JK Rowling called paralympic transgender Sprinter Valentina Petrillo a proud cheat after she qualified for the semi-finals of the visually impaired 400m JK Rowling condemned Valentina Petrillo's Presence at the Paro Olympic Games after the transgender Sprinter qualified for the semifinals of the visually impaired 400m on Monday the British author described the athlete who's competing as a T12 woman a classification given to track athletes with visual impairment as a proud cheat after being selected to represent Italy at the paral Olympics in Paris Petrillo became the first openly transgender athlete to partake in the international sports competition taking to social media roling shared a photo of the 51-year-old alongside the caption why all the anger about the inspirational Petrillo the cheat Community has never had this kind of visibility out and proud cheats like Petrillo prove the era of cheat shaming is over what a role model I say we give Lance Armstrong his medals back and move on in response to one critic who accused her of attempting to spread negative stereotypes about trans people Rowling replied I know all trans people aren't cheats however knowing you have an unfair advantage and exploiting it anyway is pretty much the textbook definition of cheating when one ex user argued that Valentina is competing at the Paralympics as a woman on her own Merit roling commented being a a man is an advantage in sports that requires speed and strength we both know you know that but you've chosen to pretend you don't she later added I am the daughter of a mother with a disability this is not an abstract talking point to me it's a Redline this isn't the first time that Rowling has voiced her disapproval of certain athletes competing in Paris last month she took aim ad aain khif after the Algerian boxer secured a 46 second went over Italy's Angela Kini at the Olympics one year prior the 25-year-old was disqualified from the 2023 Women's World Championships after failing a gender eligibility test could any picture sum up our new men's Rights Movement better Rowling wrote alongside an image of karini fighting back tears as khif tried to comfort her the smirk of a male whose nose he's protected by a misogynous sporting establishment enjoying the distress of a woman he's just punched in the head and whose life's ambition he's just shattered while competing as a male in the T12 classification from 2015 to 2018 Petrillo amassed 11 national titles with the support of her wife she started to live as a woman in 2018 eventually beginning hormone therapy in January of the following year after failing to qualify for the T12 400 meter final at state of France on Monday Petrillo conceded that her opponents were stronger but expressed hope that her son will still be proud of her paralympic debut I tried my best until the end I didn't make it I missed the last straight Petrillo said I pushed more than I did this morning and I tried my best they are stronger than me I had to go down too much to do a 56 seconds with 57.50 I have to be happy even if I'm a little down I'm a little down but I hope my son will be proud of me this is important to me because he is a trans dad not the dad that everyone dreams of but I hope you will be proud of me don't forget like share subscribe my channel bubu dos news