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OC4: An Unfair Advantage
Submitted by Mango on January 10, 2008 - 17:35.
This runner has lost both legs and has prosthetics that he uses to run. He attempted to get approval to run in the Beijing Olympics but was denied. For more about the story, go to NEWSBLOG.
To see video, click here.
The Olympics are a time for amazing athletes from all over the world to compete for the gold. I think they are a wonderful time because people from all countries come together and it creates such a peaceful situation, even if we are only routing for our own athletes.
For the men and women who make it to the Olympics, they have accomplished their dream, and those fewer who get the gold medal can be known as the best off the best. Everyone competing made it there of their own sweat and drive.
OC#4: Should this man be allowed to compete in the Olympics?
Submitted by ggevalt on January 10, 2008 - 15:10.
Admirable Spirit, but Rules Are Rules, by George Vescey, NYTimes
An athlete named Oscar Pistorius of South Africa is almost sure to be denied in his bid to run in the 2008 Summer Games with two artificial lower legs. Pistorius’s problem is that his prosthetic devices are far beyond the contour and function of so-called normal legs.
Pistorius, 21, who was born without the fibula in his lower legs and with other defects in his feet, uses carbon-fiber devices, known as Cheetahs, shaped like the letter J. ... Read more of NYTimes story
Online Challenge #4: Should this athlete be allowed to compete in the 2008 Olympics in China? Check out the story, the related graphics, then come back here, and comment or create a blog entry as to whether you think he should be allowed to compete in the Olympics or should only compete in the paraOlympics. If you create a new blog entry, put OC4 and newsblog in the box marked "Keywords".
