level criterion is absurd. Post-adolescent male athletes have already built up a huge advantage over women in muscle density, bone strength and lung capacity, irrespective of testosterone levels. It's a joke. But he can get away with it because of these ridiculous IOC guidelines – so he does.
Competing as a woman in the Tokyo Paralympics is the next goal, which Petrillo feels is completely fair, due to now being 1.5 seconds slower in the 200 metres compared to pre-transition. Petrillo states: "We all have the right to be happy. And if I made it everyone can. I’d like to be talked about for my sporting results rather than for who I am. I hope to win the race, shake hands with the other girls on the podium and receive a beautiful bouquet of flowers."
We all have the right to be happy – apart from women, obviously. We men all have the right to be happy.
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