{"id":9931,"date":"2012-04-14T16:13:55","date_gmt":"2012-04-14T14:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/04\/athletics-pistorius-olympic-quest-suffers-setback\/"},"modified":"2012-04-14T16:13:55","modified_gmt":"2012-04-14T14:13:55","slug":"athletics-pistorius-olympic-quest-suffers-setback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/athletics-pistorius-olympic-quest-suffers-setback\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletics-Pistorius Olympic quest suffers setback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, April 14<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; Oscar<br \/>\nPistorius&#8217; bid to be the first amputee competing on the track at<br \/>\nthe Olympic Games suffered a setback when he came seventh in the<br \/>\n400 metres final at the South African championship on Saturday.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pistorius, who uses carbon fibre prosthetic running blades,<br \/>\nfinished in 47.28 seconds behind Lebogang Moeng who won in<br \/>\n45.47.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pistorius, whose time was short of his season best 45.20,<br \/>\nnever looked in contention after starting slowly and battled to<br \/>\ncope with the searing pace set by Moeng on a hot and breezy day.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old Pistorius, running in lane two, seemed to<br \/>\nstruggle over the last 100 metres and after the race he said he<br \/>\nhad felt fatigued.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was fine until the 300 then I just felt tired,&#8221; he told<br \/>\nReuters.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I felt at that point I was second coming into the corner<br \/>\nand then I felt like I was at the verge of pushing it into the<br \/>\nred. I didn&#8217;t see the point of really doing that,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pistorius shrugged off suggestions the race was a stumbling<br \/>\nblock to his Olympic qualification.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not a train-smash at all. I&#8217;m not overjoyed but I&#8217;m<br \/>\nnot prepared to get injured now for a title that doesn&#8217;t really<br \/>\nmean much,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pistorius beat the Olympic qualifying time of 45.30 in<br \/>\nPretoria last month but he must repeat that performance in an<br \/>\ninternational meeting before June 30 to make the team for the<br \/>\nLondon Games which start in July this year.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Writing by Jason Humphries in Durban; Editing by Ken<br \/>\nFerris)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">\n<p>         \t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, April 14 (Reuters) &#8211; Oscar Pistorius&#8217; bid to be the first amputee competing on the track at the Olympic Games suffered a setback when he came seventh in the 400 metres final at the South African championship on Saturday. 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