Funny, I just watched an episode of NOVA called "Augmented". Most of it was about this guy named Hugh Herr that lost his legs below the knees in the early '80s. He was a teenager but already considered one of the best rock climbers in the world before the accident. After the accident, he started tinkering and making his own prosthetics. He was doing so well with these prosthetics that other climbers called it cheating and one competitor even threatened to cut off his own legs just so that he could use prosthetics.
What's the point? I have no idea. Perhaps the jocks (NPI) take themselves a bit too seriously. I like the gals that just aren't going to race against the former men, maybe that's the solution, just forfeit.