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The Agonist (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
South African track runner Oscar Pistorius, though not a double amputee -- he was born without lower legs -- has enjoyed great success competing in that class wearing state-of-the-art carbon-fiber prosthetics. After setting world records in the 100, 200, and 400 meters, he sought to move up in weight class, if you will. Initially, he was prohibited from competing against able-bodied runners on the...
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SI.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Eighteen months ago, South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius -- famously known as the "Blade Runner" because he was born without fibulas and runs on two crescent, carbon fiber lower legs -- made global headlines when the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) overturned a ban by the International Association of Athletics Federations and allowed Pistorius to compete against able-bodied runners...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The artificial lower limbs of double-amputee Olympic hopeful Oscar Pistorius give him a clear and major advantage over his competition, taking 10 seconds or more off what his 400-meter race time would be if his prosthesis behaved like intact limbs.
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The blades, called Cheetahs, used by Oscar Pistorius, a double-amputee from South Africa, were a “clear and major advantage.”
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
LONDON — The prosthetic legs of double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius give the South African a 10-second advantage over a 400-meter race, according to a new study. Human performance researchers Peter Weyand of Southern Methodist University and Matthew Bundle of the University of Wyoming found that Pistorius, who has been cleared to compete against able-bodied athletes, runs the distance 10...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In a Point-Counterpoint to be published tomorrow in the Journal of Applied Physiology, a team of seven experts in the fields of biomechanics and physiology provide data to refute claims that artificial limbs give South African Olympic hopeful Oscar Pistorius an advantage over able-bodied runners. The experts presented data showing that the use of Cheetah Flex- Foot...
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The prosthetic legs of double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius give the South African a 10-second advantage over a 400-meter race, according to a new study.
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Conclusion of lead scientists of Pistorius' appeal studyThe artificial lower limbs of double-amputee Olympic hopeful Oscar Pistorius give him a clear and major advantage over his competition, taking 10 seconds or more off what his 400-meter race time would be if his prosthesis behaved like intact limbs.That's the conclusion — released to the public for the first time — of human performance...
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USA Today (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The prosthetic legs of double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius give the South African a 10-second advantage over a 400-meter race, according ...
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Sify (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The prosthetic legs of double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius give the South African a 10-second advantage over a 400-meter race, according to a new study.
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San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The prosthetic legs of double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius give the South African a 10-second advantage over a 400-meter race, according to a new study.
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Sify (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The prosthetic legs of double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius give the South African a 10-second advantage over a 400-meter race, according to a new study.
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SI.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
LONDON (AP) -- The prosthetic legs of double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius give the South African a 10-second advantage over a 400-meter race, according to a new study.
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ESPN (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The prosthetic legs of double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius give the South African a 10-second advantage over a 400-meter race, according to a new study.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
LONDON -- The prosthetic legs of double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius give the South African a 10-second advantage over a 400-meter race, according to a new study.
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