'Blade Runner's' artificial legs controversial at Olympics
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 31 июл 2012
- At first, double-amputee Oscar Pistorius was running on the Paralympic circuit using his high-tech running blades. Now that he's won an international court battle, he can run against able-bodied athletes at the London Olympic games. Mark Phillips reports.
I love how people are throwing a fit about how fast a handicapped guy can run
And plus both of the legs will give him less weight and less stamina needs to be used because there is no ankle movent
There's no muscle fatigue if you don't have the legs to use said muscles.
@@akimbodice6955 that's wrong. He has to use more muscle in his thighs and hips to keep balance, as well as watch his arm movements. He's at a clear disadvantage.
@@itsthatonechickagaincallth7843 watch his arm movement? doesn't everyone have arms?
Jesus christ are you seriously defending s murderer?
You know I don't mind people asking questions like "can those prothetic actually make him faster" but making it sound like he's cheating is just ridiculous!
*Help Uday Kumar For Getting Blade Prostheses Leg*
"Life Hits you hard until you experience some bad moments from which you fight it out your whole life so that you can get the true justice of well-being. You never know, what will happen to in the next moment of seconds, minutes or a hour of your life." This was same With Uday Kumar, resident of Kolkata since 2006, born and brought up at saran, Bihar, and employed at Texmaco Rail & Engineering Limited, Kolkata as a clerk where he used t...
*Read more* - www.ketto.org/fundraiser/help-uday-kumar-for-getting-blade-prostheses-leg?Share&shby=1&
*Donate Now to help UDAY KUMAR* -
www.ketto.org/contribute/contribute.php?Share&shby=1&fmd_id=148497
Ppl have no idea how much energy it takes to run with prosthetics
@@deathpearl360 i have no idea teach me
@@chadangeles3856 amputated your legs first I will teach you
🙄He murdered so maybe he cheated 😂😂😂😂
"They say death catches up to everyone...hehe he can certainly try"
-octane 2k19
Dammit u beat me to it😂
You think I'm afraid of you..I blew off my own legs
Octane is in 2k19?
“By the time you see my coming, I’ll be going, and you’ll be gone”
Why so slow ? Break a leg or something ?
But he never asked for this
So? That doesn't mean it's fair that he is isn't in the Paralympics
Team WaveHD I think that was a deus ex joke.
r/wooosh
carrots it was lol
Neither did his competition.
Dont worry about my legs getting tired, i made sure that would never happened again.
- octane
Hi doggo
That's it. I'm chopping of my legs now.
Atryan ive been thinking about that too. the digitigrade aesthetic hh
It’s cost 50,000 dollars for running legs alone, let alone leg therapy and other medical cost
Ava Winn WORTH IT,
Feet too mainstream
Rage Quit
F.B.l Agent I thought you were a real F B I phew
If the guy is lighter that’s biological. He can’t control it, that’s a physical advantage which is kinda what sports are about.
So if I lose my hands can I replace them with rocks and start s boxing career?
This answer is phenomenal! Everyone basically works with what cards they are dealt. He didn’t even get 1st Nd ppl are complaining!
@@grnatma1st740 dude that’s a very transparent handicap. I get what ur saying but his prosthetics and his argument are logical.
Thats true to an extent. But biological differences are also the reason that we separate male and females sports. So its a fair point that if theres evidence that shows that people with these legs can run faster on average than somebody with normal legs, then they should compete separately. However I'm not saying that there is evidence, because I honestly have no idea.
@@yeetusyeeterson5506 good response
little did he know, that was the least of his problems...
This guy had such a simple task to stay successful and wealthy and he ruined it by being a murderer smh
What
@@themalaymenagerie3350 he murdered his wife
Omg is that true maaeenn this is a dream of like 20% of men out there who has these crazy and annoying toxic wifes but less then 1% actually go threw with it from looking at his face I would never suspect him but now im unsubscribing to him asap
Dumba**.
Thanks Katt Willams for telling me about this
This is the kind of argument that made Deus Ex HR.
