Transgender Runner More Than\u2063 18 Years Older \u200cThan \u2062Female\u2064 Competitors Awarded \u2063Medal After Finish<\/h2>\n<p>Another man\u2064 claiming to \u200bbe a woman\u2062 has blown away \u2064much\u200d of the female competition to win a medal\u200c as \u2062a \u2064woman\u2063 in sports.<\/p>\n<p>This\u200d time, it was\u2064 in\u2064 Paris \u2063as Valentina Petrillo, \u200dborn a man named Fabrizio, won\u200c the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmakers-veterans-call-for-gwen-berry-to-lose-olympic-spot-over-anthem-protest\/\" title=\"GOP Lawmakers, Veterans Call For Gwen Berry To Lose Olympic Spot Over Anthem Protest\">bronze medal<\/a> last \u2062week \u200cat\u2063 the\u200c World \u2062Para Athletics Championships.<\/p>\n<p>At\u200b the \u2064advanced age \u2063of\u200d 49,\u200b Petrillo took the bronze in a category reserved \u200bfor women with physical impairments.\u200d In his\u2062 case,\u200d at the\u200b age of 14, Petrillo was diagnosed\u2062 with Stargardt\u200c disease, a degenerative\u2063 eye \u200bcondition.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Transgender athlete Valentina Petrillo wins\u2063 bronze during\u2064 women\u2019s \u200c400m\u200c running race during the\u2064 World Para\u200b Athletics Championships in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>The biological\u2062 male\u2062 has previously\u200b won \u200c8\u200d women\u2019s\u200c sporting titles. <\/p>\n<p>Do you think \u200cthis is \u200cfair for women?<\/p>\n<p>Source:\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReduxxMag?\">@ReduxxMag<\/a> <a\u200c href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x9uF7ZPKcg\">pic.twitter.com\/x9uF7ZPKcg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oli \u2062London (@OliLondonTV) \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OliLondonTV\/status\/1679620460009385984?\">July 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Whether it\u2064 is <a \u2062href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/top-doctors-confirm-forbidden-truth-transgender-athletes\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u200c rel=\"noopener\">fair \u2062or not<\/a>,\u2062 the male-born runner\u200d who \u200dmarried to a \u2062woman \u200band has\u200d two children, according\u2064 to the\u200c U.K. <a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/athletics\/2023\/07\/14\/transgender-runner-bronze-para-world-championships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telegraph<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 \u200despecially \u200dsince he is 18 \u200byears older than the women he was running against.\u2063 However, he \u2062says he doesn\u2019t \u2063see his win as\u200d stealing from women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBetter \u2064to\u2064 be\u2063 a slow, happy woman than a fast, unhappy man,\u201d Petrillo callously quipped,\u2062 according \u2063to The\u00a0Telegraph<a>. \u201cI don\u2019t feel like \u200bI\u2019m \u200cstealing anything \u200cfrom anyone.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Petrillo even \u200cblasted <a \u2062href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fed-riley-gaines-challenges-trans-athlete-activist-megan-rapinoe-debate-consider-official-invite\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u200b rel=\"noopener\">detractors<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aclu-issues-twitter-thread-allegedly-debunking-myths-about-trans-students-in-sports\/\" title=\"ACLU Issues Twitter Thread Allegedly Debunking \u2018Myths\u2019 About Trans Students In Sports\">trans athletes<\/a>, saying that people who \u2062attack him are\u200b \u201con the \u2064same level \u200bas Hitler,\u201d according\u2062 to \u200bThe Telegrapha.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve not undergone \u2062hormone therapy to win, I\u2019ve done it for myself,\u201d he \u2063said,\u200d the newspaper reported.<\/p>\n<p>But not everyone was celebratory over Petrillo\u2019s victory. As The Telegraph \u2063noted, Mara \u2064Yamauchi, the \u200cthird\u200d fastest \u200cfemale British marathon\u2062 runner in history, scoffed\u200c at the result, \u200dasking, \u201cHow \u200dmany 49-year-olds \u200dwould win medals at world\u200c level?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The age factor is telling. Track and field athletes usually \u200dpeak in\u200c the late \u206320s, yet \u200chere is Petrillo beating\u2063 a \u2063field of women \u200bat\u200c 49, closing in on 20\u2063 years older\u2062 than \u2064his\u200c competition.\u200d This seems to show\u2063 clearly that male bodies \u200dhave a\u2063 huge competitive advantage over female bodies.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first\u2063 time \u200bthat\u2063 Petrillo has won \u2062a woman\u2019s medal.<\/p>\n<p>He now has nine medals in \u2062female \u200ccategories to his \u200bname.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" \u2062lang=\"en\">Transgender athlete Valentina Petrillo\u200c has\u2062 now\u200d won \u200b9 Women\u2019s Sports\u2062 Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s Awards they have\u200c won:<\/p>\n<p> 1st\u200d Place:\u2063 SACMI \u200cAVIS Meeting, Stadio Romeo Galli, \u2064Imola<\/p>\n<p>1st \u200dPlace: Italian\u2063 Club Championships\u2063 \u2013 Final \u200bB\u2064 Centro-Nord, Piazzale\u2064 Adolfo Consolini, Vittorio\u2064 Veneto<\/p>\n<p>\u2026\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EAUiJvFNWh\">pic.twitter.com\/EAUiJvFNWh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oli London (@OliLondonTV) <a\u2062 href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OliLondonTV\/status\/1679623917365784579?