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World’s fastest man on no legs is just too darn fast

Posted on January 15, 2008 
Filed Under Sports

Oscar Pistorius, a 21-year-old athlete from South Africa, was born without fibulas and had both legs amputated below the knee when he was 11 months old. In spite of this, he has set world records in the 100, 200 and 400 meters. He is called the “World’s Fastest Man On No Legs”.

Oscar Pistorius dream is to compete in the Olympic games, but he is not eligible to compete in the Olympic qualifying events. According to the International Association of Athletics Federations, an independent scientific study showed that Pistorius’s state-of-the-art carbon fiber prosthetics “should be considered as technical aids which give him an advantage over other athletes not using them.”

The I.A.A.F. had originally cleared him to compete last June, pending further scientific examination of his prosthetic blades, known as Cheetahs. “I feel that it is my responsibility,” Pistorius told The Associated Press, “on behalf of myself and all other disabled athletes, to stand firmly and not allow one organization to inhibit our ability to compete using the very tools without which we simply cannot walk, let alone run. I will not stand down.”

Go Pistorius!

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