Study Suggests That Amputee Holds an Unfair Advantage

Article in today's New York Time regarding the South African track athlete trying to qualify for the Olympics despite his prothetics...the IAAF is trying to decide whether his prothetics give him an unfair advantage over able bodied athletes:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/10/sports/othersports/10track.html?ref=sports

Part of the article is below:

Study Suggests That Amputee Holds an Unfair Advantage

By JOSHUA ROBINSON
Published: January 10, 2008
The Olympic aspirations of Oscar Pistorius, a double-amputee sprinter from South Africa, may end soon. Track and field’s world governing body is expected to announce that he is ineligible to race against able-bodied athletes because his state-of-the-art prosthetics give him an unfair advantage.

Pistorius was born without the fibula in his lower legs and with other defects in his feet. He had both legs amputated below the knee when he was 11 months old but has gone on to set Paralympic world records in the 100, 200, and 400 meters. He has defeated some able-bodied runners in his pursuit of attaining an Olympic qualifying time, touching off international debate over what constitutes disabled and able-bodied and how limits should be placed on technology to balance fair play with the right to compete.