May 17, 2008 -
South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius won a landmark appeal from the Court of Arbitration for Sport allowing the runner to compete for a slot in the Beijing Olympics despite a previous ban on his artificial legs.
Nicknamed "Bladerunner," Pistorius runs on specially-adapted carbon fiber blades and said of the ruling, I am going to try and make it to Beijing. I have a few chances ahead of me and I will try to make the most of them.
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Sep 11, 2008 -
While the Olympics with the convention chaser gobbled up the news cycle, the Paralympic Games is running now in Beijing through Sept. 17 and is well worth a slice of the cycle. The stories and pictures out of the games rival a Phelps headline any day.
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