Oscar Pistorius' artificial limbs give him clear, major advantage for sprint running, new study suggests
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 14:28
in Biology & Nature
The artificial lower limbs of double-amputee Olympic hopeful Oscar Pistorius give him a clear and major advantage over his competition, taking 10 seconds or more off what his 400-meter race time would be if his prosthesis behaved like intact limbs. That's the conclusion of human performance experts.