Duncan, I respect your point of view but one must keep in mind that as technology gets better so will sport times and results and that is part of evolution. Olympians on Mount Olympia were bare feet and didn't have the benefits of modern technology. Surely then athletes today should run bare feet and wear similar clothing than those in the past or they too will have an some kind of unfair advantage. Swimmers for the last few years have been wearing swimsuits which give them a slight advantage so then surely they too should be banned from wearing the suit if Pretorius cant use his artificial legs. Unfortunately times and sports have changed and so must the Olympics. If technology allows him to have two legs to run with and they do not give him a unfair advantage he should be allowed to compete with abled bodies because he has the same skill. How fair is it for other Paralympic athletes for Pretorius to compete against them if he is not in the same league as them? Why should he not be allowed to use his legs, should a F1 driver not be allowed to use contact lenses because technology will allow him to see when he usually would not.

Although I can't support the rather childish way duncan g has put his comments, there do have to be questions about the advantage given by the prosthetics. The reason Oscar Pistorius didn't qualify for the able bodied olympics is that he was less fit at the time of the trials. When tested his fittness levels and lung capacity were lower than his "able bodied" conterparts.
Talking of level playing field you have to ask if there might not be a double amputee from poorer a background who may have over shadowed Pistorius given the same technology.
Having said both these's things the mans an insperation what an amazing athelete.

LOL at that first comment.

If his fake legs give him such an amazing advantage how come he didn't reach the qualifying time?

That is the most ignorant comment I have ever read.

Im sorry and dont want to be disrespectful to Pistorius, but the Olympics is all about the worlds fittest athlethes competing against each other to find the greatest able individuals in the world. It always HAS been that ever since Mount Olympia. Why not give a shot putter a pneumatic carbon fibre arm to help him 'shot' the putt!? Why not? Because that would give him not nessecarily an advantage, but something to aid in some way, thus breaking the rules.

High jumpers cant have those feet, so why a sprinter? Have you ever ran in those bouncy feet, you get a pretty good advantage!!!!!!! No pressure on the soles/toe joints

If you arent able bodied and fully fit, you go and play with the disabled.

Hey lets graft carbon fibre fins between my fingers as when I was born, god didnt dish out any knuckles this way.

What is this world coming to . First they give them larger parking areas in front of Forbouys, now special shoes to you run fast? THis guy should be running on his stumps like the rest of the paralympians who work hard all year round for.