Double Amputee Wins Right To Qualify For Olympics

Jonzard · 05-16-2008, 03:58 PM

ESPN - CAS says Pistorius can race against able-bodied athletes - Trackandfield

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Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius won his appeal Friday and can compete for a place in the Beijing Olympics.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that the 21-year-old South African is eligible to race against able-bodied athletes, overturning a ban imposed by the International Association of Athletics Federations.

CAS said the unanimous ruling goes into effect immediately.

Cryomaniac · 05-16-2008, 06:39 PM

Cool. If he can qualify for the olympics, he should be allowed to enter.

Skipaway · 05-16-2008, 08:27 PM

Well, he always had the right. Now he gains the right to use those carbon fiber blades.

Skipaway · 05-16-2008, 08:35 PM

And something to be considered:

Currently the ruling is in his favor for obvious reasons: his records aren't very good. The argument of him having advantage with those carbon fiber blades is weak simply because he's running only 10.91s for 100m. Lots of able-bodied college athletes can run that.

If he could run under 10s, he probably wouldn't get the right to use those blades.

Jonzard · 05-17-2008, 07:46 AM

It certainly sets an intersesting precedent. I know studies have shown the carbon fiber legs to be more efficient than a human ankle/fibula. What happens when someone comes along and can win?

Skipaway · 09-02-2012, 11:09 PM

Paralympics 2012: Oscar Pistorius erupts after Alan Oliveira wins gold | Sport | The Guardian

Pistorius lost in the paralympics, and now he's complaining the winner of having too much advantage from the longer carbon fiber legs.

It's a bit ironic.

Skipaway · 09-02-2012, 11:09 PM

Paralympics 2012: Oscar Pistorius erupts after Alan Oliveira wins gold | Sport | The Guardian

Pistorius lost in the paralympics, and now he's complaining the winner of having too much advantage from the longer carbon fiber legs.

It's a bit ironic.

Tony M · 09-03-2012, 08:33 AM

Well, he's now the first athlete to not win gold at both the Olympics and Paralympics in the same year!

Are the NBC Paralympics coverage any better than their Olympics coverage? (not that they could be worse!)

MorseMoose · 09-03-2012, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Tony M

Well, he's now the first athlete to not win gold at both the Olympics and Paralympics in the same year!

Are the NBC Paralympics coverage any better than their Olympics coverage? (not that they could be worse!)

I'm not watching, but I read that they're streaming live online.

So, yeah...it is better!

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Skipaway Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Where you live Posts: 11,017	And something to be considered: Currently the ruling is in his favor for obvious reasons: his records aren't very good. The argument of him having advantage with those carbon fiber blades is weak simply because he's running only 10.91s for 100m. Lots of able-bodied college athletes can run that. If he could run under 10s, he probably wouldn't get the right to use those blades. __________________ Jonathan Haidt: Moral reasoning is really just a servant masquerading as a high priest.

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Jonzard Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,647	It certainly sets an intersesting precedent. I know studies have shown the carbon fiber legs to be more efficient than a human ankle/fibula. What happens when someone comes along and can win? __________________ For a scientist must indeed be freely imaginative and yet skeptical, creative and yet a critic. There is a sense in which he must be free, but another in which his thought must be very precisely regimented; there is poetry in science, but also a lot of bookkeeping. — Sir Peter B. Medawar FTB

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Skipaway Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Where you live Posts: 11,017	Paralympics 2012: Oscar Pistorius erupts after Alan Oliveira wins gold \| Sport \| The Guardian Pistorius lost in the paralympics, and now he's complaining the winner of having too much advantage from the longer carbon fiber legs. It's a bit ironic. __________________ Jonathan Haidt: Moral reasoning is really just a servant masquerading as a high priest.

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