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/ 16 May 2008

Olympics in sight after Pistorius wins appeal

Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius won his appeal on Friday and can compete for a place in the Beijing Olympics. The Court of Arbitration (CAS) for Sport ruled that the 21-year-old South African is eligible to race against able-bodied athletes, overturning a ban imposed by the International Association of Athletics Federations.

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/ 30 April 2008

Pistorius to hear Games fate soon

South African double amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius should know within three weeks if he can compete at the Beijing Olympics, an official for the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Wednesday. ”We have been asked to deliver a decision as soon as possible,” CAS secretary general Mathieu Reeb said on the last day of Pistorius’s two-day hearing.

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/ 6 July 2005

De Villiers performs well in Lausanne

Ter de Villiers made a strong claim for inclusion in the South African team to the 2005 World Championships when he defeated his main rival for the third spot in the 400m hurdles, Ockert Cilliers, at the International Association of Athletics Federations Super Grand Prix meeting in Lausanne on Tuesday night.