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August 1, 2012 08:35 pm GMT

Blade Runner Makes Olympics History With Carbon-Fiber Legs




Oscar Pistorius, a member of South Africa's national track and field team, will make Olympics history as the first athlete to compete with a prosthetic limb. The sprinter will compete in the 400-meter race Saturday, using two high-performance carbon fiber artificial legs.

Many people have questioned whether Pistorius, known as "Blade Runner" because of his sleek prosthetics, has an unfair advantage over athletes competing with biological limbs.

"It's not that I don't want to run Paralympic or disabled races, or races for those athletes who are handicapped, or amputees," he told NPR. "But this is just a challenge for me, and any good sportsman that wants to be better has to face up…
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