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Originally Posted by transplant99
Except all the athletes were able to take advantage of that....so no comparison.
And again, if prosthetics are an advantage we would see all double amputees posting times similar to oscar...but we dont.
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Not everyone wore those suits. But everyone that broke a WR did.
And you dont think current Paralympic athletes would take advantage of advances in composite materials if they thought it would give them a chance to win an Olympic medal?? Of course people would. Its no different that using advances in composites for bikes, boats, etc.
Should he win a medal, does he get an asterisk beside his name saying that he had prosthetics?? I think he would and that brings into question the integrity of the Olympics. Its a nice, feel warm story, but I dont think he should be competing.
Its a very slippery slope.