Monday, January 14, 2008

Legless Athlete Too Fast for Olympics

Filed under: Society

Today we learn that Oscar Pistorius, the star South African sprinter with prosthetic legs, was disqualified from competing in this year's Olympics. The International Association of Athletics Federations tested his artificial legs in the laboratory and concluded that they're 25% more efficient than the blood and flesh variety, and therefore would give Pistorius an unfair advantage.

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