Paralympics 2012

[Tony Baloney]

Not half. Some performance. He is genuinely fast but Ewan Thomas was saying he is dynamite out of the blocks, possibly due to being partially-sighted he is so tuned into the "b of the bang" as Linford used to talk about.

[laoislad]

RTE obviously blew the wad on the Olympics. A shame as some great performances out there.

The fastest athlete ever in the history of the paralympics being from Ireland is quite an achievement.

As I said its just as big an achievement as anything the boxers done.
Same goes for the swimmers and the other fella who won Gold in the 800m

[GalwayBayBoy]

RTE obviously blew the wad on the Olympics. A shame as some great performances out there.

The fastest athlete ever in the history of the paralympics being from Ireland is quite an achievement.

Without a doubt. I heard he's just one second slower than Bolt and was very close to the regular Olympic qualifying time. Granted one second in sprinting can be loads but still. Hugely impressive.

[Bensars]

Apparently Blake is his training partner. Missed qualification to full Olympics by 0.1 seconds or something.

[omagh_gael]

Apparently Blake is his training partner. Missed qualification to full Olympics by 0.1 seconds or something.

Even closer than that, it was 0.04 seconds. He made the qualifying time earlier in the season but that time had to be binned as the wind was too strong. Some going. Fair play on the gold and the WR.

[imtommygunn]

Apparently Blake is his training partner. Missed qualification to full Olympics by 0.1 seconds or something.

I think it's Tyson Gaye is the training partner.

Smith has went 10:2x. He competed in the last worlds and made the semis. He went Olympic standard but it was wind assisted so did 't count.

[Denn Forever]

Pistorius 2nd in 200 meters.  Now didn't see that coming as winning time was slower than Oscar's qualifying time of last night.  Oscar not happy but is this what the sport needs?

[imtommygunn]

There seems to be some controversy over the blades they use now. I'm not sure but from what I can gauge Pistorius seems to have said that the guy who won has better blades.

This is controversial as I think he got into the "able bodied" olympics based on the fact that blades don't make a difference(or make negligible difference)

[Tony Baloney]

There seems to be some controversy over the blades they use now. I'm not sure but from what I can gauge Pistorius seems to have said that the guy who won has better blades.

This is controversial as I think he got into the "able bodied" olympics based on the fact that blades don't make a difference(or make negligible difference)

Matthew Pinsent has said the same on twitter - basically that he needs to make up his mind if blades are performance enhancing or not and cant have it both ways.

[imtommygunn]

It has to have a major bearing. In running one of the major things is that you push of using your calf muscles and he basically has a choice of calf muscles.

[Fear Bun Na Sceilpe]

Coverage of Irish Paralympians very disappointing to be honest

[nrico2006]

The Blade Runner is a sore loser and I was thinking the same about him complaining about the other fellas blades when apparently they didn't give him an advantage when he was trying to get into the regular Olympics.  But you only have to look at Richard Whiteheads win to see that the blades are adding something that can't be gained naturally, he came from way back in the pack and blew everyone away in the straight.  The speed at which he covered that last 60 or 70 metres was unreal and seemed to be as a result of the spring gained from his blades.  On top of that, it seems unfair on one leg amputees racing against two leg amputees. 

[Tony Baloney]

Unreal shot for an able-bodied player, never mind a fella propped up on a crutch!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=riR_SyhvB6s

[Square Ball]

Unreal shot for an able-bodied player, never mind a fella propped up on a crutch!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=riR_SyhvB6s

feck me, class indeed... did he win?

[Tony Baloney]

Unreal shot for an able-bodied player, never mind a fella propped up on a crutch!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=riR_SyhvB6s

feck me, class indeed... did he win?

No.