although I can't help but feel like it's slightly cheating since those prosthetic legs are quite good for running, I also can't help but be happy that a person with such a severe disability, can run on a track with athletes without any limitations, and still be able to win.

Oh science... how I love thee...

It's been calculated that using his prosthetic legs he's measurably less efficient than the able-bodied athletes (doesn't feel right suggesting his body isn't able, but you know what I mean), since he doesn't have any of the calf, shin, or foot muscles contributing any force. Conclusively demonstrating this is how his team he won the court battle. I'm glad he had to go through a legal process, in a way, because all this suspicion has come up in court already, and people can point this out and say that it's clearly not cheating. He's just that good, and happens to have prosthetic legs. Rock on.

and if I had a silver star, I'd * promote this.

On 16 May 2008, the CAS reversed the IAAF's ban, clearing the way for Pistorius to try and qualify for the Olympics. In its decision, it held that there was insufficient evidence that Pistorius's prosthetics provided any metabolic advantage over other runners.

A major component of the Court's decision was that the prosthetics do not provide an overall advantage to Pistorius in comparison to other runners, when their disadvantages are taken into account. It concluded the IAAF decision did not adequately consider all the various advantages and disadvantages over the course of the entire race, such as Pistorius's slower starts. However, the CAS panel stressed their verdict only applied to the specific case at hand, and that the IAAF might in the future be able to prove the existence of such an advantage, with advances in scientific knowledge and tests designed and carried out to the satisfaction of Pistorius and the IAAF.[43]

In response to the announcement, Pistorius said: "My focus throughout this appeal has been to ensure that disabled athletes be given the chance to compete and compete fairly with able-bodied athletes."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Pistorius#Dispute_over_prosthetics

Aren't the olympics a scam anyway, so who cares if Pistorius were to have an advantage? It's just random mutants devoting their lives to competing at meaningless activities instead of contributing to human progress.

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