Amputee Sprinter Is Second, but Unhappy With Time
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Oscar Pistorius, a double-amputee sprinter, finished second before a cheering crowd in Olympic Stadium, trailing only Stefano Braciola, who won in 46.72 seconds.
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Oscar Pistorius, a double-amputee sprinter from South Africa, will not be eligible to pursue his dream of qualifying for the Olympics.
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Oscar Pistorius, a 20-year-old double amputee who wants to race against the best able-bodied runners, will get his chance and then some.
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Opponents aren't the only ones having a tough time matching Max Darrah's pace. Record-keepers are struggling to keep up, as well.
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Thirty minutes until the start of the Vermont City Marathon, and I still couldn't activate one of my gadgets for tracking speed and distance. Fifteen minutes. Five. And the starting horn went off. I gave up fiddling to focus on my race.
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ATHENS, Greece -- He was leading the race, but for some reason, you just had the feeling he might slow down. I don&#39;t know what it was about American Jeremy Wariner, his technique or thin muscles or something
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South African double amputee Oscar Pistorius appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Wednesday against his ban from running at this year's Beijing Olympics with artificial limbs.
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Lying in Amy Acuff&#39;s path to the high-jump bar was an exhausted and jubilant English sprinter. Britain had just upset the United States in the men&#39;s 4x100-meter relay on Saturday.
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The IAAF ruled Monday that double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius is ineligible to compete in the Beijing Olympics because his prosthetic racing legs give him a clear competitive advantage.
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ATHENS -- A year ago in Anaheim, Calif., they were out of uniform and on crutches, their world meet over before it began, their careers in doubt. Annia Hatch had dislocated her left knee and torn her anterior cruciate ligament. Courtney Kupets had ruptured her left Achilles' tendon. Last night, they were both on the Olympic medal stand with medals ...
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American sprinter Tyson Gay says he would rather break the 100-meter world record in Britain because interest in the U.S. is minimal and he's fed up with questions about doping.
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Midway through the race between Olympics past and present, this year's edition is outrunning its predecessor from four years ago.
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Nicole Cooke could ride in four or more Olympics but the pain of her first will always be with her. After finishing just outside the medal placings in Sunday&#39;s road race, the Welsh cyclist put herself through another half-hour of sun-baked agony in the ...
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Alistair Cragg couldn't believe his eyes. He saw Kenenisa Bekele , the favorite in virtually every race he enters, start sprinting for the finish line. The only problem was, there were two laps remaining in the men's 3,000-meter event at last night's Reebok Boston Indoor Games at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center.
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The IAAF ruled Monday that double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius is ineligible to compete in the Beijing Olympics because his prosthetic racing blades give him a clear competitive advantage
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Tim Brabants suffered disappointment in the K1 1,000metres final at the Athens Olympics today after finishing fifth. The 26-year-old from Chertsey was the fastest qualifier but could not stay with the pace in the final.
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Sport: Athletics: Douple amputee world-record holder Oscar Pistorius will race the world's best able-bodied 400m runner next month.