{"id":14184,"date":"2012-09-03T03:36:42","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T01:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/09\/update-2-paralympics-pistorius-cries-foul-after-200m-loss-to-oliveira\/"},"modified":"2012-09-03T03:36:42","modified_gmt":"2012-09-03T01:36:42","slug":"update-2-paralympics-pistorius-cries-foul-after-200m-loss-to-oliveira","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-2-paralympics-pistorius-cries-foul-after-200m-loss-to-oliveira\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 2-Paralympics-Pistorius cries foul after 200m loss to Oliveira"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Toby Davis<\/p>\n

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LONDON, Sept 2<\/span> (Reuters) – Oscar Pistorius complained
\nvociferously about the length of his opponent’s blades after he
\nwas beaten into second by Brazil’s Alan Oliveira in the men’s
\n200 metres final at the London Paralympic Games on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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South African Pistorius streaked into an early lead and was
\nalmost 10 metres ahead as the athletes came into the home
\nstraight, before the Brazilian launched an astonishing
\nfightback.<\/p>\n

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Oliveira ate up the ground and surged past Pistorius in the
\nfinal few metres.<\/p>\n

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The underdog finished with a time of 21.45 seconds, seven
\nhundredths of a second ahead of Pistorius, who won gold in the
\nevent four years ago in Beijing, with American Blake Leeper in
\nthird.<\/p>\n

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The result left Pistorius seething about his opponent’s
\nprosthetic blades, which he claimed were too long.<\/p>\n

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“This is a really strong race of mine, and as I said in the
\nmixed zone, the size of some of the other guys’ legs are
\nunbelievably long,” Pistorius told Britain’s Channel 4.<\/p>\n

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“Not taking anything away from Alan, he’s a great athlete,
\nbut the guys who do the measuring in the courtrooms, some of
\nthese guys are a lot taller and you can’t compete for stride
\nlength.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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