What the fuck? Seriously how can someone say it is unfair. It's fantastic and incredible that he is able to compete in the Olympics. Will his "unfair" advantage win him gold? Probably not. Will his competing raise the profile of disabled sport and change the way disabled people are viewed? Almost certainly.

How anyone cannot embrace this as a wonderful and momentous achievement is beyond me.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"What the fuck? Seriously how can someone say it is unfair. It's fantastic and incredible that he is able to compete in the Olympics. Will his "unfair" advantage win him gold? Probably not. Will his competing raise the profile of disabled sport and change the way disabled people are viewed? Almost certainly.

How anyone cannot embrace this as a wonderful and momentous achievement is beyond me. "

Michael Johnson would know more about it than me and can say it better

. "I know Oscar well, and he knows my position; my position is that because we don’t know for sure whether he gets an advantage from the prosthetics that he wears it is unfair to the able-bodied competitors.

"That is hard for a lot of people to take and to understand when you are talking about an athlete and an individual who has a disability.

"It is a great story, he is a great individual and he has been a great ambassador for athletes with a disability and for people, and how to overcome [that] and continue to strive.

"Oscar sees no limits; he has no fear when competing against able-bodied athletes. So it is hard for people to understand and to accept when you start to talk about whether or not he may have the advantage."

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By *icketysplits OP Woman over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

How anyone cannot embrace this as a wonderful and momentous achievement is beyond me. "

It is certainly momentous and an achievement but will it make a difference? Will other sports pwd be able to make the same challenge but not have to fight for years?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

He is slower than the fastest able bodied, so I can't see an unfair advantage in allowing him to race. I believe he went through a load of tests, the result of which claimed he had no discernable advantage over able bodied athletes.

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