Double amputee races in the Olympics

by **PLAYER57832** on Mon Aug 06, 2012 5:26 pm

jimboston wrote:
PLAYER57832 wrote:
Double amputee races and medals

Please clarify the title of this thread to specify that we are not talking about the Olympics.

by **Lootifer** on Mon Aug 06, 2012 6:25 pm

yang guize wrote:i saw his race. he starts very slowly, his legs are bad for the first bit of the race. but then all of a sudden he is much faster. like you say, his legs are lighter and able to move faster (the original investigation of him showed that his legs move faster than the legs of the 100m sprinters, but the scientists decided to ignore that for some reason)
just because he doesn't win doesn't make him legitimate. his qualifying prevented someone else without his advantage from attending the olympic games.

Source please.

by **BigBallinStalin** on Mon Aug 06, 2012 6:58 pm

Lootifer wrote:
BigBallinStalin wrote:Because...

(1) the effectiveness of those prosthetic limbs are uncertain so far, and

(2) the ruling just recently allowed double amputees (of his kind) to participate, so of course the Olympics are not over-run with double amputees.

Yeh yeh, logical fallacy n all that (until proven).

But this is as a single data point is pretty compelling (even if its only a single data point): Hes the fastest bladed runner ever seen by a very significant margin - and even though the T44/T43 categories lack depth, they arent exactly non-competitive; the fastest bladed runners PB for the 400m is still a long way away from being a world-class (ie olympic final worthy) time.

Yeah, well why don't you go marry his legs or something?

by **Lootifer** on Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:28 pm

MAYBE I WILL

by **whitestazn88** on Mon Aug 06, 2012 11:32 pm

"Double amputee: racist and metal" would have been a better thread/action film

by **yang guize** on Tue Aug 07, 2012 7:51 am

Lootifer wrote:Source please.

i said. it is the original investigation of him. whoever it was carried out by, the olympic commission or someone. i forgot. if you want the 50-page document then go to a library and find it yourself, lazy.

by **BigBallinStalin** on Tue Aug 07, 2012 9:12 am

whitestazn88 wrote:"Double amputee: racist and metal" would have been a better thread/action film

Bump-worthy for next page.

by **heavycola** on Tue Aug 07, 2012 9:45 am

BigBallinStalin wrote:
whitestazn88 wrote:"Double amputee: racist and metal" would have been a better thread/action film

Bump-worthy for next page.

There is already a subgenre:

by **PLAYER57832** on Tue Aug 07, 2012 10:57 am

jimboston wrote:
PLAYER57832 wrote:
Double amputee races and medals

Please clarify the title of this thread to specify that we are not talking about the Olympics.

Except, we ARE talking about the Olympics. And.. I tried to change it, but it did not "take" yesterday. Let's see if it does today.

by **Viceroy63** on Tue Aug 21, 2012 7:22 pm

In my opinion, that is not fair for Olympic competition. If the prosthesis are allowed, then why not the sky-runner shoes as well for those without amputated feet and legs?

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