COLOGNE (Reuters) - Paralympic long jump champion Markus Rehm enhanced his claim for a spot at the Rio Olympics on Monday when the German revealed that a wide-ranging study indicated prosthesis-wearing athletes had no clear advantage over able-bodied competitors.
Nicknamed "Blade Jumper", the 2012 Paralympics gold medallist and 2014 national long jump champion hopes to become the second athlete with a carbon fibre prosthesis to compete at the Olympics after South Africa's Oscar Pistorius in 2012.
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