Athletics
Study finds amputee athletes have no advantage over able-bodied sprinters
09 January 2022 - 00:00
Amputee sprinters using running prostheses, or blades, have no clear competitive advantage at the 400m distance compared to sprinters with biological legs and, in fact, appear to have a disadvantage at the start, according to research published by the University of Colorado Boulder.
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