From CNN and elsewhere:

A Paralympic gold medal winner will not be allowed to compete in the Beijing Olympics later this year after athletics’ governing body ruled that his specially-designed prosthetic limbs gave him an unfair advantage over other runners. Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius competed in two able-bodied athletics meetings in 2007.

 The International Association of Athletics Federations ruled that Oscar Pistorius’ shock-absorbing carbon-fiber prosthetics gave him a “demonstrable mechanical advantage” compared to able-bodied athletes.

Pistorius, nicknamed the “Blade Runner” because of his prosthetics, won gold in the 200 meters and a bronze medal in the 100m at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens.

See earlier post here.

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