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The first openly transgender athlete in the Paralympic Games received little to no reaction from fans at the Stade de France on Monday as she qualified for the final in the 400 meters of her visually impaired classification.Valentina Petrillo, a transgender woman, ran in the T12 400-meter heat in 58.35 seconds, qualifying her for the final. She will compete in the final around noon on Tuesday before taking on the 200-meter heats on Friday morning.Petrillo was diagnosed with Stargardt disease when she was 14, a retinal disease that causes a progressive loss of vision. Petrillo stopped running as a result, though her dream to compete was sparked by Italian athlete Pietro Menneas 200-meter gold-medal performance in the 1980 Olympics.RELATED STORY | Paris to inaugurate Paralympic Game stanley cup s with never seen before opening ceremony in city s heartAs she lined up for her introduction, the crowd 鈥?made up partly of schoolchildren who overtook the middle deck and lower concourse 鈥?seemed unaware that they were s stanley fr eeing a Paralympic first.Journalists turned out in force, however. As Petrillo trotted through her post-race availability smiling, she saw plenty of microphones and audio transmitters.Petrillos debut comes weeks after Olympic boxing gold medalist Imane Khelif of Algeria faced intense scrutiny following false claims about her sex. Her story became one of the bigg stanley mug est of the Summer Games.The 50-year-old Petrillo began her transition in 2019 but has been competing in Para sport since Hwsc D.C. Daily: DACA probably dead, President Trump says in early-morning tweet
Country singer Chase Rice is facing criticism for playing a concert in Tennessee as COVID-19 cases continue to surge. Rice posted video on Instagram of his packed show at Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary, which is a music venue about three hours east of Nashville in Petros.People o stanley canada n social media pointed out the lack of masks and social distancing.Kelsea Ballerini was among those calling Rice out, tweeting in part: Imagine being selfish enough to put thousands of peoples health at risk, not to mention th stanley quencher e potential ripple effect, and play a NORMAL country concert right now. Imagine being selfish enough to put thousands of peoples health at risk, not to mention the potential ripple effect, and play a NORMAL country concert right now. @ChaseRiceMusic, We all want and need to tour. We just care about our fans and their families enough to wait. 馃し馃徏鈥嶁檧锔?https://t.co/eJaLnGu28k鈥?Kelsea Ballerini @KelseaBallerini June 28, 2020 The venue says it followed state guidelines, including reducing capacity from 10,000 to 4,000 and requiring t stanley cup emperature checks at the door. WTVF originally reported this story. Copyright 2020 . All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Sign up for the Breaking News Newsletter and receive up to date information. now signed up to receive the Breaking News Newsletter. Click here to manage all Newsletters
The first openly transgender athlete in the Paralympic Games received little to no reaction from fans at the Stade de France on Monday as she qualified for the final in the 400 meters of her visually impaired classification.Valentina Petrillo, a transgender woman, ran in the T12 400-meter heat in 58.35 seconds, qualifying her for the final. She will compete in the final around noon on Tuesday before taking on the 200-meter heats on Friday morning.Petrillo was diagnosed with Stargardt disease when she was 14, a retinal disease that causes a progressive loss of vision. Petrillo stopped running as a result, though her dream to compete was sparked by Italian athlete Pietro Menneas 200-meter gold-medal performance in the 1980 Olympics.RELATED STORY | Paris to inaugurate Paralympic Game stanley cup s with never seen before opening ceremony in city s heartAs she lined up for her introduction, the crowd 鈥?made up partly of schoolchildren who overtook the middle deck and lower concourse 鈥?seemed unaware that they were s stanley fr eeing a Paralympic first.Journalists turned out in force, however. As Petrillo trotted through her post-race availability smiling, she saw plenty of microphones and audio transmitters.Petrillos debut comes weeks after Olympic boxing gold medalist Imane Khelif of Algeria faced intense scrutiny following false claims about her sex. Her story became one of the bigg stanley mug est of the Summer Games.The 50-year-old Petrillo began her transition in 2019 but has been competing in Para sport since Hwsc D.C. Daily: DACA probably dead, President Trump says in early-morning tweet
Country singer Chase Rice is facing criticism for playing a concert in Tennessee as COVID-19 cases continue to surge. Rice posted video on Instagram of his packed show at Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary, which is a music venue about three hours east of Nashville in Petros.People o stanley canada n social media pointed out the lack of masks and social distancing.Kelsea Ballerini was among those calling Rice out, tweeting in part: Imagine being selfish enough to put thousands of peoples health at risk, not to mention th stanley quencher e potential ripple effect, and play a NORMAL country concert right now. Imagine being selfish enough to put thousands of peoples health at risk, not to mention the potential ripple effect, and play a NORMAL country concert right now. @ChaseRiceMusic, We all want and need to tour. We just care about our fans and their families enough to wait. 馃し馃徏鈥嶁檧锔?https://t.co/eJaLnGu28k鈥?Kelsea Ballerini @KelseaBallerini June 28, 2020 The venue says it followed state guidelines, including reducing capacity from 10,000 to 4,000 and requiring t stanley cup emperature checks at the door. WTVF originally reported this story. Copyright 2020 . All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Sign up for the Breaking News Newsletter and receive up to date information. now signed up to receive the Breaking News Newsletter. Click here to manage all Newsletters