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Oscar Walks Out

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  • JollyJ Offline
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    Free man...

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/olympic-runner-oscar-pistorius-released-from-prison-after-serving-9-years-for-murder-of-girlfriend/ar-AA1muCmY

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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      Interesting story. I remember listening to a podcast a while ago about it.

      They also did an analysis of his running, and that it was possible that he was faster with his "blades" than he would have been without if he had normal legs. Something about the energy transfer using the blades vs. a human leg.

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        Nine years for a life.

        "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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        • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

          Interesting story. I remember listening to a podcast a while ago about it.

          They also did an analysis of his running, and that it was possible that he was faster with his "blades" than he would have been without if he had normal legs. Something about the energy transfer using the blades vs. a human leg.

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          @taiwan_girl said in Oscar Walks Out:

          They also did an analysis of his running, and that it was possible that he was faster with his "blades" than he would have been without if he had normal legs. Something about the energy transfer using the blades vs. a human leg.

          Looking at his physique, it was obvious that he wasn't the same athlete as the people he was beating.

          Education is extremely important.

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            He was a sprinter, not distance runner. It's pretty common for sprinters to appear quite muscular.

            Hard to say if the blades made him faster than he otherwise would have been....They definitely made him more famous.

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              He was a sprinter, not distance runner. It's pretty common for sprinters to appear quite muscular.

              Hard to say if the blades made him faster than he otherwise would have been....They definitely made him more famous.

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              @Rich said in Oscar Walks Out:

              He was a sprinter, not distance runner. It's pretty common for sprinters to appear quite muscular.

              That was my point. His physique was softer than the people he was beating.

              Education is extremely important.

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