Velocista biamputado: Deficiente ou Hipereficiente?

O Tribunal Arbitral de Desporto (TAS) deu ontem provimento ao recurso apresentado pelo atleta paralímpico sul-africano Óscar Pistorius, que pretende correr nos Jogos Olímpicos de Pequim. Pistorius, que tem ambas as pernas amputadas abaixo dos joelhos, havia visto negada a sua pretensão pela Federação Internacional de Atletismo (IAAF), com o argumento que as suas próteses o beneficiavam, mas viu agora reacender-se a chama do seu sonho olímpico.
in EXPRESSO (link)

As Oscar Pistorius of South Africa crouched in the starting blocks for the 200 meters on Sunday, the small crowd turned its attention to the sprinter who calls himself the fastest man on no legs.

Pistorius wants to be the first amputee runner to compete in the Olympics. But despite his ascendance, he is facing resistance from track and field’s world governing body, which is seeking to bar him on the grounds that the technology of his prosthetics may give him an unfair advantage over sprinters using their natural legs.
in new york times

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