Jan
14
Amputee Sprinter Denied Olympic Entry
The Olympic bid of double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius has been denied.
In November, the International Association of Athletics Federations tested the carbon-fiber feet that carried Pistorius to top of South African sprinting and earned him the nickname “Blade Runner.”
Had the IAAF allowed Pistorius to compete, he would have been the first disabled athlete to participate in the Olympics. But the tests, conducted at Germany’s Institute of Orthopaedic Research and…
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