Oscar Pistorius, a double-amputee sprinter, has been denied a shot at the Olympics... for being too fast. The runner -- who uses carbon-fiber, prosthetic feet -- was reviewed by the International Association of Athletics Federations (or IAAF), a review which found the combination of man and machine to be too much for its purely human competitors. According to the IAAF report, the "mechanical advan
![Prosthetic-limbed runner disqualified from Olympics](https://cdn-ak-scissors.b.st-hatena.com/image/square/11b62d3d59709dbcb0dd64e1bc56df9719715af5/height=288;version=1;width=512/https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fuu%2Fapi%2Fres%2F1.2%2FsYEZbaVz3Ia79PYdlsN3DQ--~B%2FaD0yODQ7dz00MDA7YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b24-%2Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogcdn.com%2Fwww.engadget.com%2Fmedia%2F2008%2F01%2Foscar_pistorius_nike.jpg)