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Oscar "blade runner"
Was Oscar (a thoroughly likeable athlete) right to protest about the length of his opponents blades after he was pipped to the post in the 200m final tonight? Was it bad sportsmanship or was he just bitterly disappointed as he had a valid point?
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apparently he could have longer blades for the paralympics (8cm longer) but had trained on the shorter ones for the Olympics as they had set the rules slightly differently. So he has lost out as a result of his ambition to run with the able bodied athletes as he didn't have time to scale up to the longer blades allowed
08:46 Wed 05th Sep 2012
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Oscar has issued a statement this morning apologising for the "timing of his comments" I think that means he still thinks there should be an investigation by the Olympic committee into the length of the blades allowed. Wonder if he will change his for the 400m? although I suppose you have to get used to them first .........
wonder if he will, or perhaps he and his team were caught unawares, it's entirely feasible that the other athletes team discovered an advantage and took it. But as i said you still have to run the race, it's not just the equipment that gives you the advantage but positive mental attitude, and Oscar has that in abundance.
apparently he could have longer blades for the paralympics (8cm longer) but had trained on the shorter ones for the Olympics as they had set the rules slightly differently. So he has lost out as a result of his ambition to run with the able bodied athletes as he didn't have time to scale up to the longer blades allowed
As he needed to wear shorter blades for the Olympics and had spent time training in the build up using those, he stuck with them for the Paralympics.
Kind of his own doing for competing in both I guess.
His other argument was about the blades giving his rival a longer stride-length, but the stats show his stride was actually longer than the winners.
Think it was perhaps frustration coming out, from someone who's trained very hard and is used to winning. I hope he has backed down a bit as he's been such a good role model
Kind of his own doing for competing in both I guess.
His other argument was about the blades giving his rival a longer stride-length, but the stats show his stride was actually longer than the winners.
Think it was perhaps frustration coming out, from someone who's trained very hard and is used to winning. I hope he has backed down a bit as he's been such a good role model