Runner wins Olympic appeal
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From: Glenn Woodell on 16 May 2008 18:41 Good for him. It's true that he cannot get any advantage from the prosthetic feet. He can store some but not all of the energy of the impact and never add any energy at all like a natural foot with muscles can. http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=ap-run-cas-pistorius Glenn
From: Chuck on 16 May 2008 18:51 "Glenn Woodell" <letsrig(a)remove.cox.net> wrote in message news:6a3s24ll6fj1sbnbv8oqthq0aoncrd6808(a)4ax.com... > Good for him. It's true that he cannot get any advantage from the > prosthetic feet. He can store some but not all of the energy of the > impact and never add any energy at all like a natural foot with > muscles can. > > http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=ap-run-cas-pistorius > > Glenn Yo.......I was going to post the same good news. This is still however very controversial... as to whether or not the feet are of any advantage. In one test they dropped a guy with those springy amputee feet from about a height of 3 feet and he got about 50% of the recoil from in. When a human foot lands it just goes thud........ Chuck
From: Moe Jones on 17 May 2008 09:23 Chuck wrote: > "Glenn Woodell" <letsrig(a)remove.cox.net> wrote in message > news:6a3s24ll6fj1sbnbv8oqthq0aoncrd6808(a)4ax.com... >> Good for him. It's true that he cannot get any advantage from the >> prosthetic feet. He can store some but not all of the energy of the >> impact and never add any energy at all like a natural foot with >> muscles can. >> >> http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=ap-run-cas-pistorius >> >> Glenn > > Yo.......I was going to post the same good news. This is still > however very controversial... as to whether or not the feet are of > any advantage. In one test they dropped a guy with those springy > amputee feet from about a height of 3 feet and he got about 50% of > the recoil from in. When a human foot lands it just goes thud........ > > Chuck That is my thought also even if I am also a amputee and I wish him the best. -- Moe Jones http://www.MoeJones.info
From: Glenn Woodell on 18 May 2008 21:48 On Fri, 16 May 2008 22:51:05 GMT, "Chuck" <chuck(a)mchsi.com> wrote: > >"Glenn Woodell" <letsrig(a)remove.cox.net> wrote in message >news:6a3s24ll6fj1sbnbv8oqthq0aoncrd6808(a)4ax.com... >> Good for him. It's true that he cannot get any advantage from the >> prosthetic feet. He can store some but not all of the energy of the >> impact and never add any energy at all like a natural foot with >> muscles can. >> >> http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=ap-run-cas-pistorius >> >> Glenn > >Yo.......I was going to post the same good news. This is still however very >controversial... as to whether or not the feet are of any advantage. In one >test they dropped a guy with those springy amputee feet from about a height >of 3 feet and he got about 50% of the recoil from in. When a human foot >lands it just goes thud........ > >Chuck Yeah well try getting an amputee to propel himself from a dead stop in a big hop and then get someone with ten toes to do the same. Wanna bet who goes father? The amputee's not going to get very far. Glenn
From: Chuck on 19 May 2008 09:56
"Glenn Woodell" <letsrig(a)remove.cox.net> wrote in message news:r0n1341q8ahe81ljeb6p7kf27odqfhopj5(a)4ax.com... > On Fri, 16 May 2008 22:51:05 GMT, "Chuck" <chuck(a)mchsi.com> wrote: > >> >>"Glenn Woodell" <letsrig(a)remove.cox.net> wrote in message >>news:6a3s24ll6fj1sbnbv8oqthq0aoncrd6808(a)4ax.com... >>> Good for him. It's true that he cannot get any advantage from the >>> prosthetic feet. He can store some but not all of the energy of the >>> impact and never add any energy at all like a natural foot with >>> muscles can. >>> >>> http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=ap-run-cas-pistorius >>> >>> Glenn >> >>Yo.......I was going to post the same good news. This is still however >>very >>controversial... as to whether or not the feet are of any advantage. In >>one >>test they dropped a guy with those springy amputee feet from about a >>height >>of 3 feet and he got about 50% of the recoil from in. When a human foot >>lands it just goes thud........ >> >>Chuck > > Yeah well try getting an amputee to propel himself from a dead stop in > a big hop and then get someone with ten toes to do the same. Wanna bet > who goes father? The amputee's not going to get very far. > > Glenn Yup. Very controversial... |