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Oscar Pistorius, South African and double amputee, is currently the 400 meter Para-Olympics World champion and on Friday (July 18), he lost his bid to compete alongside able-bodied athletes in the 4 x 400 meter relay event at the Beijing Olympics by a mere 0.70 seconds. Many pundits, however argue that he would have beat the 45 seconds qualifying time, if he had spent more time on the training tracks than he did in the court room. Pistorius spent a large part of this year challenging an IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federation) ruling that sought to prevent him from competing in events with able-bodied athletes.

Apparently the IAAF seemed to be going back on its word. In 2007, Pistorius was allowed to compete in a Golden League meet in Rome, his first international, able-bodied event. His performance at that race left eye-brows raised, as he finished second in his heat, beating seven other able-bodied pros.


There remains no doubt that Pistorius is a talented athlete but the question that remains is how much of the machine is in the man?
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