CAS prevents double amputee Blake Leeper from participating in the Olympic Games

The

has agreed with the

international federation

and has denied the Paralympic athlete

, a double amputee who runs with two prosthetic legs, the possibility of contesting the Tokyo Olympics.

"The evidence presented concluded that the prostheses used by Blake Leeper

in the 400-meter test over an athlete who does not use a mechanical aid of this type, since they allow him to run at a height several inches higher than his maximum height possible if he had intact biological legs. Consequently, Blake Leeper

WA sanctioned

, including the Olympics, "the CAS ruled.

The American athlete won the silver medal in 400 meters and the bronze medal in 200 meters at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Like South African Oscar Pistorius tried years ago, Leeper had requested to compete in events against athletes without disabilities.

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