
Valentina Petrillo becomes first trans athlete at 2024 Paris Paralympic Games
Valentina Petrillo, the first openly transgender athlete to compete at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, qualified for the women’s 400m semi-finals on Monday’s Round 1 heats. The Italian track athlete finished a couple of seconds behind Alejandra Paola Pérez López in heat 4, crossing the line on 58.35 seconds with the Venezuelan setting a season’s best…