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Are humans or technology breaking Olympic records?
是人類還是科技打破了奧運會記錄？
When Oscar Pistorius fought successfully to compete in the 2012 London Olympic Games with his two artificial legs,
奧斯卡·皮斯托瑞斯用他的兩條假腿成功地參加了2012年倫敦奧運會，
he challenged many people's Olympian ideal of celebrating human athletic performance without technological support or other aids.
他挑戰了很多人的奧運理想——贊美無技術支持下的人類運動能力。
Yet the attention focused on Pistorius, whose name has earned him the nickname "Blade Runner,"
但人們對“刀鋒戰士”皮斯托瑞斯的關注
has mostly failed to notice technology's role in helping humans break Olympic records over the past decades.
大部分都忽視了技術在過去幾十年里幫助人類打破奧運會記錄的作用。
"The Pistorius case alone reveals the deep irony in society's views toward technology in sports and normal life,"
“皮斯托瑞斯這一個案顯示出，社會對體育和正常生活中的技術的深刻諷刺。”
said Brittain, author of The Paralympic Games Explained.
《闡釋殘奧會》的作者布里頓表示。
He points out that society tends to view disabled people as being at a disadvantage because their bodies are different,
他指出，社會傾向于認為殘疾人處于劣勢，因為他們的身體與常人不同，
yet Pistorius received criticism for having an unfair advantage with his artificial legs and becoming in a sense "more than human."
但皮斯托瑞斯因為他的假腿帶來的不公平優勢以及成為“超人類”而受到批評。
