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RE: It just HAD to happen- Olympics thread
August 4, 2012 at 12:34 pm
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(August 4, 2012 at 12:14 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: Personally I want to see an olympics where they are allowed to take any drugs and any prosethesis (or however you spell it).
Lets see how fast people can REALLY go.
You're not the only one who's thought that. Well, with chemistry/biology. But prosthetics? Rocket feet, Hover hands, Inbuilt spy style grappling hooks, springs for feet? Would get a bit ridiculous.
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RE: It just HAD to happen- Olympics thread
August 4, 2012 at 1:00 pm
(August 4, 2012 at 10:30 am)popeyespappy Wrote: I’ve been keeping up with Michael Phelps. Mother fucker can swim. Most medals of all time (21), most gold medals (17), most gold medals in an individual event (11), most medals in an individual event for a male (13), most gold medals in a single Olympics (8), and an odds on favorite to add one more gold medal today. His 8 gold medals in Beijing were more gold than 86 countries could manage. The only Olympic swimmer to 3-peat in an individual event, he has done it twice. He currently holds 7 world records, is the former record holder in 2 other events and has set a world record 37 times.
I'll be watching some of the track and field events too.
If his blades are such an advantage, why are runners not lining up to have their legs removed? 
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RE: It just HAD to happen- Olympics thread
August 4, 2012 at 1:16 pm
Michael Phelps wears blades?
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RE: It just HAD to happen- Olympics thread
August 4, 2012 at 1:18 pm
I imagine that he meant to quote your other post. 
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RE: It just HAD to happen- Olympics thread
August 4, 2012 at 1:35 pm
I haven't even watched one second of them. I've heard it's been great.
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RE: It just HAD to happen- Olympics thread
August 4, 2012 at 1:36 pm
(August 4, 2012 at 1:16 pm)popeyespappy Wrote: Michael Phelps wears blades?
That would explain quite a bit...
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RE: It just HAD to happen- Olympics thread
August 4, 2012 at 1:59 pm
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(August 4, 2012 at 12:04 pm)popeyespappy Wrote: I just watched double-amputee Oscar Pistorius compete in his first heat race in the 400 meter sprint. He finished second so he will move on to the semifinal. I’m not sure how I feel about that. While they say his carbon fiber prosthetics don’t offer a competitive advantage as they can’t release any more energy than he puts into them I can’t help but wonder if they don’t store and release more energy than natural legs. Kind of like a kangaroo. In any case it is an amazing personal accomplishment for Oscar to have made it to this level of competition given his disability.
I personally don't think he should be allowed to compete to be honest.
Don't get me wrong, I don't want to take anything away from his achievement, but to say it gives him no advantage is plain ridiculous. How about the fact he can't get injured any lower than his knees. For instance, he won't suddenly pull a calf, like every other athlete can. He doesn't have to build any muscle in those areas. That's more time training on other muscles. Okay he might not have a specific 'advantage' in the sense of him actually racing, but surely there is an advantage in his physical attributes by having prosthetic legs.
I mean, I thought the whole point of the paralympics was so people like him could compete. Having him compete with non-amputees doesn't seem like a level playing field.
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RE: It just HAD to happen- Olympics thread
August 4, 2012 at 2:03 pm
"How is it that a lame man does not annoy us while a lame mind does? Because a lame man recognizes that we are walking straight, while a lame mind says that it is we who are limping." - Pascal
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RE: It just HAD to happen- Olympics thread
August 4, 2012 at 2:06 pm
(August 4, 2012 at 1:18 pm)frankiej Wrote: I imagine that he meant to quote your other post.
I know he did. I just figured that if Zebo didn't want to spend 30 seconds putting together a mental list of potential cons for a professional athlete to voluntarily cut their fucking legs off then he didn’t deserve a serious answer.
(August 4, 2012 at 1:36 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: (August 4, 2012 at 1:16 pm)popeyespappy Wrote: Michael Phelps wears blades?
That would explain quite a bit...
That's not as far fetched as one might think.
Quote:his size-14 feet provide the effect of flippers; and his hypermobile ankles can extend beyond the pointe of a ballet dancer, enabling him to whip his feet as if they were fins for maximum thrust through the water.
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RE: It just HAD to happen- Olympics thread
August 4, 2012 at 2:14 pm
(August 4, 2012 at 12:04 pm)popeyespappy Wrote: I just watched double-amputee Oscar Pistorius compete in his first heat race in the 400 meter sprint. He finished second so he will move on to the semifinal. I’m not sure how I feel about that. While they say his carbon fiber prosthetics don’t offer a competitive advantage as they can’t release any more energy than he puts into them I can’t help but wonder if they don’t store and release more energy than natural legs. Kind of like a kangaroo. In any case it is an amazing personal accomplishment for Oscar to have made it to this level of competition given his disability.
I'm one of the probably 99.9% of people who do not follow competitive running at all and do not care who wins what. The human interest element of Oscar Pistorius is more interesting to me than a competition which is, otherwise, of no personal relevance.
I also watch the beach volleyball contests. Felt sorry for those poor, beautiful Spanish ladies when Team USA came back and beat them.
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