On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 7:23 PM, B.L. Krieger wrote: > couldn't 'able-bodied' athlets not just use 'protheses' as well? > > --bernhard > http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/athletics/7141302.stm > Paralympic 400m star Oscar Pistorius has failed in his bid to compete at > this year's Olympic Games in Beijing. > The IAAF, athletics' governing body, ruled his prosthetic limbs give him an > advantage over able-bodied opponents and contravene rules on technical aids.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/7405954.stm> Ruling overturned... fastest man with no legs is now OK to compete against men with real legs...
