I don't know about you but I think this is awesome!!!
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05-16-2008, 09:22 AM #1
pedal pedAL PEDAL!!!
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this is cool...
I am a nobody; nobody is perfect, and therefore I am perfect.
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05-16-2008, 10:13 AM #2
wannabe submarine gazelle
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me 3.
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05-16-2008, 12:32 PM #3
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I love stories like this. They are so inspiring.
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05-16-2008, 01:18 PM #4
The Hills! The Hills! Eek
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Me 4. I could never wrap my mind around the claim that he had an advantage from the blades or from being a double amputee. I mean, if that gave him an advantage, all the other runners would be amputating their legs too.
Half-marathon over. Sabbatical year over. It's back to "sacking shirt and oat cakes" as they say here.
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05-17-2008, 01:38 AM #5
And your point??
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I don't know, maybe I am in the minority but I do feel that the prosthetics give him an artificial advantage.
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05-17-2008, 01:42 AM #6
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The international sports court was convinced by lab tests that were done that he doesn't, that's why he gets to race.
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05-17-2008, 03:35 AM #7
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I hope he qualifies. I wasn't going to watch the Olympics out of protest but I may have to if he makes the team.He holds the 400-meter Paralympic world record of 46.56, but must reach the qualifying time of 45.55 to compete in the individual event in Beijing.
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05-22-2008, 11:13 AM #8
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It would be plausible to make a device that could act more efficiently than the human leg, but apparently, according to their testing, his doesn't do that. I thought the same thing before I read it!
Originally Posted by LoriO
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