Pistorious slower 1st half proves a DISADVANTAGE!

webby wrote:

That's fine. But there still needs to be a rule like "amputees are banned from competition," or "no prosthetic devices are permitted." And they'll probably be vulnerable to anti-discrimination suits if they can't show an advantage.

What part of Rule 144, paragraph 2, item 3) doesn't meed your requirements for such a rule?

Cripes, you guys are making this more difficult than it needs to be. The guy - while still an awesome athlete - is running on carbon-fiber-spring-action legs that allow him to bound down the track. This takes awhile to get rolling. Therefore, his start is slow, but he eventually gets up to top speed, which is artificially enhanced. The guy is great, but the legs make the playing field uneven.

Near where I live they have the Run vs Row 10K.

The crew teams row 10K in about the same sime that people run 10K.

So they set a "race" where they start the boats in the water at the same time as the runners run on the roads near by.

Pistorious is a good athlete who is doing a different event at the same time as the other athletes. It happens to be for the same distance and they wind up running about the same time (just like the the run vs row 10K)

Music wrote:

Cripes, you guys are making this more difficult than it needs to be. The guy - while still an awesome athlete - is running on carbon-fiber-spring-action legs that allow him to bound down the track. This takes awhile to get rolling. Therefore, his start is slow, but he eventually gets up to top speed, which is artificially enhanced. The guy is great, but the legs make the playing field uneven.

Next time your run don't bend your ankle or your knee.

Alan

Pretty sure that every physiologist who knows anything would agree with you there. Maybe he means "less lactate build-up."

Sean Nunn

Raytown, MO

Runningart2004 wrote:

Next time your run don't bend your ankle or your knee.

Alan

I'd be glad to. Just give me NASA technology and robo legs...

You probably wouldn't have to worry about either one of those cases. The reason that Pistorious is so good--even at the Paralympic level--is that he grew up without legs. As a result he didn't have to relearn how to walk, as most amputees have to, because walking and running on prosthetics is all he's ever known.

...the scope of application of this Ruling is limited to the eligibility of Mr Pistorious only...

What if there's another amputee whose name is also Mr. Pistorious?

Oscar Pistorius - is a sports curio