RunningAHEAD - Topic: Seems Pistorious did NOT have an unfair advantage

Trent

Good Bad & The Monkey

posted: 7/18/2008 at 12:08 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/19/sports/olympics/19track.html

I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.

Poor baby

Berner

posted: 7/18/2008 at 12:42 PM
modified: 7/18/2008 at 12:43 PM

Not to rehash the entire debate, but not making the team doesn't mean he didn't have a technological advantage; it simply means that even with such an advantage, if any, he was not one of the six fastest South African athletes in his event.

How To Run a Marathon: Step 1 - start running. There is no Step 2.

Trent

Good Bad & The Monkey

posted: 7/18/2008 at 12:50 PM

(I was joking)

I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.

Poor baby

Berner

posted: 7/18/2008 at 12:51 PM

Quote from Trent on 7/18/2008 at 12:50 PM:

(I was joking)

Absence of Smile

suggests otherwise. Smile

How To Run a Marathon: Step 1 - start running. There is no Step 2.

Jim2

posted: 7/18/2008 at 3:07 PM

Dr. Ross Tucker of The Science of Sport has followed the Pistorius saga closely from the beginning. He has been adament all along that the Chetahs do give his countryman, Pistorius, a decided advantage. Yesterday, before the announcement reported in the NY TImes article of Pistorius not being selected for the SA Olympic team, Dr. Tucker postedthis article on his blog arguing that Pistorius' own tests, as well as those of the IAAF earlier in the year, demonstrate that the Cheetahs do provide a physiological advantage.

xor

posted: 7/18/2008 at 3:08 PM

I was getting excited that perhaps cheetos would be something I could add to my training. Munchos just aren't cutting it.

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