Amputee Sprinter Wins Olympic Appeal to Compete

Dr. Eggman writes "Oscar Pistorius, a 21-year-old South African double-amputee sprinter, has won his appeal filed with the Court of Arbitration for Sport. This overturns a ban imposed by the International Association of Athletics Federations, and allows Mr. Pistorius the chance to compete against other able-bodied athletes for a chance at a place on the South African team for the Beijing Olympics. He currently holds the 400-meter Paralympic world sprinting record, but must improve on his time by 1.01 seconds to meet the Olympic qualification standard. However, even if Pistorius fails to get the qualifying time, South African selectors could add Oscar to the Olympic 1,600-meter relay squad."

Comments

Cyborg Olympics

[neomunk]

Sweet. Now I'm gonna go get my left arm hacked off and get a harpoon launcher installed for the javelin throw.

Or, to put it in a way slashdot understands...

1: Get amputation(s).
2: Get prosthetics with a mechanical advantage over mere flesh.
3: ???
4: Profit!

Re:Cyborg Olympics

[eln]

Just make sure you always masturbate with the OTHER hand.

Trust me on this one.

Some Day

[KidKadaver]

Someday, we'll look back at this event, with the power of hindsight and wonder how we failed to see the Cyborg War coming.

While you two losers are duking it out...

[Anonymous Coward]

I'll have a Sybian installed on mine.

Re:i'm an amputee too

[Slashdot Suxxors]

You run on bicycles??