I think there are serious issues to be considered.
It could encourage the highly competitive to seek replacement of inferior 
natural limbs.
My initial reaction is that would be bizarre. OTH, competition encourages 
technical development and in the near future I expect I will be shopping for 
replacement knee joints.

Perhaps a special class for the artificially enhanced competitor?

John Ferrell    W8CCW
"Life is easier if you learn to plow
       around the stumps"
http://DixieNC.US


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cedric Chang" <cc@nope9.com>
To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 9:38 PM
Subject: [OT]:first amputee runner to compete in the Olympics


> From Nasa Tech Briefs
>
> a South African sprinter who wants to be the
> first amputee runner to compete in the Olympics. He is facing
> resistance from
> track and field?s governing body, which is seeking to bar him on the
> grounds
> that the technology of his prosthetic legs may give him an unfair
> advantage
> over sprinters using their natural legs.
>
> My feeling is that the Olympics are an idea whose time has come and
> gone.
> Who will care about the fastest "natural" sprinter in the world if
> enhanced people
> can do things that exceed "natural" folks ?  I know that I would
> not.  It is sort of
> like the "special" Olympics.  A nice thing to support and who cares
> who the winner
> is ?
>
> Cedric
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