Do artificial limbs enhance athletes' performance?
This past summer in the olympics in London, a man named Oscar Pistorius competed in the track and field competitions. But he had to fight to get there. Apparently someone thought that his prosthetics gave him an advantage. This article from 2009 explains some of the physics that went into both sides of the debate. What do you think? Did he have an unfair advantage?
Moseman, A. (2009, November 19). Scientist smackdown: Are a sprinter's prosthetic legs an unfair
advantage? Discover.
I love the Olympics and saw this man race. I was amazed that he would want to race with prosthetic legs and never even thought that they might be considered an advantage. I read the article and was astounded by the research with pro's and con's on prosthetics in racing. All and all, this was an interesting article but I am glad that Oscar was able to race
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