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- Junior612, on 10/03/2008, -2/+26world (paralympic) record.
- inactive, on 10/03/2008, -2/+25damn cyborgs.
- Gravey9, on 10/03/2008, -2/+24CHEATER!
- drunkmuppet, on 10/03/2008, -1/+14If there was an Olympics for overweight nerdtrons then every record holder would be from digg...
- GravyTrain6, on 10/03/2008, -2/+14While so far half of the people above me are complaining about cheating, and laughing at the fact that it is for the paralympics (sp?) I can guaranatee that there are only a handful of diggers who might come close to the athletic ability of any of these amazing athletes...even with their "disability"
- becstra1979, on 10/03/2008, -0/+10Who is she? Or did you not even read the article to see that Wojtek Czyz is a man, not a woman.
- Merendino, on 10/03/2008, -0/+10You guys realize thats a world paralympic record. The world record for the non handicapped olympics is 8.95m. By Mike Powell.
Not saying you didn't realize that, but it sounds like some may be thinking it was a world record all around... it is only a paralympic world record. - Gravey9, on 10/03/2008, -0/+9lol woosh
- inactive, on 10/03/2008, -1/+8diggers are *****.
- crazyhorse13, on 10/03/2008, -0/+5Go go gadget legs!
- tofslie, on 10/03/2008, -0/+4I guess having springs on your legs makes you jump further, who would have ever thunk. Hopefully they are made by ACME
- becstra1979, on 10/03/2008, -0/+4Including you.
- kolyana, on 10/03/2008, -0/+4Um, that doesn't make a lot of sense. No one has said that they could do better, the general gist that that setting a record with some form of 'enhancement' is dogey (note the quotes, I don't want you going off on me here).
As a poster rightly said below, this is a paralympic record - which I think a lot of people are missing, but this is their only 'crime'.
Otherwise, by your way of thinking, if a swimmer won the 100M freestyle by using a jet-engine up his arse, that would be okay by you, because I can't swim very quickly, so I have no right to complain.
Um. Okay. - Merendino, on 10/03/2008, -0/+4I'm not knocking their abilities, but my senior year in high school I was jumping 20' 10", which is just under 7m. No doubt they are good for having a missing limb, but I'd wager with as much practice as those people put in, the average person would out perform the disabled.
Again, not being a disability basher, but I also don't think its right to say most people can't do that with normal bodies, you're forgetting how much time and training is put in. - shutaro, on 10/03/2008, -1/+4***** you, two of my friends were killed by overweight nerdtrons!
- inactive, on 10/03/2008, -0/+3You're retarded.
This is the paralympics. Everyone in his event was missing a leg. - yumtummy, on 10/03/2008, -0/+3yeah that really gives him a leg up on the competition.
- Spartycus, on 10/03/2008, -0/+3I agree its primarily due to the training they put into it, but that hardly takes away from the achievement. Record breakers are generally people gifted genetically with the strength to endure the training and the mental resolve to actually do it. They are not everyday people and the average person, even with the training efforts put in would have trouble getting close to that level. Parathelete or normal olympian.
- HolyMan28, on 10/03/2008, -0/+3Hahaaaa. I'm ***** stupid.
- inactive, on 10/03/2008, -0/+3you might have to explain woosh also..
- Ramenhood, on 10/03/2008, -0/+2Wow, to be in the real Olympics you have to train non-stop for over a decade. To be in the Paralympics, you just have to be lazy and have no legs. 2 legs good, 0 legs bad!
- inactive, on 10/03/2008, -0/+220' 10" is 6.35m.
Not even CLOSE to 7. And pretty far from his 6.5, too. The average person can't jump 5m. - PabloMac, on 10/03/2008, -0/+2I want summa them lighter and extremely strong space materials.
- shutaro, on 10/03/2008, -0/+2Space technology? What they need to do is put some of those rockets to good use, so that we can have a Moon Jump event... Lower gravity = better jumps.
- inactive, on 10/03/2008, -0/+2How many one legged long jumping athletes are there?
- Merendino, on 10/03/2008, -0/+2oiy, yeah i can see that sounding offensive, but it wasn't meant to be degrading as an 'only'. I was just pointing it out to the people saying 'cheater'.
- inactive, on 10/03/2008, -0/+2***** you headline, I thought someone broke the able bodied record for a second.
(Long Jump is the longest standing track & field record, at 17 years now.) - Spartycus, on 10/03/2008, -0/+2Classifying paralympic records is difficulty because of the man made engineering involved. However, they do not allow robotic assistive devices. In fact, a paralymic swimmer isnt allowed any assistive devices due to how easily it would be to build a large flipper to propel the athlete through the water.
This goes back to the arguments against Oscar Pitorious. I'll bite and say his prosthetics made him taller proportionally than he might be were he to have been born with normal legs, but they are ultimately just suspension springs attached to his stumps. Any energy gotten out of them must be put into them by the athlete. They dont have motors or fuel to add to his strength, and they cannot adjust for traction with the ground. - KingGorilla, on 10/03/2008, -0/+2She's using hax
- PabloMac, on 10/03/2008, -0/+2Oh, Wiley?
- inactive, on 10/03/2008, -0/+2@ThurmanMerman
Oscar Pistorius is a different case. He wanted to compete in the REGULAR Olympics.
No double leg amputee past or present will ever touch him in the 400m, regardless of how high-tech his legs are. - jasonmacsween, on 10/03/2008, -0/+2Wojtek Czyz.. thats a real cyborg-sounding name
- Spartycus, on 10/03/2008, -0/+2While you are correct, I somewhat take offense at your diction choice. Saying it is "only" a paralympic record is somewhat derogatory. The athlete in question is no less an athlete because he is disabled. Because of the requirements to participate in the paralympics (namely, being disabled) there can never truly be a direct comparison between parathletes and able bodied athletes. But their accomplishments should be celebrated for what they are, disabled or not.
- cgibbo, on 10/03/2008, -0/+2Pssh. It's not like Terry didn't do this 4 years ago.
- jkbaylor, on 10/03/2008, -1/+3I feel bad for the people in wheel chairs that have to match up against this guy. Always knew the paralympics were corrupt.
- ThurmanMerman, on 10/03/2008, -0/+1"Any energy gotten out of them must be put into them by the athlete"
sure...but certain mechanics will allow you to use that energy more efficiently, another athlete who can't afford this hightech device, won't be able to compete on the same level. plain and simple. - Spire3660, on 10/03/2008, -0/+1The whole article is fail. Person sets world record with use of device, non story.
- HolyMan28, on 10/03/2008, -2/+2*****. Get that one legged bitch out of the Olympics. How much do you want to bet he wouldn't be there if he had both his legs?!?
They don't allow go-karts in NASCAR, so why are they allowing legless people in jumping contests? - compwiz45, on 02/09/2009, -0/+0WTF? This story was very misleading...
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- dagr8tim, on 10/03/2008, -6/+3You are aware that winning an internet argument is like winning gold at the special Olympics. Your still retarded.
That being said, buried as lame. Who cares either way. - zacbro, on 10/03/2008, -5/+2There's no gravity in space! You could jump forever! DUH!
- flaran, on 10/03/2008, -7/+3It's made for people with disabilities...
- Spire3660, on 10/03/2008, -11/+6Fail. Sorry but when a man (or woman) can do it with the limbs endowed by nature, then we'll talk. Bury
- inactive, on 10/03/2008, -9/+2Paralympic.. Lmao.
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