Double amputee Oscar Pistorius has been ruled ineligible under IAAF rules (the body governing track) after a German scientist found that the carbon-fiber blades Oscar uses give him a "clear technical advantage." This is different from having wheel-chair on the track, but nobody has yet challenged the scientist's findings that the blades require 2/3 less energy. If the science is sound, I have no objection.
Here is my beef: let's eliminate all "clear technical advantage" and assess atheletes on pure skill. Out with the shark suits, kevlar track shoes, carbon fibre bobselds, high end skis, etc. Let's create a standard set of equipment and have everyone use it. You win with that and we know it was all you, it was not - so-to-speak - the shoes.
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Yes, but then how does NIke sell their fancy-shmancy shoes?
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