{"id":13199,"date":"2012-08-06T02:07:40","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T00:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/update-1-olympics-athletics-pistorius-fails-to-make-400m-final\/"},"modified":"2012-08-06T02:07:40","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T00:07:40","slug":"update-1-olympics-athletics-pistorius-fails-to-make-400m-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-1-olympics-athletics-pistorius-fails-to-make-400m-final\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 1-Olympics-Athletics-Pistorius fails to make 400m final"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Adds no Americans in final, quotes)<\/span><\/p>\n

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By Mitch Phillips<\/p>\n

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LONDON<\/span> Aug 5 (Reuters) – Oscar Pistorius failed in his bid
\nto reach the Olympic 400 metres final on Sunday when the South
\nAfrican double-amputee finished last in his semi while it was a
\nterrible night for the United States in an event they normally
\ndominate.<\/p>\n

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Pistorius, who races wearing carbon fibre prosthetic blades
\nafter being born without a fibula in both legs, is the first
\ndouble-amputee to run in the Games and was given a rapturous
\nwelcome when he went out on to the track.<\/p>\n

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The pace was too hot for him, though and, just as at last
\nyear’s world championships, he finished last in his race in
\n46.54 seconds, way down on the 45.44 season’s best he posted in
\nthe first round.<\/p>\n

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Immediately after finishing, heat winner and world champion
\nKirani James, the 19-year-old Grenadian, swapped his pinned-on
\nname label with Pistorius, who will also run in the 4x400m
\nrelay, as the two men embraced.<\/p>\n

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“He’s an inspiration for all of us, it’s an honour competing
\nagainst that guy” James told reporters. What he does takes a lot
\nof courage. He’s a great individual and it’s time we see him
\nlike that and not anything else.”<\/p>\n

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Pistorius said of James’s gesture: “It was very kind of him.
\nWe share a similar life and it’s what the Olympics is all
\nabout.”<\/p>\n

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Luguelin Santos, the 18-year-old junior world champion from
\nthe Dominican Republic, made the final while the fastest
\nqualifier was Trinidad Tobago’s Lalonde Gordon.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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