I am also a below knee double amputee and i run for my high school team. I work harder than everyone else and improve a lot, but i have not beaten any biological leged athlete yet and i know their is no way that blades give an advantage. A good way to test this would be to look at runners times of people before they lost their legs and after. Alsoe only one amputee has made it to the olympics so far out of millions, no one has even come close. so when the scientists lose their legs and can experience running in blades then they can talk.
Troy Cronin
I'm not so completely sure that you have the same prosthetics as Oscar Pistorius. It's like comparing IE to Chrome. Same thing, but Chrome is faster.
+Troy Cronin there was a study on this and his prosthetic are indeed better they are more energy efficient and provide more power to each stride.
+Troy Cronin there was a study on this and his prosthetic are indeed better they are more energy efficient and provide more power to each stride.
+janet bergman no the people who conducted the study were biased and came up with this conclusion because it is unusual that amputees end there 400s quicker than they start. there is no way to test which is faster but if you want to try you can ask a wouded vet if they feel faster as an amp or before. also after further testing the legs were proven a disadvantage which is why oscar was aloud to compete. no amputee has even had qualifying times for the olympics except pistorius so for now there is no way prosthetics give any advantage.
+janet bergman Do you really need a study for that? Those blades are essentially springs. So ofc they are energy efficient as long as they last, but they do not provide more power to a stride, actually they provide less, as there are no calves muscles to extend the foot and give more power. With amputees like Pistorius there, they have to rely on their glutes and hamstrings to get speed(generate power), where everyone else can use all of the muscles of a "normal" leg.
How can anyone see those as superior over normal healthy legs?
He’s Octane from Apex legends !
Must go faster :D
If other runners complain that this man's artificial legs give him an unfair advantage, they should get their legs removed and get a pair of blades...
What kind of dumb argument is that? The Olympics are about natural abilities. Encouraging people to mutilate their bodies to be able to compete goes against that pretty hard.
@@justsomeguy8385 You're wrong though. People mutilate their bodies when they take steroids and other performance enhancing drugs in every major competitive sport and bodybuilding competitions. Things have never been "fair"
@@joegastly6166 We are talking about the Olympics. Try to keep up.
Joe Gasly not everyone cheats. Maybe your americans during the cold war or the russians now or during the cold war but not everybody cheats
Kwyjibo O_o Even in the Olympics people cheat. There are alternate performance enhancing drugs that are not able to be detected in standard tests. You should know this. Also there are transgender males competing in female Olympics and getting world records. You really think that's fair? I don't.
poor lil tink tink
+NiT gaming you saw katt williams didn't you. XD
😂😂😂
Hahah
LOOOOOOL
@NiT gaming Real talk though, How is everyone saying that this man had an “unfair advantage” but very few in the mainstream are the least bit vocal about biological men joining women’s sports teams and dominating competition.
I look at this two ways when you run your power comes from your calves, and he still has his calves. But on the other hand his robotic lower legs reduce the impact from running so he'll be able to run longer without getting tired.
I think he would weigh about the same give or take a few pounds because it's not like we're out here making prosthetics out of space alley.
His prosthetic isn't made from a single oak branch either
If you want to say he weighs less because he is an amputee and therefore can't compete, I feel you also need to say everyone should be put into weight brackets for their races.
Its because he runs tons lighter than someone with legs giving an extreme advantage, almost unfair, but he may not have the best leg support to go his fastest with the running legs. If the other runner with natural legs want to beat him they just have to train to be faster.
update 3/2021 : not being ageist, but my comments at 16 resurfacing 😭 anywho i see it can be a disadvantage too, i realize it all depends on how the material and manufacturing is, yet i don’t believe it is made lighter. seems like a fair race. with or without able bodied legs, it’s all in the physical prowess. you don’t just need legs to run fast.
Kid you have no idea what you're saying 💀
DeMorié Robinson he cant push off with his calf
@@theradicalancap7330 which is why he's got that spring to launch off of.
