"men's world record holder for T43 in the 400 metres event. With a 400 metres time of 45.07 seconds recorded on 19 July 2011, he achieved the ""A"" qualifying requirement for the 2011 World Championships and the 2012 Summer Olympics. In London 2012, Pistorius became the first amputee to run at the Summer Olympic Games. In the 2012 London Paralympics, Pistorius set a new world record in the first-round heats of the 200 metres T43/T44 event, finishing with a time of 21.30s. However, he was defeated in the final by Brazilian runner Alan Oliveira with a time of 21.45. Alan"
"Oscar Pistorius Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius (; ; born 22 November 1986) is a South African former sprint runner who was convicted of the culpable homicide of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013. Both of Pistorius' feet had been amputated when he was 11 months old due to a congenital defect. When he was born he was missing the outside of both feet along with both fibula bones in his legs. Pistorius ran in both non-disabled sprint events and in sprint events for below-knee amputees. He was the tenth athlete to compete at both the Paralympic Games and Olympic Games."
"Video service entitled ""Pistorius""; the episodes are titled: ""The Dream"", ""Valentine's Day"", ""A Good Day to Tell You That I Love You"" and ""The Man Who Wasn't There"". Oscar Pistorius Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius (; ; born 22 November 1986) is a South African former sprint runner who was convicted of the culpable homicide of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013. Both of Pistorius' feet had been amputated when he was 11 months old due to a congenital defect. When he was born he was missing the outside of both feet along with both fibula bones in his legs. Pistorius"
"After becoming a Paralympic champion, Pistorius attempted to enter non-disabled international competition, over persistent objections by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and charges that his artificial limbs gave an unfair advantage. Pistorius eventually prevailed in this legal dispute. At the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, Pistorius became the first amputee to win a non-disabled world track medal. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Pistorius became the first double-leg amputee to participate in the Olympic Games. On 14 February 2013, Pistorius fatally shot his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp, in his Pretoria home. He claimed he had mistaken Steenkamp for an"
"metres relay T42-46, setting world records in both, and individual silver in the T44 200 metres. In the 200 metres event Pistorius set a new world record in his heat, but he was defeated in the final by Brazilian Alan Oliveira. After the race Pistorius raised an issue about the length of Oliveira's blades, he later apologised for the timing of his remarks, but not the content of his complaint. The IPC confirmed the length of Oliveira’s blades were proportional to his body and legal, but expressed willingness to engage with Pistorius about the issue. A team of four represented"
"advertising allows us to invest in original programming and events such as the Paralympics."" Channel 4 also came under criticism for airing, on its show ""The Last Leg With Adam Hills"", a tweet that asked whether if it is acceptable to hit disabled people. Oscar Pistorius established a new world record of 21.30 seconds in his 200m heat on 1 September, but was defeated in the final the next day by Alan Oliveira of Brazil. Pistorius took silver, and then created a controversy by complaining about the length of Oliveria's blades. He later apologized for the timing of his remarks,"
"was possible that state witnesses heard screams from the Pistorius house from up to away. Peet van Zyl, Pistorius's agent, testified that Pistorius was in a ""loving and caring relationship"" with Reeva Steenkamp. Van Zyl described the sprinter as ""hypervigilant"", and said he rarely lost his temper. On 2 July, defence lawyer Roux read excerpts from a psychologist's report, which stated ""Mr Pistorius has been severely traumatised by the events that took place on 14 February 2013, He currently suffers from a post-traumatic stress disorder, and a major depressive disorder ... The degree of anxiety and depression that is present"
"47.65 seconds. However, he was later disqualified for running outside his lane. The race was won by American Angelo Taylor with a time of 45.25 seconds. Pistorius had ambitions of competing in other non-disabled events. In particular, he had set his sights on competing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, but was ultimately not selected by the South African Olympic Committee. Pistorius has been the subject of criticism because of claims that his artificial limbs give him an advantage over runners with natural ankles and feet. He runs with J-shaped carbon-fibre prosthetics called the ""Flex-Foot Cheetah"" developed by"
