Pistorius on Talk of the Nation

Yesterday, while I was driving around between hospitals, physician offices, and nursing homes, I got to listen to Oscar Pistorius taking calls and being interviewed by Neil Conan on Talk of the Nation. It was really interesting to get his own perspective on how one test could show he had an unfair advantage and others could confirm he did not.

Evidently, the first test measured the volume of oxygen he used on a straight-of-way after accellerating, but there were several problems with this method. First, volume of oxygen use measures aerobic energy, whereas the 400m dash is mostly an anaerobic sprint. Second, Pistorius is at his greatest disadvantage to able-bodied sprinters when he is accellerating right out of the blocks and going around the two turns in his race.

Oscar also tells a funny story about the first time he ran with his J-shaped Cheetah feet, but I won't spoil it for you.