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Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius (/ p ɪ ˈ s t ɔːr i ə s / pist-OR-ee-əs, Afrikaans: [pəˈstuəriœs]; born 22 November 1986) is a South African former professional sprinter. He was the 10th athlete to compete at both the Paralympic Games and Olympic Games. Pistorius ran in both nondisabled sprint events and in sprint events for below-knee ...
Cape Times billboard following the arrest of Pistorius in February 2013. The bail hearing commenced on 19 February 2013 before Chief Magistrate of Pretoria, Desmond Nair. [3] [19] On the first day of the bail hearing, Magistrate Nair ruled that Pistorius was charged with a Schedule 6 criminal offence, which relates to serious crimes including premeditated murder and requires exceptional ...
Oscar Pistorius running during the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, South Korea. The mechanics of the running blades used by South African former Paralympic runner Oscar Pistorius depend on special carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer prosthetics.
Oscar Pistorius has been granted his freedom by a parole board in South Africa after serving a decade behind bars for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.. After a highly-publicised ...
Disgraced Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius was released from a South African prison on parole Friday, nearly 11 years after the Valentine’s Day slaying of his girlfriend, officials said ...
Oscar Pistorius will be released on parole in January, prison authorities said Friday, nearly 11 years after the South African Paralympic sprinter killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
The Flex-Foot Cheetah and similar models are worn by Oscar Pistorius and other amputee athletes in the Paralympics and elsewhere. It is made from carbon fibre, and unlike all previous foot prostheses, [citation needed] it stores kinetic energy from the wearer's steps as potential energy, like a spring, allowing the wearer to run and jump
Oscar Pistorius, known as the "Blade Runner" for his carbon-fibre prosthetic legs, on Friday was granted parole in January after he sought early release from prison where he is serving a more than ...