The Galician athlete Ana Peleteirobronze medal in the triple jump at Tokyo 2021 Games and European indoor champion in Glasgow 2019denounced on Wednesday that it had received “enormous harassment” on social networks in recent days after opposing the ability of transgender people to compete in professional sports.
“For a few days I have been receiving a lot of harassment through the networks. An innumerable number of people who insulted me, wanted me to die, wanted my family to get sick and even hate messages asking God to hopefully break a leg or any other serious injury that would take me away from the slopes,” he wrote in a statement posted on his networks.
Peleteiro assures that this harassment “does not” affect him “on a daily basis” because he has worked “a lot” in therapy to fit this type of message, which is why he will not change his speech about on “opening” doors to trans people in professional sports.
“Of course I have to defend the rights of CIS women, but that does not mean that I hate trans women or that I do not want to control their situation in any way. But, of course, I am never in favor of that for that to happen, the women have to compete against people who are genetically superior to us…”, said Peleteiro.
In this sense, he said that “I adore and respect one hundred percent” the LGTBI collective, which is why he will continue to defend a group where he has “friends and even family members” who belong to him.
“I will always defend and fight every day for their rights as I do for the rights of CIS women,” insisted the athlete, justifying his refusal to compete with trans athletes in professional sports in it is by this claim that the Federation defends itself. International Athletics.
“After years of study, they concluded that no matter how much a man drops his testosterone levels, he will not be the same as a woman. cannot be changed, regardless of any drug,” he said. .
For Peleteiro, the solution to this conflict will involve the “adaptation” of a category so that athletes can compete “on equal conditions for all or participate in non-federated sports, because, in in his opinion, the opposite would be unfair.
Source: La Verdad
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