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/ 13 September 2009
South Africa’s double amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius has been arrested for assault, police said on Sunday.
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/ 26 February 2009
Oscar Pistorius is racing towards full recovery after being discharged from hospital following a boating accident, Milpark Hospital said on Thursday.
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/ 25 February 2009
Double-amputee ”blade runner” Oscar Pistorius is in a satisfactory condition following a boating accident last week, Gauteng police said on Wednesday.
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/ 24 February 2009
Vanderbijlpark police are investigating a case of reckless and negligent driving against athlete Oscar Pistorius, a media report said on Tuesday.
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/ 23 February 2009
”Blade Runner” Oscar Pistorius is in good spirits as he recovers from surgery after his boating accident, Milpark Hospital said on Monday.
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/ 22 February 2009
Sprinter Oscar Pistorius was conscious and ready to
be discharged from the Milpark Hospital following a boating accident, a paramedic said on Sunday.
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/ 30 January 2009
Phathisani Moyo catches up with legendary runner Haile Gebrselassie and his crew of future super athletes in Kenya.
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/ 29 September 2008
If it sounds far-fetched for a man without lower legs to become one of the fastest runners on the planet, how about typing by just thinking the words?
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/ 17 September 2008
Oscar Pistorius, fresh from winning triple gold at the Paralympics, has set his sights on more track glory, with the 2012 Olympics top of his list.
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/ 16 September 2008
Oscar Pistorius blazed to his third gold medal of the Paralympics on Tuesday, adding to three medals won by SA earlier in the day.
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/ 13 September 2008
Oscar Pistorius won his second gold of the Paralympics on Saturday to keep his triple sprint dream alive, winning the 200m.
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/ 12 September 2008
It took only three days of the Paralympics to transform the disgruntled faces of South African sports fans into broad grins.
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/ 9 September 2008
Oscar Pistorius on Tuesday won gold in the T44 100m in 11,17 seconds, taking the most difficult step in his quest for three gold medals in Beijing.
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/ 9 September 2008
Paralympic sprinter Brian Frasure’s experiences in the sport inspired him to take up a career in prosthetics, skills that helped a rival beat him.
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/ 8 September 2008
Oscar Pistorius on Monday began his bid for a sprint treble at the Paralympics while compatriot Natalie du Toit won her second gold in the pool.
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/ 8 September 2008
Equipment used by Paralympians has seen remarkable improvements in recent years, enabling them to close the gap on their able-bodied counterparts.
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/ 7 September 2008
Britain took an early lead in the Paralympics medal table on Sunday as South African Olympian Natalie du Toit starred.
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/ 6 September 2008
More than 4 000 athletes are set for the opening on Saturday of what promises to be a dazzling Paralympics in Beijing.
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/ 5 September 2008
Oscar Pistorius vowed on Friday to put a spat with SA’s sporting chiefs saide and focus on winning gold in the Paralympics.
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/ 3 September 2008
SA’s Paralympics management team expressed disappointment on Wednesday at criticism from Oscar Pistorius, saying he should have spoken to them first.
Arbitrary decisions by sporting organisations suggest that the country needs a body to streamline governance and fairness across the playing fields.
Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius was not chosen on Friday to be on South Africa’s Olympic team for the Beijing Games.
Oscar Pistorius, South Africa’s double amputee track sensation, is pinning his final hopes of a ticket to the Olympics on the 400m relay.
SA double-amputee athlete Oscar Pistorius saw his hopes of running at next month’s Olympic Games suffer a final blow on Wednesday.
Oscar Pistorius is running against the clock and parts of the track and field establishment in his final attempt to qualify for the Beijing Olympics.
Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius missed out in another attempt to qualify for the Olympics on Friday.
Oscar Pistorius resumes his bid to qualify for the Olympics on Friday at a Golden Gala featuring a cast of standouts honing their form.
Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius came fourth in an able-bodied race on Wednesday, finishing outside the Olympic qualifying time.
Oscar Pistorius said on Wednesday that he does not believe he has a chance of qualifying to run with able-bodied athletes in the 400m at the Beijing Olympics.
Wearing his trademark Cheetah blades, South African double-amputee runner Oscar Pistorius won the 100m and 400m races at a Dutch Paralympic meet on Sunday. Pistorius, who hopes to run the 400m at the Beijing Olympics, won with a time of 47,92 at the Dutch Open, a day after coming first in the 200m.
After he dipped across the line on Saturday and his Cheetah runner blades finally came to a standstill, Oscar Pistorius realised it was almost too good to be true. He was running competitively again. And despite being a double amputee, he was embarking on his bid to qualify for the Beijing Olympics.
Lamine Diack, president of the International Association of Athletics Federations, is cautious about the implications of ”blade runner” Oscar Pistorius’s successful appeal. Speaking at the athletics grand prix in Dakar, in his native Senegal, Diack said that it was important to monitor any changes to Pistorius’s prostheses.