Oscar Pistorius is allowed to race against able-bodied athletes to qualify for a spot in the Olympics! The Court of Arbitration for Sports overturned an earlier ban by IAAF and ruled that the earlier tests on his prosthetics did not yield conclusive results on whether it gave him any unfair advantages. With only 64 days left to shape up and meet the Beijing qualifying times of 45.55s in the 400m sprint, Oscar is in a race to race. is PB is 46.33s. A more realistic target is to focus on the London Olympics in 2012.
Beyond Oscar & the Olympics, the ruling sends a strong signal to disabled athletes worldwide, and is an inspiration to all of us.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/17/sports/olympics/17runner.html
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http://psescapades.blogspot.com/2008/05/disabled-or-superabled.html
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