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World Service,1 min

'Cut my other leg off'

Sport Today

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Australian single leg amputee sprinter, Scott Reardon, describes the only way he can challenge double leg amputees despite racing against them at the IPC World Championships. The 25-year-old finished fourth in the T42 200m final and told the 麻豆社's Ade Adedoyin that the consensus amongst athletes was that "things need to change" and the double leg amputee's times for the last half of the race are "so much faster" than single leg athletes are "physically capable of". Photo: Reardon's legs as he stands alongside three-time World Champion Richard Whitehead. Credit: Getty Images.

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