{"id":13341,"date":"2012-08-09T14:19:34","date_gmt":"2012-08-09T12:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/olympics-athletics-pistorius-to-run-third-in-south-africa-relay\/"},"modified":"2012-08-09T14:19:34","modified_gmt":"2012-08-09T12:19:34","slug":"olympics-athletics-pistorius-to-run-third-in-south-africa-relay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/olympics-athletics-pistorius-to-run-third-in-south-africa-relay\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympics-Athletics-Pistorius to run third in South Africa relay"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Neil Maidment<\/span><\/p>\n

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LONDON<\/span> Aug 9 (Reuters) – South African double-amputee Oscar
\nPistorius will run in the third leg of the men’s 4×400 metres
\nrelay heats at the London Olympic Games on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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The sport’s governing body the IAAF said last year at the
\nworld championships in South Korea that Pistorius, who races
\nwearing carbon fibre prosthetic blades after being born without
\na fibula in both legs, had to run the first leg, which is run in
\nlanes, because of concerns about the safety of other athletes
\nduring relay changeovers.<\/p>\n

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However, in the build-up to the Olympics IAAF President
\nLamine Diack said it was not his organisation’s place to
\ndetermine the relay order, meaning South Africa could place
\nPistorius in whichever leg they wished.<\/p>\n

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South Africa will run in the first of two heats which
\nincludes medal contenders Trinidad and Tobago and Britain.<\/p>\n

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Nicknamed ‘Blade Runner’, who finished last in his men’s
\nOlympic 400m semi-final, has said that he runs best in the
\nsecond or third leg and has never had any incidents in previous
\nrelay races.<\/p>\n

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Pistorius is the first double-amputee to run in the Games.<\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Neil Maidment)<\/p>\n

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\t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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