Oscar Pistorius

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• The Fastest Man On No Legs

  
  Sports Are 80 Percent Mental — Authority: 92
  In an ironic twist, Oscar Pistorius disability has now been shown to be an unfair advantage. The South African sprinter, who races with two prosthetic lower legs, has been the subject of a see-saw legal battle trying to determine if his carbon fiber, crescent-shaped manufactured legs give him an unfair advantage. ...
  4 days ago

• Oscar Pistorius: When a disadvantage becomes an advantage

  
  Scholars and Rogues — Authority: 605
  South African track runner Oscar Pistorius, though not a double amputee — he was born without lower legs — has enjoyed great success competing in that class wearing state-of-the-art carbon-fiber prosthetics. After setting world records in the 100, 200, and 400 meters, he sought to move up in weight class, if you ...
  1 week ago

• Oscar Pistorius Has An Unfair Advantage (Again)

  
  Run to Win — Authority: 408
  You may recall a couple years ago when Oscar Pistorius was banned by the IAAF from competing because they felt that his prosthetics gave him an unfair advantage over people that still had both of their legs. This news was quite a sensation, since there seemed (at the time) to be a very good chance that Oscar would ...
  2 weeks ago

• Sports Illustrated on Oscar Pistorius

  
  The Science of Sport — Authority: 395
  Sports Illustrated covers Oscar Pistorius, and the latest on Semenya  Yesterday I did a post looking at the latest research on Oscar Pistorius , which sensationally claimed that his advantage was about 10 seconds in a 400m race.  Nothing new from me today, but I do want to refer you to a great summary on ...
  2 weeks ago

• Researchers: Prosthetic legs give Pistorius unfair advantage

  
  Disability News | PatriciaEBauer.com — Authority: 433
  From the New York Times and AP:A new study published today in The Journal of Applied Physiology concludes that prosthetic legs worn by double amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius give him an unfair advantage over able-bodied runners.Researchers said Pistorius’s blades allow him to turn over his strides more quickly and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Oscar Pistorius gets a 10 second advantage in a 400m race

  
  The Science of Sport — Authority: 395
  10 seconds over 400m - the magnitude of Oscar Pistorius advantage in a 400m race If you did a double-take as you read that headline, youre not alone.  About three hours ago, I received a phone call from a radio station in Canada asking my opinion on this latest research finding.  I had not even heard of it, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Racing on Carbon Fiber Legs: How Abled Should We Be? [Aimee Mullins]

  
  Gizmodo — Authority: 884
  One Olympic swimmer has a D-cup breast size. From a physiological standpoint, shes at a disadvantage to a swimmer whos an A-cup. If she amputated her breasts to become more streamlined, would we...
  3 weeks ago

• New York Times Ethics Column Weighs In on Oscar Pistorius

  
  Back Porch FanHouse — Authority: 557
  by Michael David Smith Filed under: Track and Field The man you see above is Oscar Pistorius , a South African sprinter who races on prosthetic legs like the one hes holding. Pistorius is really fast -- so fast that he nearly qualified for the 2008 Olympics, which raised questions about whether his prosthetics ...
  3 weeks ago

• Kelowna rinks hot on the Olympic trail - Abbotsford News

  
  Beijing 2008 Stadium — Authority: 145
  Kelowna rinks hot on the Olympic trail - Abbotsford News Kelly Scott came within a hair of representing Canada at the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin, Italy. Four years later, the Kelowna rink is back for another crack at the world’s biggest curling spectacle. Scott, Jeanna Schraeder, Sasha Carter, and Source: ...
  4 weeks ago

• New study further disputes notion that amputee runners gain advantage from protheses

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 641
  A study by six researchers, including a University of Colorado at Boulder associate professor and his former doctoral student, shows that amputees who use running-specific prosthetic legs have no p
  4 weeks ago

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