Oscar Pistorius: Previously confidential study results released on amputee sprinter
Monday, June 29, 2009 - 13:56
in Physics & Chemistry
A team of experts in biomechanics and physiology that conducted experiments on Oscar Pistorius, the South African bilateral amputee track athlete, have just published their findings in the Journal of Applied Physiology. Some of their previously confidential findings were presented to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland in May of 2008. Other findings are now being released for the first time.
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