Having worked on DOD prosthetics in the past I can tell you that the legs he has for running aren't really giving him much of an advantage when you consider that someone like Usain Bolt's natural biology provides him with a much bigger advantage. Now if actually wished to cheat and wasn't an honest athlete he would use far more advanced ostrich-based bladed limbs that would give him a true advantage over everyone else and leave everyone else in the dust bringing him up to the level of runners like Bolt. People always complain when an athlete outperforms them despite having to deal with great adversity, haters will hate. He gains a bit of an advantage being lighter but then loses out a ton because he is unable to kick off the ground (sprinters and runners practically strike down at the ground jumping with each stride, Bolt strikes the ground with about 1000 pounds of force with each stride.) So yes, he is better than them and he did it without legs. If he wanted to give himself the same advantages of Bolt's 1000 pound strike he could simply use recoiling legs that allow him to jump with each stride like normal runners with legs but he accepts the disadvantage and trains around what he has.
If they're that worried about him having a competitive advantage they're always free to chop their legs off and even out the playing field!
They aren't worried about him any more. He's a convicted murderer
@@TheNinjasmommy Can I see the video link pls
I applaud Oscar Pistorious' tenacity. Let him run! He is an inspiration, truly.
Yikes this aged real bad.
Oh how the turntables
This ages amazingly 😂😂
Imagine the salt of people who are getting smoked in running by a guy with no feet.
Cheating is a choice. An example is an exam. You don’t have to cheat on that exam. But he doesn’t have a choice. Do they want him to run on his deformed legs?
It's definitely tricky, but I personally think it's inspiring, you can also see he didn't get 1st place, so it's not an instant-win advantage for him, and I'm now sure that the other athletes, including 1st place will train even harder, so I think it's good for everyone and healthy competition, good on him.
maybe he didnt finish first because with real legs he would finish last or even couldnt compete ?
@@user-dg8zj8hu1hwith real legs he would be faster🤦
This issue will only intensify as bionics advance. We will eventually need a separate league for augmented athletes.
I'm not sure what the problem is. They identify as legs.
If anything he would be disadvantaged because he's missing an entire muscle group to drive his run foward.
@Kub Yang No, seriously. The muscle groups of the thighs are what provide upward locomotion, while the calves and Achilles tendons are what provides forwards locomotion - If you hadn't noticed, he's missing those. The entire prosthetic in and of itself is detrimental to forwards locomotion, making it just manageable, not easy; The bending backwards of the spring just provides more upwards locomotion, not forwards. Furthermore, the blades ("feet") are entirely inarticulate, meaning that they have to meet full on with the ground, where a runner's foot doesn't have to. A fundamental aspect of sprinters is to land on the ball of your foot, a small surface area, making it easier to concentrate more force into one small point to push up and forwards, where the blade entirely eliminates the possibility of this.
In terms of locomotion, the principle aspect of sprinting, Pistorius has many factors working against him. It's hard work and amazing adaptability that gets him to where he is.
@shut up already yeah, you dumb head, how about watching it yourself first: 2:35. "need about 20% more energy to walk with *Passive* prosthetics..." You disproved yourself.
Im not a hater, i really respect these type of athletes (i run track myself) but dont you think like if you fine tune the legs they can exceed more force being imputted into them and spring harder? Michael Johnson said, "the more force being put into the ground the faster you will go." Along with the weight of the material and the work being put into it, example about the work is when you sprint you have to always land on the balls of your feet but with these you only focus on the hips and moving your thighs. Im not disrespecting im just stating out a fact that could be reasonable.
Not necessarily. The muscles of organic legs are powerful springs in and of themselves, and the Achilles tendon provides tremendous force toward forward locomotion. On that topic, it is far more difficult to generate forward locomotion with springs that you *cannot control* rather than with springs that you can. The way the springs bend backward make the prosthetic great for *upwards* locomotion - That is, jumping - But not so for propelling yourself forwards to run. It'd be easier to generate forwards locomotion with a much smaller surface area on the blade, the analogue for the foot (Basically like landing on the ball of your foot), but that leads to issues with stability, having to balance on a very small area being difficult and all.
