I am torn. I can see where people think he'd have an aided advantage over naturally able-bodied people in a race. However, I think everyone should be able to live their Olympic dream if they work hard at it. And clearly he has.
Those legs are impossibly too light, and I think that is one of the major differences. Also the joints apparently only shed about 5-10% of energy, as where our joints and knees and tendons waste about 50% of the energy applied to them. His second 200 in the 400 is usually faster than the first!! I hate to say it, but perhaps special Olympics - and athletes like him who train so hard could really draw greater attention to those events.
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I am torn. I can see where people think he'd have an aided advantage over naturally able-bodied people in a race. However, I think everyone should be able to live their Olympic dream if they work hard at it. And clearly he has.
Those legs are impossibly too light, and I think that is one of the major differences. Also the joints apparently only shed about 5-10% of energy, as where our joints and knees and tendons waste about 50% of the energy applied to them. His second 200 in the 400 is usually faster than the first!! I hate to say it, but perhaps special Olympics - and athletes like him who train so hard could really draw greater attention to those events.
That would be *Paralympics*, not Special Olympics.
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