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This transgender sprinter will compete for Italy at the Paralympics
BOLOGNA, Italy (AP) — Valentina Petrillo fell in love with athletics as a 7-year-old while watching Italian sprinter Pietro Mennea win gold in the 200 meters at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. “I said I wanted to be like him,” said Petrillo, a transgender woman who was raised as a...
'Trust your tappers': Blind teenage swimmer David Kratochvíl is Czech medal hopeful at Paralympics
TACHOV, Czech Republic (AP) — Teenage swimmer David Kratochvil headlines the medal hopefuls of the Czech Republic’s team at the upcoming Paralympics in Paris. The 16-year-old Kratochvil used to play ice hockey until losing his sight because of a serious illness about 10 years...
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