An unfair advantage?
Jul. 17th, 2007 12:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poltr1South 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.
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.
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Date: 2007-07-18 03:00 pm (UTC)Oh....*that* Steve Austin.
But seriously....that's what the IAAF is worried about. That no one's going to enhance their abilities with mechanical devices, performance-enhancing drugs, etc. But Pistorus' times are somewhat comparable against the times of able-bodied runners.