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  1. 08-08-2012 09:55 PM #31
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    Quote Originally Posted by KevMcNJ View Post
    Technology will advance

    How long before a runner voluntariliy removes his legs so he could race with carbon fiber legs?

    It sounds absurd but Ive seen racers do some stupidly dangerous things to gain an advantage
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    Quote Originally Posted by NDGator View Post
    About the time OchoCinco gets cut by the Dolphins...
    December 2012?
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    It's impossible to know whether or not it is an advantage, at this point, as there is no reference point.
    Hard to imagine there isn't one since metal can't fatigue.
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    Quote Originally Posted by StatMan View Post
    Hard to imagine there isn't one since metal can't fatigue.
    You didn't see his race, did you?
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    He was definitely fatigued. Looked like all the emotion left him a little spent. He was about 3 seconds off the time he thought he might be able to do.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 9rows View Post
    I merely find myself questioning how anyone could adequately judge whether a "non human like" advantage is gained by using the blades.
    By simple cadence, if he's taking 2 steps to everyone else's 3 he's got a mechanical advantage. In time rebound of the the prosthetics, as well as camber (via compound changes to rebound slightly differently on the inside leg) for the turns and added traction for differing track surfaces as well as changes in the shape of the equipment to work differently on the short thrust out of the box and adjust for the long strides of the race......it's in it's infancy now, but it can be made into an amazing science......when the times for the same event in the Paralympic Games exceed those of the Games then you know technology has passed flesh and blood by.
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    He was definitely fatigued.
    But not in the same way everyone else was.
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    Quote Originally Posted by StatMan View Post
    But not in the same way everyone else was.
    You're right. He was even more fatigued.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Neshaminy View Post
    By simple cadence, if he's taking 2 steps to everyone else's 3 he's got a mechanical advantage. In time rebound of the the prosthetics, as well as camber (via compound changes to rebound slightly differently on the inside leg) for the turns and added traction for differing track surfaces as well as changes in the shape of the equipment to work differently on the short thrust out of the box and adjust for the long strides of the race......it's in it's infancy now, but it can be made into an amazing science......when the times for the same event in the Paralympic Games exceed those of the Games then you know technology has passed flesh and blood by.
    Right now its like the early 1900s where they would have a car race against a horse. Thats where this technology is right now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KevMcNJ View Post
    Technology will advance

    How long before a runner voluntariliy removes his legs so he could race with carbon fiber legs?

    It sounds absurd but Ive seen racers do some stupidly dangerous things to gain an advantage
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    About the time OchoCinco gets cut by the Dolphins...
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    December 2012?




    My guess was off by several months

    http://sports.yahoo.com/news/bond-se...5928--nfl.html
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