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April 27, 2021 DALLAS (SMU) – A World Athletics panel ruling that Paralympic sprinter Blake Leeper cannot compete using unnaturally long, blade-like prostheses at the Tokyo Olympics was based on research led by renowned SMU human speed expert Peter Weyand.   The governing body for track and field athletes said Monday that Leeper’s disproportionately long prostheses, would give him an “overall competitive advantage”. The ruling follows testing by Weyand and University of Montana profess...

World Athletics logo The After careful deliberation the Panel, chaired by David Grace QC, reached the following decision: “World Athletics has satisfied its burden of proof on the balance of probabilities that the use of the mechanical aids by Blake Leeper in the form of passive-elastic carbon-fibre running specific prostheses (RSPs) that give him a leg length of 104 centimetres and a standing height of 184 centimetres provides Blake Leeper with an overall competitive advantage over an athle...

Athletics: Amputee Leeper’s application to compete with running blades rejected By Syndicated Content Apr 26, 2021 12:29 PM (Reuters) – World Athletics have rejected an application from American double amputee Blake Leeper to run on particular running specific prostheses (RSPs), preventing him from competing in the Olympics or World Athletics events. The governing body said the mechanical passive-elastic carbon-fibre blades gave him a leg length of 104 centimetres and a st...

Athletics: Amputee Leeper’s application to compete with running blades rejected By Syndicated Content Apr 26, 2021 12:29 PM (Reuters) – World Athletics have rejected an application from American double amputee Blake Leeper to run on particular running specific prostheses (RSPs), preventing him from competing in the Olympics or World Athletics events. The governing body said the mechanical passive-elastic carbon-fibre blades gave him a leg length of 104 centimetres and a st...

Mr. Leeper plans to immediately appeal this decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Relying entirely on evidence and arguments that discriminate against Black athletes of African descent, the World Athletics-appointed Panel ruled that World Athletics had shown that Mr. Leepers prostheses provided him "with an overall competitive advantage over any athlete not using such aids," and thus ruled Mr. Leeper cannot use those prostheses in any events sanctioned by World Athletics.  The ...