Athletics: ‘Blade Runner’ qualifies for worlds

Oscar has qualified for next month’s World Championships after clocking 45.07 seconds for the 400 metres at a meeting.

LIGNANO: Double amputee track sensation Oscar Pistorius has qualified for next month’s World Championships after clocking 45.07 seconds for the 400 metres at a meeting. The South African, known as the ‘Blade Runner’, who runs with carbon fibre prosthetic running blades, finished with his personal best of 45.61 seconds.



Published in The Express Tribune, July 21^st, 2011.