Comments on: It’s Ok to be Disabled Until—-

By: Henke Pistoius

Henke Pistoius — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:12:35 +0000

Kristina-I have no doubt that Oscar will not disappoint any of his supporters. If anyone can do it, Oscar will do it- 3 gold with 2, or even 3 World Records is on the cards.
He works so hard & dedicated in practice, lets respect him for it.
All the best to all Oscar’s supporters – enjoy the Paralympics. Henke Pistorius – henke@salime.biz
(did you know “para” means, alongside or next to and has nothing to do with paraplegic?)

By: Regan

Regan — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:47:35 +0000

Beiijing 2008 Paralympic Games website with event schedule

So here’s a question–what US network is broadcasting this? I’m having trouble finding that info. From what I can tell, the majority is being broadcast in Australia.

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:26:08 +0000

Pistorius won’t be competing in the Olympic Games; he did not meet the qualifying time for the 400 meters. He’ll be competing in the Paralympics in Beijing and has his sights set on the Olympics in 2012. (from the New York Times)

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Mon, 26 May 2008 17:29:33 +0000

@henke pistorius,

thank you thank you! It’s wonderful to learn more about Oscar’s story—-a good friend of mine lost one leg in an accident and it’s beyond inspiring to watch Oscar run. We’ll be cheering him on here!

By: henke pistorius

henke pistorius — Mon, 26 May 2008 13:58:11 +0000

(to add completeness to my comment above)
……Amanda, Oscars first race ever, after starting his athletic carreer only TWO MONTHS earlier, was the race in which he broke the Differently Able 100m World Record.
In the first 3 months 8 primative blades snapped like glass, in full flight – Oscar looked more like a moto-x rider who refuses to where protective gear. Oscar lost a lot of skin in the first months, but none of his vision – to be the fastest.
Thank you again. Henke.

By: henke pistorius

henke pistorius — Mon, 26 May 2008 13:32:19 +0000

Amanda-your very valid point. Only after Oscars 2nd open(vs able bodied) race did we found out that he will be classified as a T43 in the paralympic arena. Although he was then still competing with his home made, primative blades, (called so by his older brother Carl) he did not won any of his first two races, but he broke the World Differently ABLE Record (vs disable) by 0,97sec in his FIRST race already.
Much more can be told about the extra ordanary athlete Oscar Pistorius-”TIGER MAN” to his dad since a todler.
(Oscar told an American TV interviewer who found it difficult to refer to Oscar as disable in an interview held at the end of a day the two of them had spend together, “remember I am not disable, I just do not have legs”.
More later-thank you for your positive reply.
Henke.

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:35:14 +0000

I love these discussions. These things are so interesting, but more important…we actually have them to discuss. Think how it might have been even 10 years ago.

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:26:49 +0000

Apparently, you can only be one or the other…..

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:53:37 +0000

…If he consistently outruns the competition in every race, then it appears there is some advantage. By that logic, Tiger Woods would be excluded from ever competing in golf again. Yeah exactly. What if he's a really good runner? Is that just not considered possible or what?

By: Club 166

Club 166 — Thu, 22 May 2008 21:08:28 +0000

…If he consistently outruns the competition in every race, then it appears there is some advantage.

By that logic, Tiger Woods would be excluded from ever competing in golf again.

Joe