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Should special athletes be allowed to take on able-bodied athletes?
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Yes # With the unique prosthetics special athletes are achieving high-quality results and this has set off a debate within the sporting community.
# To allow special athletes stand the abled ones would mean representing sanity, humanity and the opportunity to leave a legacy of understanding for the rest of the world.
No # It is a debate heating with raw emotions against refined science and it is a tale of the collision of technology and sport. Let the two be separate.
# If an athlete is half-a-second quicker in six months how much of it is hard work and how much a sleeker new prosthetic?
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No, never. Now some might say - Intake of special diet, energy drinks, wearing hi-tech shoes and other help taken at technical front too parallels the tweaking the so-called naturalness. However, these are mere tools, which hardly help an athlete on the field; whereas, an artificial limb is something of a cyborg - Oscar, better take part in the Robot Olympics.
There should be some means to allow physically challenged compete able bodied, for those who can compete.......however there should be some event organised of this kind. Its absolutely needed if there is no outline to be remained between handicapped and a normal.
Forget what the world say’s or the IAFF norms. Why shouldn’t he compete? Cuz this man with no legs has made all ya roadrunners raise a debate on his ability and determination. He started his carrier with the same legs, and now when he can make a slight difference in bridging the gap between abled and ‘differently’ abled…Here is what we say—IAFF norms, technology .. A sport is way beyond technology and debate. He has proven himself and no way can we let his faith go in vain…Doing so we will shatter a dream of one man who made the entire abled community think, that being a sportsman requires more than words.
The amputees fight a battle to be allowed to attempt to qualify and compete with the abled competitors, sounds just fine, doesn’t it? If he/she can run as fast as able-bodied athletes, why not? Why ban the athlete on the grounds not that he’s disadvantaged, but that his prosthetics give him an unfair edge? When that abled lot is scott-free and can use the unfair means to survive the competition and earn fame, other’s too can have some advantage, I say the one’s with legs and arms with such instincts are the actual disableds, will they cut of their limbs to stand on the other side? In time, if someday prosthetics are declared legal, in spite of the fact proven that they really give an advantage; there will be lines around those stores waiting for them. That’s how the things run here with the athletes.
Why not if they can? But if they will be risking their health and life for the sake of joining they shouldn’t be allowed. Perhaps special atheletes can compete with fellow athletes with the same condition. Afterall, sport is not all a matter of winning and trying to prove your competence but rather promoting it as a source of recreation for all ages, especially those who live sedentary lifestyle.
I would consider it a human rights violation if challenged people are asked to compete in sports with able bodied athletes. It would amount to discrimination.
On the other hand the floor should be left open to give opportunity to all. If someone wants to compete he should be allowed to.
On the other hand the floor should be left open to give opportunity to all. If someone wants to compete he should be allowed to.
someone said... Why not if they can... Is it? How can they? I do support Srinidhi that it should be considered as a case of Human right violation even if the handicapped person is ready to compete because it would not only discourage him morally but also lower his fighting spirit. No need at all...
I’m wondering how much the ’high quality results’ the special atheletes are showing are a direct result of techonology improvements in prosthetics, then again it would be interesting to see a match up between the two ’camps’.
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I have no problems if Oscar Pistorius ran in the Para Olympics that is there for the physically challenged athletes.
This is not a question of discrimination of people on basis of a handicap (where in this case it is an advantage other than a handicap). It is a question of fairness.