From the ArcaMax Publishing, Sports Update Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/sports/s-348874-971833
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (UPI) -- Oscar Pistorius, the 21-year-old South
African sprinter who runs on prosthetic limbs, was declared eligible
Friday for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport, meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland,
upheld Pistorius' appeal of an IAAF Council ruling that he would be
unfair competition.
A double amputee, Pistorius has walked on prosthetics for years and
uses Cheetah Flex-Foot prosthetic feet for running.
In January, following a series of tests, the IAAF Council declared the
"Cheetah" prosthetics constitute a "technical device" which, under
IAAF rules, gives the user an advantage and therefore Pistorius was
ineligible to compete.
The runner appealed and the court of arbitration ruled in his favor,
deciding it was not proven that Pistorius got an advantage from the
equipment and immediately restored his eligibility.