Editing Prosthesis (section)

===Oscar Pistorius===
In early 2008, [[Oscar Pistorius]], the "Blade Runner" of South Africa, was briefly ruled ineligible to compete in the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] because his transtibial prosthesis limbs were said to give him an unfair advantage over runners who had ankles. One researcher found that his limbs used twenty-five percent less energy than those of a non-disabled runner moving at the same speed. This ruling was overturned on appeal, with the appellate court stating that the overall set of advantages and disadvantages of Pistorius' limbs had not been considered.

Pistorius did not qualify for the South African team for the Olympics, but went on to sweep the [[2008 Summer Paralympics]], and has been ruled eligible to qualify for any future Olympics.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} He qualified for the 2011 World Championship in South Korea and reached the semi-final where he ended last timewise, he was 14th in the first round, his personal best at 400m would have given him 5th place in the finals. At the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in London, Pistorius became the first amputee runner to compete at an Olympic Games.<ref>{{citation|author=Robert Klemko|title=Oscar Pistorius makes history, leaves without medal|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/london/track/story/2012-08-10/4x400-relay-oscar-pistorius-south-afric/56946372/1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811151754/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/london/track/story/2012-08-10/4x400-relay-oscar-pistorius-south-afric/56946372/1|archive-date=11 August 2012|newspaper=USA Today|date=10 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> He ran in the [[athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics&nbsp;– Men's 400 metres|400&nbsp;metres race]] semi-finals,<ref name="BBC 20120804">{{citation|title=Oscar Pistorius makes Olympic history in 400m at London 2012|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18911479|publisher=BBC Sport|date=4 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{citation|author=Bill Chappell|title=Oscar Pistorius makes Olympic history in 400 meters, and moves on to semi-final|url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/thetorch/2012/08/04/158126486/oscar-pistorius-makes-olympic-history-in-400-meters-and-moves-on-to-semifinal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804164207/http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetorch/2012/08/04/158126486/oscar-pistorius-makes-olympic-history-in-400-meters-and-moves-on-to-semifinal|archive-date=4 August 2012|publisher=[[NPR]]|date=4 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Men's 400m&nbsp;– semi-finals|url=http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-400m/phase=atm004200/index.html|access-date=4 August 2012|work=london2012.com|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121216094759/http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-400m/phase=atm004200/index.html|archive-date=16 December 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and the [[athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics&nbsp;– Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4&nbsp;×&nbsp;400&nbsp;metres relay race]] finals.<ref>{{citation|title=Oscar Pistorius, South African 4×400m relay team finish 8th as Bahamas wins gold|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/10/oscar-pistorius-south-africa-relay-4x400-olympics_n_1765596.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120810224029/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/10/oscar-pistorius-south-africa-relay-4x400-olympics_n_1765596.html|archive-date=10 August 2012|newspaper=Huffington Post|date=10 August 2012|first=Chris|last=Greenberg|url-status=dead}}</ref> He also competed in 5 events in the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]] in London.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hawking, Pistorius open London's Paralympics: Wheelchair-bound physicist Stephen Hawking challenged athletes to 'look to the stars' as he helped open a record-setting Paralympics Games that will run for 11 days in near sold-out venues|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/hawking-pistorius-open-londons-paralympics-194425194.html|agency= Reuters |date=29 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902025159/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/hawking-pistorius-open-londons-paralympics-194425194.html|archive-date=2 September 2012|work=[[Yahoo! Sports]]|url-status=dead}}</ref>