O.P.
op de baan hier in Leverkussen zijn regelmatig gehandicapte sporters in de weer.
eergisteren met twee canadezen een praatje aangeknoopt.
ze waren in Stadskanaal bij de Nelli cooman Games geweest en nu in training voor een wedstrijd hier.
we kregen het ook even over de ongehoord snelle tijden van de zuidafrikaanse sprinter.
eerder was dit al onderdeel van een discussie met collega's over stifness, ankle flexibilty and sprint technique.
dus hier maar een knipsel waar het allemaal over ging: oscar pisorius.
MONTE-CARLO, June 20, 2007 – Oscar Pistorius, a disabled South African sprinter who competes with carbon-fiber legs, was given fresh hope that he may be allowed to take part in the World Championships in Osaka, Japan, this summer when the IAAF confirmed that it needed to commission scientific research before making any decision over whether to ban him from international competitions.
Speaking at a press briefing at the IAAF Golden League Competition Exxon Mobil Bislett Games in Oslo, IAAF President Lamine Diack said : “We are now looking to find some specialist laboratories capable of scientifically and objectively testing his special legs. It is a difficult situation because we have no experience of this situation. So everything is new, but we want to be sure that we handle the situation fairly. We have to be satisfied that his prosthetics do not give him an advantage compared to someone who has just two legs, but if that is the case, then of course, he should the right to compete. At the moment, we just don’t know whether he gains an unfair advantage or not.”
Pistorius was second in the 400m at the South Africa national championships in March competing against able-bodied athletes and while his best time of 46.34 is outside the Osaka qualifying standard of 45.95, the deadline for achieving it is not until mid-August. He currently holds Paralympic world records in the 100m, 200m and 400m sprint and hopes to qualify for the 2008 able-bodied Olympic Games. A former rugby and water-polo player, Pistorius uses high-tech, J-shaped carbon-fibre blades which are fixed to his legs just under the knees. Pistorius, a double amputee was born without a fibula in both legs.
The IAAF has moved to impose a rule change for its congress in August that would effectively ban athletes like Pistorius, who calls himself “the fastest thing on no legs” from able-bodied competition. The recent comments from President Diack in Oslo may now bring him closer to his goal.
Courtesy: AIPS
eergisteren met twee canadezen een praatje aangeknoopt.
ze waren in Stadskanaal bij de Nelli cooman Games geweest en nu in training voor een wedstrijd hier.
we kregen het ook even over de ongehoord snelle tijden van de zuidafrikaanse sprinter.
eerder was dit al onderdeel van een discussie met collega's over stifness, ankle flexibilty and sprint technique.
dus hier maar een knipsel waar het allemaal over ging: oscar pisorius.
MONTE-CARLO, June 20, 2007 – Oscar Pistorius, a disabled South African sprinter who competes with carbon-fiber legs, was given fresh hope that he may be allowed to take part in the World Championships in Osaka, Japan, this summer when the IAAF confirmed that it needed to commission scientific research before making any decision over whether to ban him from international competitions.
Speaking at a press briefing at the IAAF Golden League Competition Exxon Mobil Bislett Games in Oslo, IAAF President Lamine Diack said : “We are now looking to find some specialist laboratories capable of scientifically and objectively testing his special legs. It is a difficult situation because we have no experience of this situation. So everything is new, but we want to be sure that we handle the situation fairly. We have to be satisfied that his prosthetics do not give him an advantage compared to someone who has just two legs, but if that is the case, then of course, he should the right to compete. At the moment, we just don’t know whether he gains an unfair advantage or not.”
Pistorius was second in the 400m at the South Africa national championships in March competing against able-bodied athletes and while his best time of 46.34 is outside the Osaka qualifying standard of 45.95, the deadline for achieving it is not until mid-August. He currently holds Paralympic world records in the 100m, 200m and 400m sprint and hopes to qualify for the 2008 able-bodied Olympic Games. A former rugby and water-polo player, Pistorius uses high-tech, J-shaped carbon-fibre blades which are fixed to his legs just under the knees. Pistorius, a double amputee was born without a fibula in both legs.
The IAAF has moved to impose a rule change for its congress in August that would effectively ban athletes like Pistorius, who calls himself “the fastest thing on no legs” from able-bodied competition. The recent comments from President Diack in Oslo may now bring him closer to his goal.
Courtesy: AIPS
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