Pistorius' speed comes from hard, admirable work - And all despite it being very difficult, when you cannot even feel the ground with your own body.
Tech is already heavily involved with their diets and the way they train
Throwback to when he shot his girlfriend
Did he actually??
@@MarioPalma-gm3vn yeah he actually did. It's crazy
@@MarioPalma-gm3vn Yeah
It’s an interesting question, but to frame it as cheating is a bit of a leap. The biomechanics of running would make normal prosthetics painful to run with as every stride would impact on the base of the amputated leg, like jumping and landing with your knees locked
Reminds me of that girl from the movie Kingsman
If he was on the losing side they wouldn't be bitching in the first place.
Octane without stim is still fast.
I think the beauty of sports is how technology combines with it, overtime having regular human legs would be worthless.
Technology really shouldnt be involved. Its fine if he has mechanical prosthetics because technically all runners could wear shoes that provide the same bounce. But as soon as he puts wheels and a motor on there its an unfair advantage.
The people who complained are just mad that they got beat by an amputee...
🍻
I was talking to someone who was mentioning a friend who was a double BKA, but she described them as a "double below knee" which sounded to me like "double bologna". Yeah.
Hey if other athletes think they'd run faster with them- or have an issue with it they can get amputated and use the prosthetics
I mean, it makes sense if they are lighter than flesh and bone legs, and he also doesn't need to spend blood and oxygen on metal limbs. But, to make it sound like he's cheating is kinda wild.
prosthetics legs have great potential to be stronger faster. Now its just as fast as normal leg But it has potential to be as fast as a blade.
I can see the debate.
Give me a break. How is running with no legs an advantage?
Titanfall 2 Stim be like :
So the guy with no legs has an advantage over runners with legs in the Olympics?.... does that sound stupid to anyone else????
If you are a gamer, no. You would know how superior technology can be. I wanna see how is gonna be in 20 years when basically all prosthetics are gonna be better than any biological part.
SkankHunt42 They look like bent back paper clips. They don't appear very advanced. They may be lighter than natural legs but he's also missing the muscle strength and reflex times of his lower legs.
+DoctorWeeTodd no he's not, the blades act as springs propelling him forward, it is cheating.
Team WaveHD Do you know how many springs are in our biological legs?
He has prosthetic legs for running. The question is about whether or not the prosthetic legs perform better than natural legs. The olympics is about natural abilities, so it's a good question that should be discussed.
he certainly knew how to blow them away.
i want sharp bladed raptor legs if i ever lose mine
Black Ops 3 - Ember
Norm Macdonald brought me here
Not the people saying a disabled man is cheating- thats like saying a doctor doesnt need a degree to operate patients.
Why does this make want a prospetic leg
Plz tell me i want to buy this leg where i got this plz reply
The legs are awesome.
he went from dicapacitated to superhuman
I forgot what his name or nickname was, so I typed in “Ting Ting the sprinter”.
I’m entering a sharp shooting contest with my robotic binocular eye balls just as soon as I win my court case. This will allow me to compete vs contestants that don’t rely on the same tools to compete as I do. Can’t wait!
I know I'm seven years late, but I think they should allow him to run, he isn't a sideshow because he has prosthetics, he has trained long and hard to get where he is now and should not be punished for having to use prosthetic legs, he didn't choose to get them, the legs are his way of life, it's how he gets around even when he's not on the running track.
Exactly clearly he has gotten very used to them by training very hard just like any other person would if having prosthetic legs made you that much faster every one who had them would be racing so obviously he has just worked just as hard
He murdered his girlfriend and he's in prison now...
@@x_kim_lee_x2409 That argument only makes sense if you assume that the amount of people running with prosthetics is as large as the amount of people running without.
