Oscar Pistorius eligible for Olympics

Recall this athlete had been banned from the Olympics by the IAAF.

In a landmark ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, South African athlete Oscar Pistorius – nicknamed ‘Bladerunner’ after the carbon-fibre prosthetics he uses in place of his amputated lower legs – has won the right to compete against able-bodied athletes, and plans to represent his country at either the Beijing Olympics or the later London event. …

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In an era where we are demonizing “cheating” by performance enhancing drugs, this is a very interesting development.

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