Oscar Pistorius
publication date: Saturday, June 6, 2009 (part of Round XXXIX)
category: 
Sports
clue: This athlete created high controversy for answering the charge, "Let's run."
explanation: Pistorius was a double-amputee whose artifical legs were alleged to give him an unfair advantage in the Paralympics and other competitions. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Joanna Woods, Mike Rothstein, and Amy Austin
trivia: The clue was intentionally written to echo that of J.R. Salzman, another athlete with a prosthetic limb, from the tournament of Round XXXVI seven months earlier.
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