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Paralympics-Oliveira beats Pistorius to win men’s 200 metres gold

3 September 2012 By admin

LONDON, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Brazil’s Alan Fonteles Cardoso
Oliveira upset defending champion Oscar Pistorius to win the
men’s 200 metres title at the London Paralympic Games on Sunday.

Oliveira finished with a time of 21.45 seconds, seven tenths
of a second ahead of South African Pistorius with American Blake
Leeper in third.

(Reporting by Toby Davis; editing by Ed Osmond)

© Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved





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