24 Italian female athletes take legal action against male ultra-athletes in their sports.

The sportswomen -including Cristina Sanulli and Denise Neumann, beaten by Valentina Petrillo, a male athlete, - claim to be deprived of fair competitions, in violation of the Equal Opportunities Code. And they write to Minister Bonetti and Undersecretary Vezzali. No answer so far.
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As the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games approached in July, the media began showing footage of women's competitions in which male-born athletes also participate - and almost always win - thanks to the guidelines drawn up by an all-male group of the International Olympic Committeewhich provide for self-identification with "female gender identity" and lowered testosterone levels as the only criteria.

The images of these, with a frame that despite the breasts, pink jumpsuits, lipstick and red nail varnish remains unmistakably masculine, leap to the eye and are opening a debate on the legitimacy of allowing male athletes to compete with women.

Faced with the obvious advantage of male 'ultra-bodies' in women's sports, much of the audience askeq: what do female athletes think? Why do they not rebel en masse?

Indeed, the Italian sports news has given great prominence to the story of Valentina Petrillo, 'the first transgender athlete to run to qualify for Tokyo 2020' (see here [U1] and here[U2] ), but female athletes have been rendered invisible, with a few exceptions.

Despite this press blackout, Italian women athletes have rebelled and expressed their indignation not by deserting the competitionsbut through legal means, for being deprived of a fair competition.

Lawyer and Italian athletics champion Mariuccia Fausta Quilleri is representing 24 female athletes who have signed a petition calling for male-born transgender athletes to be admitted to women's competitions exclusively out of competition.

The athletes first of all contest the lack of scientific basis - as well as the lack of legal validity - of the IOC guidelines, as has been proven by numerous studies, among which the most comprehensive is perhaps that of Dr Emma Hilton and Dr Tommy Lundberg published in "Sports Medicine (see here[U3] ).

In addition, they claim that the admission of male bodies in women's competitions constitutes a violation of Article 1 of the Code of Equal Opportunities between Men and Women[U4] which - writes lawyer Quilleri - 'obliges absolute, inviolable and indispensable respect for the female physical individuality'.

The petition was sent on 3 May to the president of the Italian Athletics Federation, Stefano Mei, the Minister for Equal Opportunities, Elena Bonetti, and the undersecretary of state for sport, Valentina Vezzali. After more than a month, none of these authorities has yet replied.

Among the athletes who have signed the petition are Cristina Sanulli and Denise Neumann, who competed with Petrillo at the Italian masters championships in Arezzo in October 2020 - you can see them in the opening photo - and who told the journalist who interviewed them that they felt they had "not competed as equals"(see here[U5] ).

Sanulli and Neumann continued to train and race, and at the Italian indoor championships in Ancona in March 2021 they had a chance for a rematch. In the 200m indoor race Cristina Sanulli still managed, despite her shorter stature and female body, to beat Petrillo in speed and came first, and Valentina second, despite having all the technical advantages provided by a body that has experienced male puberty: the longer stride, bigger heart, feet and lungs, higher maximum oxygen consumption per muscle contraction (VO2max), stronger tendons, and much more.

On Friday June 11th we spoke with Mariuccia Fausta Quilleri and Cristina Sanulli. See the Live Broadcast here[U6] .

Original article published here on June 7th.


Maria Celeste.

Translated by Tania Alessandrini

 [U1]https://www.fanpage.it/attualita/valentina-petrillo-la-prima-atleta-paralimpica-transgender-in-corsa-per-tokyo-2021/

 [U2]https://corrieredibologna.corriere.it/bologna/altro-sport/20_settembre_23/valentina-che-si-chiamava-fabrizio-l-altra-olimpiade-eb947836-fd64-11ea-b7f1-a0b7df760f0c.shtml

 [U3]https://www.researchgate.net/publication/346774077_Transgender_Women_in_the_Female_Category_of_Sport_Perspectives_on_Testosterone_Suppression_and_Performance_Advantage

 [U4]https://www.camera.it/parlam/leggi/deleghe/testi/06198dl.htm#:~:text=303%2C%20articolo%205)-,1.,utilizzazione%20dei%20relativi%20fondi%20europei

 [U5]https://www.redattoresociale.it/article/notiziario/in_pista_con_valentina_petrillo_atleta_transgender_ma_non_abbiamo_gareggiato_alla_pari_

 [U6]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ33aNoiW_k&t=2338s


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