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The Case Oscar Pistorius - The Arbitral Award |

Some readers may have been following closely the quest of Oscar Pistorius, the South African Paralympic sprinter, to be eligible to compete in the Olympic Games in Beijing. Information on his case had been published in our Bulletin No. 51 in September 2007.
Earlier this month the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) overturned an International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) ban on him competing against able-bodied athletes in IAAF sanctioned meets including the Olympic Games.
The CAS unanimously ruled that Pistorius did not gain an advantage from his carbon fibre prosthetics and revoked the ban with immediate effect. You can find the arbitral award from the Court of Arbitration here, containing full details of the decision.
Court_of_Arbitration_Pistorius.pdf

http://www.icsspe.org/portal/index.php?w=1&z=5
The Case Oscar Pistorius - The Arbitral Award