1 Corinthians 9:26-27, as tattooed across the back of Oscar Pistorius, set to be the first double amputee to compete in the 400 meters at the 2012 Olympics in London. Pistorius was prevented from competing in 2008 by the International Association of Athletics Federations, the governing organization for track and field competitions, on the grounds that his carbon-fiber prostheses offered him an advantage over able-bodied runners, but new researchers on his side have demonstrated that the IAAF’s case was at best inconclusive; at worst a “kangaroo court” blackballing the differently-abled.
Now all that stands between the man and a medal are the 45.30 second qualifying time for the 400 (his best is 45.07); a strong field of South African sprinters among whom he must place top three; and that last four hundred meters to the finish with the world watching.
via NYT Magazine
