"Pistorius’s state-of-the-art carbon fiber prosthetics “should be considered as technical aids which give him an advantage over other athletes not using them.”
While the ruling makes sense to me, it seems to raise the question as to where you draw the line on "performance enhancement." Do you draw the line at prosthetics? What if a knee brace were developed to give an advantage? What about athletic shoes? Isn't asthma medicine a performance enhancing drug?
Posted by John at January 15, 2008 10:16 AMAs a guy that needed an inhaler every damn time he stepped on a field for a few years, I think asthma medicine just brings you back to "normal," whereas prosthetic limbs don't fatigue, and therefore give an advantage. I haven't read the article, maybe that's their exact argument.
Posted by: McCreary at January 16, 2008 01:13 AM