(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.
