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Starting gun shooting blanks for disabled sports champs

07 Sep 05:35am

Filed under: Athletics, Deaf, Disability, Fairness, Society

Oscar Pistorius is a 400m runner who won a silver medal last week at the World Athletics Championships, with his approved set of carbon fibre prosthetic legs.

Sports authorities should not pass the baton when it comes to disabled athletes. Pic: Getty Images

Terence Parkin won a silver medal in 200m breaststroke at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.

Sekou Kanneh is an Australian eleven-year-old aspiring Olympic sprinter, running competitively in both the 100m and 200m events.

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Laurel says:

02:25pm | 08/09/11

Good Grief. Come on guys….. this IS the 21st Century. Just because someone NEEDS to do things a little bit differently, is no reason to react with a ” pack up and go home” mentality. Read more »
Robert Bowler says:

08:26am | 08/09/11

its a hearing Race simple anyone who wants to joing abides with its rules stop crying poor nothing to do with Poverty its a race Hearing Race i used to run Perry Lakes Stadium in the 60/70s i watched i did ok todat what a mess rules are rules… Read more »

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