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Pistorius wants to prove himself in relay

The Columbian
Published: September 12, 2011, 5:00pm

BRUSSELS (AP) — Double-amputee runner Oscar Pistorius wants to prove before the London Olympics that he can run any leg of a 4×400 relay and should not be held back by concerns his carbon fiber blades would injure other athletes running in a pack.

Pistorius was allowed only to run the opening leg of the relay at the world championships in Daegu and was left off the South African quartet that won silver in the final earlier this month.

Pistorius ran the leadoff leg in the semifinals, helping set a South African record, and received a medal as a team member even though he missed the final.

Speaking before Friday’s Van Damme Memorial meet, he said he still did not understand why the South African team kept him out of the final even though he was his nation’s second-fastest 400 runner.

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