{"id":12317,"date":"2012-07-12T00:28:24","date_gmt":"2012-07-11T22:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/07\/olympics-pistorius-can-run-where-he-likes-in-relay-says-iaaf\/"},"modified":"2012-07-12T00:28:24","modified_gmt":"2012-07-11T22:28:24","slug":"olympics-pistorius-can-run-where-he-likes-in-relay-says-iaaf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/olympics-pistorius-can-run-where-he-likes-in-relay-says-iaaf\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympics-Pistorius can run where he likes in relay, says IAAF"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

By Ken Borland<\/span><\/p>\n

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JOHANNESBURG, July 11<\/span> (Reuters) – South Africa’s double
\namputee Oscar Pistorius will not be forced to lead off in the
\nOlympic 4×400 metres relay, the International Amateur Athletics
\nFederation (IAAF) told Reuters on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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Pistorius, who wears carbon fibre blades and was cleared to
\ncompete against able-bodied athletes by the Court of Arbitration
\nfor Sport in 2008, was named in South Africa’s relay team last
\nweek.<\/p>\n

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South African media reported that the IAAF would not allow
\nPistorius to run in anything but the first leg due to concerns
\nover the safety of other athletes because of his prosthetics and
\nthe rough and tumble nature of relay changeovers.<\/p>\n

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An IAAF spokesman said the position had not changed since
\nthe world championships in Daegu last August.<\/p>\n

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“At the Daegu 2011 IAAF world championships the decision for
\nOscar Pistorius to run the opening leg of the 4X400 relay was
\ntaken by ASA (Athletics South Africa) and not by the IAAF,” he
\nsaid via email.<\/p>\n

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“Now it will be the same for the Olympic Games. The decision
\nwill be taken by Athletics South Africa. It was always like
\nthis.”<\/p>\n

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This, however, seemed to contradict what IAAF head Lamine
\nDiack said last year.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“This person is a particular case,” Diack said at the Daegu
\nchampionships.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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