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Video: Oscar Pistorius & the controversy over the use of prosthetics in competions
Posted July 16th, 2007 at 10:00 AM by Martin Kennedy
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
An amputee sprinter known as the world’s “fastest man on no legs” is preparing for his first international event with able-bodied runners. Oscar Pistorius is understandably nervous about the competition in Rome on Friday. But how he races, scientifically speaking, could be far more important than who crosses the finish line first.
Scientists working for the IAAF, the world’s governing body for track and field, will be analyzing Pistorius to see whether his carbon-fibre limbs are giving him an unfair edge.
Click on the image below to watch Reuter’s video discussion of the issue entitled:
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