Runner by day, superhero by night, well, superhero by day too. Correction: Superhero to some! Oscar Pistorius has lived his entire life not knowing what it is like to have to have the feet that some of us are fortunate to have. But don’t tell Oscar that because he has competed at high levels in every activity he has been involved with. The former paralympic athlete caused controversy when he was allowed to compete in the 2012 Summer Olympic game. Is that fair? Should Oscar even be allowed to compete with able-bodied humans, considering the fact that he may have an advantage due to his prosthetic foot? The topic in hand, for this paper, is whether or not the Olympic committee got it right by allowing Oscar to be able to compete in the 2012 Olympics
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The decision is much bigger than just track and field. The issues can expand deeper into social sciences such as history, economics, and societal implications on the disabled community. In the history of the Summer Olympics, Neroli Fairhall was the first and only athlete to compete in both the Paralympics and the Olympics to compete in the Olympic. Fairhall was of Australian descent and competed in archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. After that, the next athlete to try to do so is no other than Oscar Pistorius. This problem follows the social construct of economics because the money is not distributed equally between the Paralympics and the Olympics. Although both organizations came in agreement in 2001 to hold both Summer events at the same location up until 2020, the Paralympics still does not receive the same respect as the Olympics. In 2003 it was made public by U.S. Paralympic athletes Tony Iniguez, Scot Hollonbeck, and Jacob Heilveil that the United States Olympic Committee was completely undermining the Paralympics in comparison to the Olympics. This would become an ongoing case from 2003 to 2008, where there was finally a settlement. The United States Olympic …show more content…
He competed at the professional level and dominated the competition and now he waits for the opportunity to compete against better competition, able-bodied humans. The only thing that stands in his way, is not his condition, but instead, it is the Unites States Olympic Committee. They only solutions that committee can choose from are either to allow him in or rule him ineligible to compete. My opinion is that they should let him compete. His doing so he is seen as a hero to the South African and the disabled
The decision is much bigger than just track and field. The issues can expand deeper into social sciences such as history, economics, and societal implications on the disabled community. In the history of the Summer Olympics, Neroli Fairhall was the first and only athlete to compete in both the Paralympics and the Olympics to compete in the Olympic. Fairhall was of Australian descent and competed in archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. After that, the next athlete to try to do so is no other than Oscar Pistorius. This problem follows the social construct of economics because the money is not distributed equally between the Paralympics and the Olympics. Although both organizations came in agreement in 2001 to hold both Summer events at the same location up until 2020, the Paralympics still does not receive the same respect as the Olympics. In 2003 it was made public by U.S. Paralympic athletes Tony Iniguez, Scot Hollonbeck, and Jacob Heilveil that the United States Olympic Committee was completely undermining the Paralympics in comparison to the Olympics. This would become an ongoing case from 2003 to 2008, where there was finally a settlement. The United States Olympic …show more content…
He competed at the professional level and dominated the competition and now he waits for the opportunity to compete against better competition, able-bodied humans. The only thing that stands in his way, is not his condition, but instead, it is the Unites States Olympic Committee. They only solutions that committee can choose from are either to allow him in or rule him ineligible to compete. My opinion is that they should let him compete. His doing so he is seen as a hero to the South African and the disabled