Posts Tagged "Oscar Pistorius"

South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, who is accused of murdering his girlfriend, will not be welcome at the Anniversary Games at London’s Olympic Park this year, organisers say.

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Pistorius wants to train again

By AP, 4 Apr 2013

 

Oscar Pistorius wants to train again and recently went back to visit his regular track in South Africa’s capital, the double-amputee athlete’s agent says.

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“With great power comes great responsibility” – very sage advice given by Uncle Ben to Spiderman.

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Oscar and the South African justice system on trial

By LOFTY73, 28 Feb 2013

 

Oscar Pistorius unwittingly chose to burst on to the world stage of intrigue and mystery on Valentine’s Day, 2013.

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The Disneyland of elite South African sport

By Brad Cooper, 25 Feb 2013

 

Many familiar with South African vernacular english have heard the abrupt conversational rejoinder: “Is it?”

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Pistorius style tech threatens the Olympics’ integrity

By Paul Roach, 7 Oct 2012

 

The dust has settled on the second best Olympics ever, but an uncomfortable question surely lingers. What was Oscar Pistorius, a disabled athlete, doing competing at the Olympics, the planet’s zenith of athletic endeavour?

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Oscar Pistorius has shot himself in the blade.

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South Africans glowed with pride on Saturday as they watched ‘Blade Runner’ Oscar Pistorius become the first double amputee to compete in the Olympics.

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While one of the most famous athletes ever, Lance Armstrong, is pursued with the doggedness of an inquisition for possibly using performance-enhancing drugs, another athlete, South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius, will run on carbon-fibre blades at the upcoming Olympics.

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Pistorius will run in 400 metres in London

By Jocelyn McLennan, 5 Jul 2012

 

It’s official – ‘Blade Runner’ Oscar Pistorius will not only compete in the 4 x 400 metre relay in the 2012 London Olympics but the individual race as well.

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Pistorius wins silver medal at African Championships

By Jocelyn McLennan, 2 Jul 2012

 

South African Oscar Pistorius has won the silver medal in the final of the men’s 400 metres at the African Championships in Porto Nova, Benin.

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Blade Runner may miss London Games

By Jocelyn McLennan, 29 Jun 2012

 

Double amputee South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has three more chances until Sunday to post a qualifying time for the London Olympics. He finished second in a heat at the African Championship in Benin on Wednesday.

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Run, Oscar Pistorius, run!

By Weelz, 31 Aug 2011

 

In 1994, the world met a young man who, despite incredible odds, overcame disability and societies preconceptions of what is and is not possible to become a symbol of hope.

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Pistorius misses out in latest bid to qualify for Beijing

By AP, 13 Jul 2008

 

Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius missed out in another attempt to qualify for the Olympics today, but sliced more than a second off his 400-metre time from last week.

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