Pictured: the bionic athlete

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Yes, yes, I know he is not a bionic athlete, but I’m inclined to think that Valentino Rossi, Marc Marquez, Guy Martin and Peter Hickman are just as augmented as, say, Oscar Pistorius. At least, I think that motorcycle racers truly become one organism, as compared to a car racer who inhabits a machine and controls it at high speeds.

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