After Urban Times’ Tech Day and the launch of the UK tour of the Olympic Flame last week, there is no better time to appreciate the technological advancements in sporting prosthetics in recent decades.

The below infographic from eBuyer and the University of Manchester tells the story of a narrowing gap between athletes competing in the Paralympics and Olympics, based on records from past Games.

Do you think the gap between abled and disabled athletes will ever close?

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