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Originally Posted by shakran
Interesting point, but let's play devil's advocate for a moment. Look at speed skating. They wear a special suit to reduce drag, and their skates are technological wonder of honing and precise length. Swimmers also wear special drag-resistant suits and swim caps. Tennis players use carbon fibre and ceramic framed rackets that are specially designed to enlarge the sweet spot. Boat crews use aerodynamically sculpted boats and specialized oars designed to provide maximum possible propulsion. Skiers use ultra high-tech skis, some of which cost more than the average car, all to give them a competitive advantage.
If you're going to argue that a sport should be solely based on the abilities of the athlete, then we also need to address the technology used by the non-disabled participants as well.
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I don't disagree with that. Each advancement of technology as such doesn't create leaps and bounds of differences but shaves off 100ths if not 1000ths of a second. Also, governing bodies of the competition decide what is and what isn't allowed into their competition, this goes for human and car racing for that matter.
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