Oscar Pistorius Will Be the First Amputee to Compete in the Olympic Games From: Popular Science - 07/05/2012 By: Dan Nosowitz Last year Oscar Pistorius became the world's first amputee to run in the World Championships, and today it was announced that Pistorius, whose legs were both amputated below the knee at less than a year old, will become the first amputee to run in the Olympic Games this summer in London. Read the entire article at: http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-07/oscar-pistorius-will-be-first-amputee-compete-olympic-games Links: Oscar Pistorius http://www.oscarpistorius.com/ So Do Prosthetic Limbs Give Sprinters an Advantage Or Not? http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2009-11/seriously-do-prosthetic-limbs-give-sprinters-advantage