well meanwhile the london paralympics has also hailed as a great success particularly for russia who finished second overall many athletes produce the performances of their lives but what role does technology play in their improving results one course right went to find out south africa's oscar pistorius is arguably the most famous paralympian in the world the sprinter became the first man in history to participate in both events of the summer games following his attempt at the olympic title earlier this summer pistorius says achievement has prompted the dates whether paralympians could soon add perform their able bodied counterparts as the purse knology advances each year stickpin takes care of the russian paralympic team's prosthetic leg stuck and contrary to the critics he believes that technology has little to do with the actual improvements of results and it isn't. because the manufacturers of all this equipment are competing between each other always trying to improve something but i want to stress it's in the end everything depends on the athletes and then mooney represents th

we have paralympics and olympics, special olympics and olympics, but what exactly can be done to change the nature of athletics in schools so that there isn't this complete segregation? >> well, you know, when i went into high school, it's about opportunity and it's about being involved with your peers. and it's really about educating that. whether you have a disability or not, everyone should be involved. and i think it's great that, you know, it's being taken into action into schools. you know, this opens up huge doors, you know. like people going to college right after high school, getting, you know, a letter, being part of high school sports is a huge thing. it's getting involved in high school opens up so many doors and i'm really, really excite about this. and i'm honored that it happened. >> i was looking at some of the policies and examples of what schools can do to make sure that a disabled athlete can compete with an abled athlete. something like this. a track athlete who might be deaf can't hear the gun, so if you just bring some flashing lights out onto the track, that gives