Debate on Amputee Sprinter: Is He Disabled or Too-Abled?


	Debate on Amputee Sprinter: Is He Disabled or Too-Abled?

cpltaiji

5-14-2007 10:35 PM

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5-14-2007 11:33 PM

egoldstein

Very interesting issue. To claim he has an advantage seems inappropriate. Yet, it's impossible to deny that he is using a different set of tools than any of the other runners.

5-15-2007 1:17 AM

Fracture

Perhaps they need to work with some sort of point system and end up with handicaps like in golf (I'm guessing they'd choose a different name).

It works for wheelchair basketball.

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