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    Odin: To be fair the Amazon breast archery thing was probably less about sport and more about warfare. Sort of a different kettle of fish. Great article th... more »
    SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!: Until today, there are no evidences that amazons cut their breast of in order of improving bow proficiency. Hell, there are no evidences that amazons ... more »
    abates25: Note to Gizmodo: It is articles like this which show why blogs can destroy old media. Keep it up. This piece was brilliant - interesting, insightful... more »
    paranonn: Thank you for this thought-provoking article. Previously, I tended to side along the lines of thinking that artificial legs in a race would automatica... more »
    gowazzu: Having not wanting to post on anything on Gizmodo since the Brian/HALO pack trashing debate, I am thrilled to say this is a first class article....tha... more »
    ClickClickThud: The author has an unfair advantage. She's clearly much brainier than the typical Gizmodo commenter. #oscarpistorius more »
    davekoob: This is a FANTASTIC article by an AMAZING author. Top notch first rate stuff here. I'm really impressed with Gizmodo and Aimee (especially Aimee) tha... more »
    ZachMatthews001: This continues to be some of the best content Gizmodo has ever hosted. Aimee, you are an excellent writer as well as all the other things, and this l... more »
    phillyfreedomforum: The article neglects major facts about the body. I'm an athlete and if I decide to do anything, run, bike, lift weights, etc I must make sure that my... more »
    underwhelm: I'm so glad you wrote this. Since Gizmodo announced you were going to be a guest editor, I had been looking forward to this article, addressing the is... more »
    SagarikaLumos: It was an excellent and well-written piece, and certainly a valid argument. I could've also forever done without that photo of LASIK surgery being pe... more »
    bozack: this is why they created the special olympics/paralympics. #oscarpistorius more »
    bjbatmanghelidj001: Fantastic article that definitely made me think about human performance ethics in a new light. It seems to me that what you are getting as the subject... more »
    ninety_nine: One area this has been discussed for years is wheelchair competitors in marathons. They are routinely held back from starting because organizers don't... more »
    atlasspanked: Excellent writing and good points from a writer with (how rare) expert-level, first-person insight into the issue. But I consider one of Ms. Mullins'... more »
  • #aimeemullins

    Racing on Carbon Fiber Legs: How Abled Should We Be?

    One Olympic swimmer has a D-cup breast size. From a physiological standpoint, she's at a disadvantage to a swimmer who's an A-cup. If she amputated her breasts to become more streamlined, would we consider her crazy, or worse, a cheater? More »
  • #sports

    Paralympics: The Games Where Bionic Athletes Reign

    Tech and the Olympics are a recipe for controversy. Before double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius (right) was finally approved to compete in the Olympics (he failed to qualify, barely), naysayers claimed his carbon-fiber Cheetah blade prostheses gave him an advantage over non-cyborg competitors. And Speedo's LZR suit has been decried for rendering meaningless any world records that came before. But that debate is dropped entirely for the Paralympic Games, which are currently going on in Beijing and as we see in today's Big Picture, is where the sports tech comes out in force. More »
  • #oscarpistorius

    Double-Amputee on Cheetah Blades Fails to Qualify For the Olympics

  • #olympics

    Sprinter With Two Carbon-Fiber Feet Gets Olympics Thumbs-Up

    Oscar Pistorius is a sprinter with a difference: he runs on two artificial lower legs and feet fast enough that he may qualify for the Olympics. And that's something he can now attempt, given that the Court of Arbitration for Sport has just overturned his ban. The International Association of Athletics had ruled against him competing against able-bodied runners. All because of the specialized carbon-fiber Cheetah Flex-Foot prosthetic feet he uses, which represented an unfair mechanical advantage, maintained the IAAF. So the advanced artificial limbs, designed after the shape of a Cheetah's hind leg, were put to the test in the lab. More »