An unfair advantage?

[poltr1]

South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius is somewhat unique in the world of track and field. He's a double amuptee who wears J-shaped carbon-fibre prosthetics as his legs. One of his goals is to compete in the Olympics alongside able-bodied sprinters.

However, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), which is the governing body of international track and field events (including the Olympics), is saying that his "legs" give him an unfair advantage. Here's the article on MSNBC.

Sometimes I think rules are just plain stupid. I think this man should compete.

Comments

[stevemb.livejournal.com]

I remember a bit on The Colbert Report about this story. In blowhard-pundit character, Colbert pointed out that if the other athletes thought it was an advantage, they could always cut off their own legs and replace them with similar prosthetics.