\">July 13,\u200c 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The\u2062 World Para Athletics \u200dChampionships allows transgender\u2062 athletes to compete\u2062 under their chosen gender per\u2064 the IOC\u2019s rules, \u2062which\u200d is\u2063 in conjunction\u2062 with rules\u200d governing the \u200b<a \u2062href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/transgender-athlete-just-won-olympic-gold-first-time-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Olympics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, among\u200d many others, \u200cPeter Eriksson,\u00a0 a former\u200d Paralympics\u2064 head \u200bcoach, was\u2062 not\u2063 pleased with \u2064Petrillo\u2019s \u2063win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s shocking to\u2064 see that women\u2019s opportunities to a medal\u200b were taken \u2064by\u2062 a cheating \u200b49-year-old male,\u201d Eriksson \u2064said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/trans-athlete-valentina-petrillo-wins-bronze-at-400m-race-wins-ninth-medal-in-womens-events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OutKick<\/a>. \u201cThe International Paralympic Committee is\u2063 diminishing the rights of fairness in women\u2019s sport by\u2064 <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> \u200cat \u2063their events.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other sports have also seen \u2062such outrages,\u2064 whether \u200bat\u2063 <a \u2064href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/boy-pretending-girl-wins-girls-high-school-state-skiing-championship-not-fair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the \u2062high\u2064 school level<\/a> \u2064or\u200b in\u200b the arena of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/man-claiming-woman-smokes-runner-female-bike-race-power-just-not-comparable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">professional\u2062 sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Still,\u200b we might\u200d finally be seeing the beginning of a turn\u2064 against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/transgender-runner-more-than-18-years-older-than-female-competitors-awarded-medal-after-finish\/\" title=\"Transgender runner, 18+ years older than female competitors, wins medal.\">allowing \u200dmale athletes\u2064 competing<\/a> as women. \u2063Just last \u2063week, \u200dcycling\u2019s international\u200c body, Union \u200bCycliste Internationale, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/global-cycling-committee-crushes-lgbt-agenda-ruling-transgender-athletes\/\" \u2063target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">changed \u200bits rules<\/a> and has now banned transgenders\u2063 from competing \u2064as women if they \u201ctransitioned\u201d \u200cafter puberty. This new rule pretty\u200d much eliminates all transgenders from competing in the women\u2019s category\u2063 because few\u2063 transgenders \u2064transition \u2063before \u2063puberty.<\/p>\n<p>Other sports have \u2063also decided that men claiming to be women do not\u2064 belong in\u2062 their women\u2019s categories. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/12\/13\/pro-disc-golf-backtracks-effectively-bans-men-competing-women\/\" \u200ctarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breitbart News<\/a> reported last year, Pro Disc Golf \u200cAssociation\u200c banned \u200ctransgenders from\u2063 competing\u200d in the\u2064 women\u2019s\u200c category. And that\u200d same year, \u200bthe organization that governs international rugby\u200b also banned men claiming \u200dto be women competing\u200c under their chosen \u200cgender, <a\u2063 href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/06\/20\/international-rugby-league-bans-transgender-athletes-from-womens-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" \u2064rel=\"noopener\">Breitbart<\/a> added.<\/p>\n<p>To date,\u2064 only \u2063a few \u2064sports organizations have \u2063moved against transgenderism while far, far more still support the\u200b radical, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/citizens-object-to-2020-election\/\" title=\"Citizens Object To 2020 Election\">left-wing agenda<\/a>. \u200cBut \u200dmore people than \u2063ever speaking out about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/teen-girl-injured-trans-athlete-blasts-biden-kjp-whole-administration-brutal-allegation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unfair\u2062 physical advantage<\/a> that\u200b male bodies \u2064have over\u200d female\u2064 bodies in direct \u200bcompetition, maybe\u2062 the tide\u200d is \u200djust\u200c starting to \u2063turn back \u2064toward \u200dfairness\u2064 in women\u2019s \u200bsports?<\/p>\n<p>No one is against trans people competing\u200b in sports,\u2063 of course. But it\u2064 needs to be fair for\u2063 all concerned.<\/p>\n<p>Men\u2063 who have\u2063 gone through puberty have a clear competitive advantage over women. Even\u200d some\u2063 sports officials are finally waking \u2062up\u200d to this fact.<\/p>\n<p>In the end,\u200d though, this won\u2019t \u2063end\u2064 until \u2064more real women athletes\u200b \u2014 \u200blike the <a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fed-riley-gaines-challenges-trans-athlete-activist-megan-rapinoe-debate-consider-official-invite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heroic Riley Gaines<\/a> \u2014 stand up to this nonsense.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b post\u2063 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/transgender-runner-18-years-older-female-competitors-awarded-medal-finish\/\">Transgender Runner More Than 18 \u2063Years\u2062 Older Than \u200dFemale\u2064 Competitors\u2064 Awarded Medal \u200dAfter Finish<\/a> appeared \u2062first\u2062 on <a \u200drel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week in Paris, Valentina Petrillo, formerly known as Fabrizio, claimed a bronze medal at the World Para Athletics Championships, surpassing female competitors. 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