When athletes have artificial limbs – should there be a maximum tolerance? eg could high jumpers have 2m prosthetic – Secondary 11

Question: When athletes have artificial limbs - should there be a maximum tolerance? eg could high jumpers have 2m prosthetic 'legs'?
- Keywords:
  artificial,
  athlete
Asked by test1001 to Lisa on 18 Jun 2012.
- Lisa Fitzgerald answered on 18 Jun 2012:
  
  Hi @test1001, great question!
  
  Obviously extra long legs would be a big advantage to not only jumpers but runners as well which is why there are limits on things such as leg length. As I understand the limit is defined as equal to the athletes natural leg. This is easy to define for a single amputee but for a double amputee there are no hard and fast rules which leaves it open to contention.
  
  Hope this helps answer your question!
  
  Lisa

Question: When athletes have artificial limbs - should there be a maximum tolerance? eg could high jumpers have 2m prosthetic 'legs'?