Amputee sprinter second in Rome

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Source: BBC

South African amputee runner Oscar Pistorius has finished second in a 400m race with able-bodied athletes at the Golden League meet in Rome.
Pistorius, 20, runs on curved carbon fibre blades attached below his knees.

He hopes to qualify for the World Athletics Championships next month and run in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

IAAF spokesman Nick Davies says the IAAF has evidence that the spring in the limbs gives Pistorius a "three to four metre stride" which he insists is "not humanly possible" and hence an unfair advantage.



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Perhaps "Blade Runner" gets unfair advantage from his blades.
Perhaps this is something that should be decided before the race.
Once they've admitted him in, they must consider him just like any other runner.

Hope he goes to Olympic Games, if he gets his chance.