I read this really cool story on MSN the other day about an amputee trying to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
A South African sprinter, Oscar Pistorius, won an appeal this past Friday that will allow him to try out for the Beijing Olympics, running along with athletes that don’t have any disabilities. This ruling overturns a ban by IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) that prevented him from competing in the Olympics.
I can kind of understand the reason for the original ban, because Oscar’s new legs look quite powerful and they aren’t his own legs. What’s to stop racers from being able to use robotic legs that are stronger and faster than normal human legs? On the other hand, I think it’s kind of cool…
What do you think?
