JOHANNESBURG, July 4 (Reuters) – Double amputee Oscar
Pistorius will compete in the individual 400 metres and the
4×400 relay team for South Africa at the London Olympics, a
member of the country’s Olympic federation said on Wednesday.
Tubby Reddy, chief executive of South Africa’s Sports
Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc), said Pistorius’s
inclusion in the relay team meant he will also be able to take
part in the 400m individual race.
“He was named in the Olympic team (in the 4×400 relay) and
then the question arose as to whether he was allowed to run the
400 and he can because he is part of the team,” Reddy told
Reuters in a telephone interview.
(Editing by Ken Ferris)
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