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MONTE CARLO, Monaco (AP) - Track and field's governing organization proposed a rule Thursday that would prevent a South African amputee sprinter from competing at the Beijing Olympics.
Oscar Pistorius, who had both legs amputated below the knee as an infant, wants to run in the 2008 Games. With high-tech blades attached just under his knees, he has run nationally competitive times in the 400, 200 and 100 meters.
But officials of the International Association of Athletics Federations consider the blades an artificial aid, and its executive council proposed a new rule that would outlaw them.
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