I mean the fact is that some shoes are probably banned, I think this guy should be as well. Lol
They act like he went from the average
runner, to Usain Bolt! Absolutely crazy!👎
Imagine being jealous of not having legs like what
Thats not what theyre saying...
make the other atheletes disabled too then we can be sure
That's awesome!!!
I ran for three years in high school. 1200m, and x country. It was agonizing. Not having legs not only makes you lighter but you won't suffer from blisters, shin splints, cramps, Achilles pain and possibly even hamstring damage/pain. So how is this not an advantage? Why is he running with able bodied athletes?
Because he’s a murderer
Sucks for you, but none of those things would impact you during running. They'd happen after. Injuries are your own fault
His point of gravity is shifted somewhere the human body wasn't designed to deal with, you can see in the footage that he doesn't even have perfect balance when he's running.
It's so unfair he doesn't get blisters, broski it's unfair he didn't get legs
Because there's not that many amputee runners? Lol
Forgive me god.
I was about to make a mean comment.
Okay.. I agree with you there, guys. Oscar Pistorius is a scholar and a gentleman.
Don’t forget murderer
why is this in recommend .... is this guy still in prison
Judge should have ruled on slinkies for each foot, slam gavel and thats final
Po' lil Tink Tink. :(
that brought me here lol
Well if there that concerned about how light he is then put weights on his legs...personally I don't see anything wrong about him wearing prosthetic legs I mean if your concerned about him and his light weight do you judge others on there light weights in running....if you don't then why do you judge him for it?
And then he killed his girlfriend
I think the blades gave him a LEG up on the competition 🤔
What is his name
They are just fancy shoes :P
Try running with heavy stiff feet. Prosthetic don't have have flexibility like an actual limb. We can also adjust how much tension and grip the the ground straight Prosthetic can't it all about central balance ppl need to keep their pie holes shut because this was just dumb
Les vues après que notre classe ai du résumé la vidéo 📈📈📈📈📈
Purtroppo è stato tutto chiuso e io non potrò più fare nulla sono troppo stanca
Then he also killed his girlfriend and is in prison right now.
Wow but he should compete for the hardship and science
Poor Lil Tink Tink
keep the good work no mater what people says
after winning the olympics, he might compete for the apex games.
Octane anybody? ;-;
Run, Forrest, Run!
Dem legs...
He should not be allowed to compete. These kinds of legs gives him a huge advantage in a sport, which is about small differences.
“If you’re not ready, if you’re not trained…you’re gonna fu*king die”
This. This is reality. I’ve been in a wheelchair for 14 years but this video got me back to chair training and we do 2 days a month at the outdoor range now. I’m back to upper body lifting again and I just had a back surgery that may give me the ability to walk soon, I might be able to use blade runners soon and maybe walk again maybe even run again 🥲 thank Mike and Micah, dickum down
I CAME HERE FROM MORTS VIDEO 4 VALENTINES HORRORRR STORIEESSSSSSSS
There is no machine on it, right ? so its not cheating.
Mi dispiace non riesco più neanche a entrare su Inail mi dispiace
Who's here because of Bill Burr
Poor little tink tink
Well at lest this settles the question of whether bionic legs can make you run faster. They don't.
They do lol They even sell them for normal people to make you run as fast as 25 mph
@@crexvy3277 Did you watch the video?
@@sinekonata Yes?
@@crexvy3277 How do you explain the poster's findings being so different from your allegation?
@@sinekonata I don't see why they wouldn't. There are shoes that make you faster and give you more spring in your step. Why would bionics be any different? Maybe his legs don't make him faster but you can definitely design ones who do. Humans are not even good at running quickly, we are only good at running at long distances.
Octane irl
There Have be a Bodymodificated League
Pistorius is the guy who ended up murdering his girlfriend.
So their just gonna ignore the fact that he’s in great shape and that it kind of has a lot to do with it
HE DOESN'T HAVE LEGS
To be Fair it seems ha has an Upgread after all
that's really badass tho
Superable ! 👍
BLADE RUNNER UP NEXT
Wow inspiration
The "Bionic Man" We can make him stronger, we can male him faster!
run......