Reply With QuoteWait, he's a cripple, shouldn't he be in the Special Olympics? Imagine the look on all their "special" faces when robo-cripple jets past them.
Bionic Man disqualified from Olympic Trials
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01-17-2008, 11:07 AM #1Registered User
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Bionic Man disqualified from Olympic Trials
Prosthetic-limbed runner disqualified from Olympics - Engadget
Oscar Pistorius, a double-amputee sprinter, has been denied a shot at the Olympics... for being too fast. The runner -- who uses carbon-fiber, prosthetic feet -- was reviewed by the International Association of Athletics Federations (or IAAF), a review which found the combination of man and machine to be too much for its purely human competitors. According to the IAAF report, the "mechanical advantage of the blade in relation to the healthy ankle joint of an able bodied athlete is higher than 30-percent." Additionally, Pistorius uses 25-percent less energy than average runners due to the artificial limbs, therefore giving him an unfair advantage on the track... or so they say. Oscar is expected to appeal the decision, saying a lack of variables explored by the single scientific study calls for deeper investigation into the matter. Our suggestion? Prosthetic legs for all!"If you don't bend those legs and do those squats, you'll never reach your potential."
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he runs the 400 in 46 seconds. They'd make him run backwards in the special olympics
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01-17-2008, 11:35 AM #5Señor Member ELITE MEMBER
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Test him. I think he's juicing.
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01-17-2008, 12:50 PM #7fiendish thingy ELITE MEMBER
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Fucking right he can't compete, I can't believe this was even up for debate.
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01-17-2008, 01:20 PM #8your sisters better
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i think that they should let him run i dont see any advantage to him at all.
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01-17-2008, 01:23 PM #9Bohemian Extraordinaire ELITE MEMBER
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I'd be a mad dashing fool too if my calves and feet weighed next to nothing, what's next high jumpers with hydraulic legs? Go-Go Gadget Pole Vaulters?
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01-17-2008, 01:27 PM #10Thats Dr. Keke to you! ELITE MEMBER
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Are you serious?
Originally Posted by Rubes
Read the article. It would be extremely unfair to the other athletes. It would be like letting someone with mechanical hydraulic arms being allowed to compete in a power lifting competition.“I used to do drugs. I still do drugs. But I used to, too.”
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01-17-2008, 01:29 PM #11your sisters better
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did you not watch the video of him getting beat? Originally Posted by KelJu
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They didn't wind him up all the way? Originally Posted by Rubes
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01-17-2008, 01:40 PM #13Thats Dr. Keke to you! ELITE MEMBER
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He lost because he wasn't even close to as conditioned as his competitors. His artificial limbs provide over a 30% advantage over an able bodied natural runner while using 25% less energy. Give what he uses to the other top competitors and their times would improve drastically. Originally Posted by Rubes
I'm not shitting on the guy. I have tremendous respect for him, but it is not fair for him to compete.“I used to do drugs. I still do drugs. But I used to, too.”
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01-17-2008, 01:43 PM #14your sisters better
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yeah you do have a point. but if he ran against the other "broken people" he would destroy them so what does he have left do to?
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Broken people with equal or lesser prosthetics? Originally Posted by Rubes
A guy with hundred-thousand dollar legs has a huge advantage over your typical paralympian, and it ain't because of training or genetics.
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Compete against amputee horses. Originally Posted by Rubes
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They should get a guy with a cannon-arm to compete in hammer throw.
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