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A similar situation happened on Oscar Pistorius whose both legs were amputated below the knee when he was 11 months old. Oscar Pistorius, the first amputee Olympic athlete to compete using blade prostheses, made history at the London Olympics. Whether prosthetic legs give Pistorius an unfair advantage in the 400-meter race? Should the artificial legs disqualify his success at Olympics? The debate is still going on after years.
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