Harrison Ford to Run in the Olympics ...

That's what I thought when I saw the headline. That and I want some of whatever it is that these guys take - first Sly Stallone makes a new Rambo, and now Ford makes a new Indiana movie and manages to get his ban lifted from running in the Olympics. Must have been banned for being over the 99 year age limit.

Harrison Ford: Pretty damn quick

Turns out Bladerunner isn't Harrison Ford, but rather Oscar Pistorius. The South African athlete whose the fastest man with no legs. And he's pretty damn quick. So quick he's broken his own world record in disabled races a bunch of times, and so quick that the IAAF were worried he would beat abled bodied athletes, so they banned him.


Luckily someone came to their sense and worked out that not having any legs is NOT a good thing. Of course, a bunch of you are probably reading this and figure that he has an advantage becasue he's more streamlined, he's got extra spring etc.

You're wrong. Fact.

Oscar Pistorius: Rockstar

"Oscar's performance in recent events is astonishing considering his level of amputation," said Ian Fothergill, Ossur Americas' senior clinical marketing manager and in-house prosthetist. "The Cheetah feet are highly efficient at storing and releasing energy that originates from powerful muscle contractions elsewhere in the legs or trunk. Still, it is a known fact that because he's missing the natural power from his feet, his hips must produce over 70% more effort, and his knees must work harder to stabilize his limbs inside his prostheses," he added.

Anyway, even if they do give him an added benefit it doesn't stop anyone else from chopping off their legs and chucking on a pair of Cheetahs.