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#The LZR Racer, developed by Speedo with the help of NASA scientists is blamed for giving an edge to swimmers and could be banned from the upcoming Beijing Olympics.
# Oscar Pistorius, the double amputee sprinter was banned by IAAF after organizing tests on his “Cheetah” blades held responsible for giving him a “considerable advantage” over able-bodied athletes.
# Athletes in other sports are already benefiting form new and advanced technologies but athletes are awaiting any such approval.
# Several leading sportswear companies are preparing to launch their own supersuits, similar to the LZR Racer.
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Parul G
Mar 31 2008
Delhi,
India
Allowing hi-tech gears is unlikely to change the final out come of the game. True, that hi-tech gears do make difference, however in a sport it is only the passion, courage and compassion which separate losers from winners.
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if hi-tech gears are to be allowed in sports then why make those athletes stand on the podium at the end of the event and award them the medals. It would be better if we give away those medals to the company that came up with that interesting design to give the athlete a cutting edge over others.
@ Parul G
i don't think you play any game...its not just about passion, courage and blah blah, there's a thing called sportsman spirit and using hi-tech gears to be separated from the losers is just like using performance enhancing drugs in sports and this very base of the sports is being compromised if let this go in sports.
@ Parul G
i don't think you play any game...its not just about passion, courage and blah blah, there's a thing called sportsman spirit and using hi-tech gears to be separated from the losers is just like using performance enhancing drugs in sports and this very base of the sports is being compromised if let this go in sports.
it's turning into adidas competing with nike. If these kinda hitech equipments be allowed in sports we shall only hear the athletes saying > i practiced hard for the last 3-4 years but then everybody here did the same but fortunately for me there was speedo or adidas or (some weired sounding name for the product like autoswim or olymgeek)
Yes, Of course and they should be allowed to use them not because they do not alter the end result, but because it will never be commercially accepted if they are banned. Justin is right in the fact that it is becoming Nike v Adidas, but not all sports are that simple. As an F1 fan I will swear that Schume and Senna would have won every race had they been all running in the same cars.
If you find this a bit tough to accept, then talk to men like Jeff Thompson and Imran Khan who say that ball tampering and aluminum bats must be made legal in cricket Their logic is that, we do it so you can also go do it. Let us just make it all legal and throw the match referees in the bin. Sounds good to me. This is not to say sports should have no rules, but remember that Olympic gold medals have been won by athletes on bare foot. Pele won a soccer WC at 17 playing bare foot and Maradona grew up practicing with a round cloth for football. But Parul, there is a difference.
If you find this a bit tough to accept, then talk to men like Jeff Thompson and Imran Khan who say that ball tampering and aluminum bats must be made legal in cricket Their logic is that, we do it so you can also go do it. Let us just make it all legal and throw the match referees in the bin. Sounds good to me. This is not to say sports should have no rules, but remember that Olympic gold medals have been won by athletes on bare foot. Pele won a soccer WC at 17 playing bare foot and Maradona grew up practicing with a round cloth for football. But Parul, there is a difference.
@ Chinky: Let me tell you this as well: Sir Don Bradman achieved the highest test cricket average sans helmet; hockey legend Dhyan Chand attained glory and made India proud without a proper hockey studs. These incidents are just the tip of the iceberg and prove that technology is always secondary.
@Chinky: Imran Khan your country cricket icon bowed without cricket spikes and emerged victorious. Arent these achievements without embracing or becoming slave to technology. Perhaps watching Rambo movie series would be more enlightening.
There are sports wherein equipment forms an integral part of the sport like F1, motorbike racing and so on. It is alright to be allowed high-tech gear therein because the results are expected to be affected by the equipment. But in sports like swimming, or running, equipment is not expected to have an impact on the results and that’s the way it should be.
@ParulG You are quite missing the point. The thing is about leveling the field. You can’t expect sportsmen to compete on equal footing if some of them have different and better gear than the others.
@ Parul G
How in the world you ended up mentioning Rambo in this debate beats me. What point are you trying to make, come again please?
How in the world you ended up mentioning Rambo in this debate beats me. What point are you trying to make, come again please?
maybe sports like swimming and running should accept now that even for them, their equipment and gear is a part of it like in case of F1. I know this is not popular, but it is something we might have to face. We have to be practical about it. Banning will only mean more controversies. Let them use what they got.
I wish someone gave me ’super gloves’ (read gloves equipped with hi-tech electricity), so dat I can beat the hell out of Mohammed Ali and Mike Tyson.
Grow up kids (read the fellows on the other side of the debate), this hi-tech formulas should be kept confined to other areas. Bringing it in sports, where each person is pitted against another of his species, is just NOT good for the spirit of the game!
@Parul & Attitude
With due respect to your blah blah, I think you both missed the real thing. Do a soul searching and you will realize that you are swaying in the wrong direction. The question here is about ’hi-tech’ gears’ or not, and not about the greatness of certain sportsmen who, by their own choice, decided to shun their helmets or boots!
(((((YAWN)))))
Grow up kids (read the fellows on the other side of the debate), this hi-tech formulas should be kept confined to other areas. Bringing it in sports, where each person is pitted against another of his species, is just NOT good for the spirit of the game!
@Parul & Attitude
With due respect to your blah blah, I think you both missed the real thing. Do a soul searching and you will realize that you are swaying in the wrong direction. The question here is about ’hi-tech’ gears’ or not, and not about the greatness of certain sportsmen who, by their own choice, decided to shun their helmets or boots!
(((((YAWN)))))
Any competition has its merit when the player wins on the basis of his performance, If Hi-tech gadgets are used to make the player run or swim faster, it beats the very purpose of competitions. If one can accept performance enhancing gadgets, then shouldn’t performance enhancing drugs be accepted?
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