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Olympics: Update on double-amputee runner Oscar Pistorius
POSTED: 10:28 a.m. HST, Aug 05, 2012
LAST UPDATED: 08:16 p.m. HST, Aug 05, 2012
LONDON >> Double-amputee runner Oscar Pistorius failed to reach the Olympic final of the 400 meters, following up a bad start with a slow race and finishing last in his semifinal heat.
The first amputee to compete in track at the Olympics never stood a chance and finished the race on his fiber carbon blades in 46.54 seconds, 95 one-hundredths of a second behind winner Kirani James of Grenada.
Still, world champion Kirani James immediately walked over to Pistorius after the race and asked for his name bib as a souvenir.
Pistorius is still expected to run the 4x400 relays, which start Thursday. Last year, Pistorius and South Africa won the silver at the world championships.
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