Comments on: IAAF Ruling » Oscar Pistorius has an unfair advantage http://news.runtowin.com/2008/01/15/iaaf-ruling-oscar-pistorius-has-an-unfair-advantage.html Coaching and Training From a New England Perspective Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:51:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Classifyed http://news.runtowin.com/2008/01/15/iaaf-ruling-oscar-pistorius-has-an-unfair-advantage.html/comment-page-1#comment-52402 Classifyed Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:31:07 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2008/01/15/iaaf-ruling-oscar-pistorius-has-an-unfair-advantage.html#comment-52402 He should be eligable because he DIDNT cause himself to not have legs! Also all the energy in those prosthetic legs, are from him! PLUS he has to stand up before he runs, all the other runners just run on their tip toes if they want to. Anyways even win he has to stand up he still wins! Also, scientificly speaking, when we run, we give 100% energy and we get back 270%, also when he runs he gives 100% and gets back 80%. The last thing is that if everyone is soo worried they will be beat by him, and if those prosthetic cheetah running legs make you faster, then why isnt everyone cutting their legs off? Why arent they paying the doctor to amputate their legs? I mean the runners have enough money to do so! If anything we have a advantage against him. So i dont care what everyone says, if he can beat everyone in that I believe he is the best runner then... He should be eligable because he DIDNT cause himself to not have legs! Also all the energy in those prosthetic legs, are from him! PLUS he has to stand up before he runs, all the other runners just run on their tip toes if they want to. Anyways even win he has to stand up he still wins! Also, scientificly speaking, when we run, we give 100% energy and we get back 270%, also when he runs he gives 100% and gets back 80%. The last thing is that if everyone is soo worried they will be beat by him, and if those prosthetic cheetah running legs make you faster, then why isnt everyone cutting their legs off? Why arent they paying the doctor to amputate their legs? I mean the runners have enough money to do so! If anything we have a advantage against him. So i dont care what everyone says, if he can beat everyone in that I believe he is the best runner then…

]]> By: noneofyourbuisness http://news.runtowin.com/2008/01/15/iaaf-ruling-oscar-pistorius-has-an-unfair-advantage.html/comment-page-1#comment-45041 noneofyourbuisness Mon, 25 Apr 2011 12:23:22 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2008/01/15/iaaf-ruling-oscar-pistorius-has-an-unfair-advantage.html#comment-45041 it probably hurts to be told that he's only good because of his prosthetics . he trained for this and earned his awards it probably hurts to be told that he’s only good because of his prosthetics . he trained for this and earned his awards

]]> By: Blaine Moore http://news.runtowin.com/2008/01/15/iaaf-ruling-oscar-pistorius-has-an-unfair-advantage.html/comment-page-1#comment-41020 Blaine Moore Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:35:23 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2008/01/15/iaaf-ruling-oscar-pistorius-has-an-unfair-advantage.html#comment-41020 Thanks for the update, Beverly. If there are any of these segments recorded and available online, please email them to me so that I can write about them. I don't watch television and I don't get any of the channels for the shows that you listed at home. Thanks for the update, Beverly. If there are any of these segments recorded and available online, please email them to me so that I can write about them. I don’t watch television and I don’t get any of the channels for the shows that you listed at home.

]]> By: Beverly Millson http://news.runtowin.com/2008/01/15/iaaf-ruling-oscar-pistorius-has-an-unfair-advantage.html/comment-page-1#comment-41019 Beverly Millson Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:32:00 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2008/01/15/iaaf-ruling-oscar-pistorius-has-an-unfair-advantage.html#comment-41019 Thanks for your thoughtful post. I am an outside public relations consultant for Ossur, the company that makes Oscar's Cheetahs, and their experts believe that he does NOT have an advantage, despite the fact that he is running on their product. They are behind him 100% in his plight. I'm cutting and pasting the following from a press release, not pitching you, though: "Looking for insights into this game-changing issue that raises scientific, ethical and philosophical questions, and for the past three months, ESPN’s investigative journalists have travelled the globe to learn more. They interviewed Oscar, his family, coach, prosthetist, friends, competitors, lawyers, and Ossur, too. They also interviewed Prof. Bruggemann, the German doctor who originally tested him on behalf of the IAAF. What to see on April 15th: - Good Morning America will air a segment between 7:00-9:00am - ESPN’s E:60 will broadcast an 8-to-10 minute feature between 7-8pm. - Nightline will look into the story at 11:30pm. In addition, ESPN Magazine’s April 21st cover story will delve into Oscar’s case." Ossur hopes that ESPN will present objective findings and analyses on Oscar's case, and wants everyone to become better informed because this is not a cut-and-dry issue, as you aptly pointed out. Thanks for your thoughtful post. I am an outside public relations consultant for Ossur, the company that makes Oscar’s Cheetahs, and their experts believe that he does NOT have an advantage, despite the fact that he is running on their product. They are behind him 100% in his plight.

I’m cutting and pasting the following from a press release, not pitching you, though:

“Looking for insights into this game-changing issue that raises scientific, ethical and philosophical questions, and for the past three months, ESPN’s investigative journalists have travelled the globe to learn more. They interviewed Oscar, his family, coach, prosthetist, friends, competitors, lawyers, and Ossur, too. They also interviewed Prof. Bruggemann, the German doctor who originally tested him on behalf of the IAAF.

What to see on April 15th:
- Good Morning America will air a segment between 7:00-9:00am
- ESPN’s E:60 will broadcast an 8-to-10 minute feature between 7-8pm.
- Nightline will look into the story at 11:30pm.

In addition, ESPN Magazine’s April 21st cover story will delve into Oscar’s case.”

Ossur hopes that ESPN will present objective findings and analyses on Oscar’s case, and wants everyone to become better informed because this is not a cut-and-dry issue, as you aptly pointed out.

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