Santiago de Compostela, June 28 (EFE).- The Galician athlete Ana Peleteiro, bronze medalist in the triple jump in Tokyo 2020 and European indoor champion in Glasgow 2019, denounced this Wednesday having received “enormous harassment” in recent days. on social media after opposing transgender people being able to compete in professional sports.
“For a few days I have been receiving enormous harassment on the networks. An innumerable number of people who insult me, wish me death, wish ill for my family and even hate messages asking God to hopefully break my leg or any serious injury that will keep me from the slopes, “he wrote in a statement disseminated on their networks.
Peleteiro assures that this harassment “does not” affect him “on a day-to-day basis” because he has worked “a lot” in therapy to fit this type of message, which is why he will not change his discourse on the “opening” of 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 their situation to be regulated in some way. But, of course, I will never be in favor of women having to compete against people who are genetically superior to us for that to happen…”, explains 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 in which he has “friends and even family members” who belong to him.
“I will always defend and fight every day for their rights just as I do for the rights of CIS women,” insisted the athlete, who justifies her refusal to compete with trans athletes in professional sports, alleging that this is what the Federation defends. International Athletics.
“After years of studies, they conclude that no matter how much a man lowers his testosterone levels, he will never be the same as a woman. Due to the maturation of it as such, it includes a morphological, bone change and a lot of levels that cannot be changed regardless of the medication ”, he stated.
For Peleteiro, the solution to this conflict will involve “adapting” a category so that athletes can compete “in equal conditions for all or participate in non-federated sports, since, in his opinion, the opposite would be unfair.