Double-Amputee Sprinter Blake Leeper To Appeal World Athletics' Use Of Racially Discriminatory 'MASH' Rule To Ban Him From Competition Against Able-Bodied Athletes
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. Leeper's 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 Panel's decision included no real scientific examination of Black athletes, and relied on the MASH ...
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