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[Supertraining] Re: Oscar Pistorius - a considerable advantage? suprbrian Mon Jul 14 01:32:26 2008

I agree and this is what I've been saying all along. Though the
prosthetics may be advantageous in certain respects, it's unlikely
that he has a net advantage. He should be allowed to run.

Brian Gates
Gig Harbor, WA

--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "carruthersjam"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Ton van den Bogert wrote on the Biomch-L:
>
> The full decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) can
be
> found here:
>
> http://www.tas-cas.org/recent-decision (click on Pistorius v. IAAF)
>
> It is interesting to read, and I found it encouraging that the
> scientific experts of both parties were largely in agreement.  The
> conclusion was that no evidence exists for an overall advantage
due to
> the prosthesis.  Key words are "no evidence" and "overall".  There
may
> be some advantages but also some disadvantages which cancel out in
the
> overall performance.  There may be even an overall advantage (or
> disadvantage) but so far the data are not conclusive.
>
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