Sports Thirteen is more than a number for Canadian para sprinter Marissa Papaconstantinou A sub-13-second time in the 100 metres would mean entry into an exclusive club of blade runners.

Petrillo began her transition in 2017 and underwent hormone therapy in 2019. In 2021, she became the first transgender athlete to compete in an international Para competition.

British wheelchair sprinter and Sky Scholar Samantha Kinghorn battled to bronze in the T53 100m at the World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai on Friday.

An 11-year-old legally blind sprinter from Townsville says she never thought she’d have a chance to compete in athletics at a high level but now she’s competing with some of the state’s best.