Amputee to Line Up Against Top Sprinters
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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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ATHENS : Greek sprinters Kostadinos Kenteris and Katerina Thanou are to face charges for missing a mandatory doping test and faking a motorbike crash to keep testers at bay on the eve of the Athens Olympics, legal sources revealed.
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Fresh off his 1500 metres triumph, Hicham El Guerrouj lined up alongside fellow Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele, winner of the 10,000 metres, in what was expected to be a titanic showdown of speed versus stamina.
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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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Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius urges the IAAF to work with him as he chases an Olympic place.
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Greece&#39;s top two sprinters should finally get to put their case on Wednesday in a drugs investigation that has shamed and angered the Olympic host nation.
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Asafa Powell is running out of time to compete at Thursday's grand prix meet in Melbourne after the 100 meters world record holder received stitches to his knee when he tripped on the stairs of his Jamaica home last week.
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OSAKA, Japan  - Jamaica's Asafa Powell and American Tyson Gay set up an explosive 100 meters final showdown at the world championships after breezing through their semi-finals on Sunday.
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Amelie Mauresmo is set to adopt a low-risk strategy as she returns to fitness following a thigh injury. The Frenchwoman became world number one for the first time in September but did not hold the position
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Oscar Pistorius saidhe will appeal 'âat the highest levelsâ' if the IAAF bars him from competing in the Beijing Olympics on grounds that his prosthetics give him an unfair edge.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium  -- 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 - Klete Keller has been seen at the top of the Olympic medal stand for the last time in 2004. Michael Phelps and Amanda Beard probably haven&#39;t. Even Ian Thorpe might make another appearance.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium -- 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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Olympic gold medallist Jason Gardener  faces more surgery -- but this time it will be on his wrists.
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Johannesburg - Injury is likely to deprive Nasief Morris of a chance to play against Arsenal at Highbury on Tuesday when his Greek club Panathinaikos goes to England for the Uefa Champions League.
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His legs were amputated when he was a year old. Now Oscar Pistorius is on track to make the South African Olympic team. Is he an engineering marvel -- or just one hell of a sprinter? By Josh McHugh from Wired magazine.
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RESTORING muscle to the national men&#39;s team will be high on the agenda of Australia&#39;s new head swimming coach, Alan Thompson.