Oscar Pistorius

The Ones To Watch In London

AP | STEPHEN WILSON | Posted 04.18.2012

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By Stephen Wilson, The Associated Press LONDON — Wednesday marks 100 days until the London Olympics, a good time to look at some of the athletes ...

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Double-Amputee Runner Gets Closer To London Olympics

AP | GERALD IMRAY | Posted 04.13.2012

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PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa — Oscar Pistorius advanced to the 400-meter final at the South African championships on Friday, attempting to becom...

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I Lost A Limb And Lived To Tell The Tale

Tony Phillips | Posted 05.26.2012

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My new knee will include a microprocessor that calculates pitch, yaw, roll, orientation, direction and momentum at something like 70 computations a second. I'm 46. I'm pretty sure the beaten-down old natural knee they cut off me was performing calculations with an abacus. Felt that way anyhow.

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'Blade Runner' Nearing Historic Olympic Qualification

AP | GERALD IMRAY | Posted 03.17.2012

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JOHANNESBURG -- Double amputee Oscar Pistorius ran inside the 400-meter qualifying mark for the London Olympics for a second time Saturday, leaving hi...

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Help Us Pick the Sports Game Changers of 2011

Posted 12.04.2011

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HuffPost's Game Changers series celebrates 100 innovators, visionaries, and leaders in 12 categories who, whether working in the spotlight or under th...

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WATCH: Will Success Of Oscar Pistorius Help Other Amputees Get A Foothold In Sports?

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 09.12.2011

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The recent success of double-amputee Oscar Pistorius at the 13th World Championships in Athletics -- he qualified for the semifinals in the 400 meters...

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Elephant Gets New Prosthetic Leg

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 11.01.2011

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A 50-year-old elephant in Thailand who lost her left front leg a few years ago is now kicking it up with a new prosthetic. The elephant, named Mota...

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Double-Amputee Sprinter Loses For 1st Time In Seven Years

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius lost a 100-meter paralympic race for the first time in seven years in a phot...

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Top 5 Sports Stories

Len Berman | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Professional Bowlers Association doesn't test for drugs, but drinking and bowling is not allowed. If that applied to amateur bowling, bowling would have to close up shop.

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Oscar Pistoriius

AP | CHRIS LEHOURITES | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — The prosthetic legs of double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius give the South African a 10-second advantage over a 400-meter race, acco...

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Oscar Pistorius: When A Disadvantage Becomes An Advantage

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.25.2011

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The case could be made that the efficiency of the prosthetics Pistorius is allowed to use should be governed. But since we're dealing with the disabled, that would seem churlish.

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Double-Amputee Sprinter Fails to Qualify for Beijing

AP | SABRINA SHANKMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — In the end, it was a split second and not a court's decision that kept double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius from...

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"Blade Runner" Sprinter Not Going To Beijing

AP | SABRINA SHANKMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — In the end, it was a split second and not a court's decision that kept double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius from...

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