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Why the 'Blade Runner' is back on track

                   
pheedo.com
May 20, 2008
        
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On Friday, an international court ruled that amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius doesn't get a boost from his carbon-fibre prosthetic legs – called Cheetahs. After 2 days of testimony from a team of sports scientists who conducted extensive testing on Pistorius and his Cheetahs, the Court of... [read full story]                    

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Double-Amputee Can Pursue Olympic Dream

 reverbiage.com May 22, 2008
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Olympic Evolution: Prosthetic Legs Given the Official OK

 dailygalaxy.com May 21, 2008
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Double-Amputee Can Pursue Olympic Dream

reverbiage.com
May 22, 2008
        

An international sports arbitration panel has ruled that paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius will be eligible to compete in the Beijing Olympics. Pistorius, 21, had both his legs amputated below the knee as an infant; he runs on legs made of carbon fiber — which some say gives him an unfair...

Double-Amputee Can Pursue Olympic Dream

npr.org
May 22, 2008
        

An international sports arbitration panel has ruled that paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius will be eligible to compete in the Beijing Olympics. Pistorius, 21, had both his legs amputated below the knee as an infant; he runs on legs made of carbon fiber — which some say gives him an unfair...

                   

a (prosthetic) leg up?

decorabilia.blogspot.com
May 22, 2008
        

Tim Keown isn't too happy about a recent ruling allowing Oscar Pistorius to run in the Olympics.Should he be allowed to compete? Of course not. This really isn't that difficult. Pistorius is running on artificial legs, wonders of technology instead of flesh and bone. It's simply not the same.If a...

                   

Olympic Evolution: Prosthetic Legs Given the Official OK

dailygalaxy.com
May 21, 2008
        

Many futurists believe that the great strides in prosthetic devices signal an inflection point an evolutionary transition of the human species to intelligent machine. On a more immediate playing field, an international court ruled on Friday that South African Oscar...