Physician Games Are Unfair

Some people have found that the Paralympic Games are unfair to others. Paralympic Games are similar to the regular Olympics, but the competitors are disabled or handicapped. Many people notice that all of the Paralympic competitors has high-tech things to help them in the games, which they found unfair to others. "But the rapid pace of development is changing Paralympic sports. Better technology can create a gap between athletes. Some say that when athletes compete within the same division, those using assistive technology end up benefiting."(paragraph 3) The article provided reasons of some people why the rule is unfair. A sprinter named David Prince created a test to prove his ideas that single amputees are now slower because of higher technology on double amputees. "To prove his point, Prince cited a race that took place at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Greek runner Michail Seitis, a single amputee, set a world record for his division with a time of 49.66 seconds in the men's 400-meter final. Yet despite his record-breaking finish, he only came in at sixth place out of eight runners. The five who finished ahead of him were double amputees."(paragraph 5) He found himself not being motivated since double amputees have a better advantage, but he is discussing his problem …show more content…
However, the technology will help give the competitors in the Paralympic Games their life back before they got disabled. There are some flaws to the rule, but if they don't take actions does who is going to be affected by the flaw will have a disadvantaged rather than the people are being improved every second. "If things progress and we're kept together, [there aren't] going to be any unilateral amputees running because we won't have a chance," he said. "In order for the sport to stay legitimate, something has to be done."(paragraph