How could a piece of carbon becoming a leg?

For several years, the question of the advantage given to the disabled athletes by technical adaptations didn't raise a real problem for anyone.

From the creation of Paralympics in 1960 to the end of the century, these adaptations weren’t really sophisticated and materials used hadn’t have a high level of technique. In consequence, each competitor had to find the best technical solutions in using kind of rudimentary equipements, but all of these inventions hadn’t been able to give a significant advantage.

Nowadays, things have changed. Due to the development of sport for disables and to the thundering evolution of both technologies and materials, these adaptations are about to became technical tools that are having a real impact on ) part of performances. And as a result, some athletes are now able of achievements that are getting closer and closer to uninjured athlete's ones. It's about these huge evolutions that controversies are born around the "Pistorius case".

But we have to wonder if these controversies are really justified. For many people who have a true knowledge of disable-sports and medical sides of the disabilities, these controversies are simply ashamed and improper . In fact, motor déficiency will obviously stay a déficiency for ever. Then, it seems clear that disable athletes that manage to succeed in a high level of performances owe it to their extraordinary adaptation abilities before everything. How could somebody seriously consider that Pistoius, double leg-amputeed, could be in a superior position beside an able-bodied runner? Being without legs will always be a handicap, and if there's something unfair in the situation, it seems obvious that he's the first to endure it. Under these circumstances, technical innovations are not giving to Pistorius an advantage on his uninjuried opponents. At least, it’s only allowing to make up for the handicap.

Furthermore, in many people's point of view, this debate around athlete's equipment is totally absurd: does someone had already heard about ski champions complaining about the fact that they are equiped not as well as their opponents?