Over the last year, bilateral amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius’
battle for the 2008 Beijing Olympics has been widely covered by the
media. On April 15, Good Morning America, ESPN, and
Nightline all will examine the scientific, ethical, and
philosophical questions surrounding the international ban that
currently prevents Pistorius from competing in sanctioned
able-bodied events. Based on tests performed by German professor
Gert-Peter Brueggemann, the IAAF ruled in January 2008 that
Pistorius is ineligible to run in the Beijing Olympics–or any
other sanctioned able-bodied competitions–because Pistorius’
prosthetic Cheetah Flex Feet running legs provide him with a
“technical advantage.”
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