South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius made history as the first double amputee to run at the Olympics

London 2012 Olympics : Oscar Pistorius stepped on to the track in his carbon fibre artificial limbs shortly after 10.30am for the opening heat. The South African ‘blade runner’ finished second in the first heat of the 400metres, qualifying comfortably for the Olympics semi-final in a season’s best time of 45.44sec. Setting up his blocks [...]The post South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius made history as the first double amputee to run at the Olympics appeared first on Mauritius News Ile Maurice.

04 Aug 2012, KotZot