I spose the question becomes, at what point are you letting somebody 
ride a push bike against runners.
I mean it looks like he is running but that's about as close as it gets.

Apptech wrote:
> I saw TV footage of him running, and commented to my wife 
> about the possible energy storage advantages of the 
> 'blades'.
>
> BUT
>
> Reading even the copy supplied it seems that this is a 
> typical legal decision, based on each side marshalling 
> logical and legal arguments, with the best overall 
> combination, in the opinion of qualified adjudicators, 
> winning. While some legal systems and subsystems are widely 
> known, or held, to have been taken captive by special 
> interests, this does not seem to be the case here.
>
> Regardless of how one may think or feel about the matter, it 
> sounds like the decision was made on a proper legal basis by 
> the appropriate qualified body. This was AFAIK a sporting 
> ruling body and not an Olympic one per se. The fact that 
> they were not expected to return the decision that they did 
> and that the 'winning' lawyer suggested that the losing 
> lawyers briefing had been inadequate suggests that the 
> decision is the one you would hope that a disinterested 
> tribunal would arrive at. It is not usually the role of the 
> adjudicators to fill in the gaps that counsel fail to 
> identify.
>
> A key question to me would be "Why *shouldn't* this person 
> be allowed to compete on an equal footing (pun almost 
> intended) with others?". Valid answers might be 'So 
> different as liable to disadvantage others unfairly' or 'so 
> advantaged as to influence the results unfairly'. The latter 
> situation would lead into all sorts of minefields (usually 
> the realm of affirmative action initiatives), the latter 
> seems capable of reasonable adjudication. I see nothing to 
> suggest that the decision was not a competent one. But, as 
> ever, my vision may be too short for the task ;-) .
>
>
>
>         Russell 
>
>   

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