Kat,

Is there any way, short of forwarding the posts with different
subjects to one subject, to merge these two threads?

On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Deri James
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> On Friday 16 May 2008 16:22:09 [log in to unmask] wrote:
>> Well, he's not really disabled, in my book but this is still pretty cool.
>> I'll be looking for him in the Summer Olympics!
>>
>> http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=4870234
>>
>> Kat
>
> Hi Kat,
>
> I think this is a bad decision - the IAAF got it right in my opinion. He
> obviously is disabled (he's a double amputee).
>
> He runs with spring loaded blades - this is undoubtedly a mechanical
> advantage. Does this decision mean that wheelchair marathon racers should be
> able to race against marathon runners. Obviously not - the marathon
> wheelchair world record is about half the running world record - there is an
> obvious mechanical advantage for the wheelchair racers.
>
> The people who want this to happen seem to have a financial vested interest,
> anticipating public interest in the spring loaded amputtee versus
> the 'normals'. To me its a circus.
>
> Its interesting that Pistorius only uses the blades for running, at other
> times he uses a normal prosthetic.
>
> Finally, doesn't this diminish the Paralympics, what is wrong with him being
> the world's best amputee using spring loaded blades.
>
> If Oscar does go to Beijing I hope he doesn't get drawn on the inside lane in
> the wet, he has a tendency to "crash" in these conditions and perhaps injure
> a world class athlete.
>
> Cheers
>
> Deri
>
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