Cyborg Runner Fails to Qualify for Olympics

Personal best time not enough to qualify. [Link]

It seems like the endless legal struggle to be allowed to compete in the Olympics took its toll on cyborg sprinter Oscar Pistorious -- he didn't qualify for the South African Olympic team on Wednesday, after failing to run the 400 under the 45.55 second minimum required to make the trip to Beijing. Interestingly, Pistorious's 46.25-second time was his best ever, even though critics claimed that the double-amputee's "Cheetah" prosthetics allowed him to use only 25 percent of the energy used by traditional runners.

It's only a matter of time before he, or someone like him will qualify and then win there. But what happens then? Once mechanical aids or replacements give a competitive edge and then ensure winning, what is the point? And then why disallow biochemical improvements? What is so different? What happens when someone had their genetics modified prenatally? Do they get to compete or are they disqualified?

More questions than answers.