"reckless endangerment conviction. Pistorius is a leading South African runner, who won attention as an athlete with a disability competing at a high level, including at multiple Paralympic Games and the 2012 Summer Olympics. Steenkamp, a model, was Pistorius's girlfriend. In the early morning of Thursday, 14 February 2013, Steenkamp was shot and killed by Pistorius at his Pretoria home. Pistorius acknowledged that he shot Steenkamp, but said that he mistook her for an intruder. Pistorius was taken into police custody and was formally charged with murder in a Pretoria court on 15 February 2013. On 25 February 2014, Judge"
"legs. Prosecutor Nel suggested Derman could not give evidence against his patient. ""The truth would come before my patient,"" Derman responded. On 8 July, the defence closed its case. Defence lawyer Barry Roux protested ""We were unable to call a number of witnesses because they refused, and didn't want their voices heard all over the world."" Closing arguments were heard on 7 and 8 August, with prosecutor Nel stating that Pistorius concocted a ""snowball of lies"", demanding that Pistorius face consequences for his actions and in response defence lawyer Barry Roux stated that the timeline proves that Pistorius' story is"
"issue of lengthened prosthetics after the conclusion of the Games. The IPC expressed willingness to engage with Pistorius about the issue. Australian runner Jack Swift and American runner Jerome Singleton also expressed support for Pistorius's position. Pistorius won a gold medal on 5 September, running the anchor leg as part of the South African 4 × 100 metres relay team. The team set a world record time of 41.78 seconds. He was unsuccessful in defending his Beijing Olympics 100-metre title when he came fourth with a season's best time of 11.17 seconds, and the race was won by Great Britain's"
"attend, however, because of school commitments. On 13 July 2007, Pistorius ran in the 400-metre race at Rome's Golden Gala and finished second in run B with a time of 46.90 seconds, behind Stefano Braciola who ran 46.72 seconds. This was a warm-up for his appearance at the 400 metres at the Norwich Union British Grand Prix at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield on 15 July 2007. As American Olympic champion Jeremy Wariner stumbled at the start of the race and stopped running, Pistorius took seventh place in a field of eight in wet conditions with a time of"
"he had thought Steenkamp was in the bed, and that the person in the toilet was an intruder. Chief investigating officer Hilton Botha said at the bail hearing that a witness had heard gunshots coming from Pistorius' home and then a female screaming followed by more gunshots; he initially said the witness was away, but later said the distance was . Botha also said the trajectory of the gunshots indicated that they had been fired downward and directly toward the toilet, seemingly conflicting with Pistorius' statement that he was not wearing his prosthetics at the time. He acknowledged that procedural"
"of the 4 × 400 metres relay, Pistorius ran the opening leg as South Africa advanced to the finals with a national record time of 2 minutes 59.21 seconds. However, he was not selected to run in the finals since he had the slowest split time of 46.20 seconds. This caused a controversy, as the first leg is normally Pistorius' slowest since it requires a start from blocks, and he was restricted to the first leg by Athletics South Africa ""on safety grounds"". He initially tweeted: ""Haven't been included in final. Pretty gutted."", but later added: ""Well done to the"
"biomedical engineer Van Phillips and manufactured by Össur. On 26 March 2007, the IAAF amended its competition rules to include a ban on the use of ""any technical device that incorporates springs, wheels or any other element that provides a user with an advantage over another athlete not using such a device"". The IAAF stated that the amendment was not specifically aimed at Pistorius. To decide whether he was running with an unfair advantage, the IAAF monitored his track performances using high-definition cameras to film his race against Italian club runners in Rome on 13 July, and his 400 metres"
"2008 Summer Olympics in the 400 meter race, by 0.70 seconds. He qualified for the 2008 Summer Paralympics where he won gold medals in the 100, 200, and 400 meter sprints. In 2011, Pistorius qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics and competed in two events: he made the semi-final in the 400 metres race; and his team came 8th in the final of the 4 × 400 metres relay race. Even though all athletes are given equal opportunities to participate in these events, such as the 400 meter race, there has been growing criticism that the games may not be"
"Reeva Steenkamp Reeva Rebecca Steenkamp (; 19 August 1983 – 14 February 2013) was a South African model. On Valentine's Day 2013, Steenkamp was shot dead by her boyfriend, Oscar Pistorius, who said he believed she was an intruder hiding in the bathroom. Pistorius was later found guilty of culpable homicide at his trial the following year, was given five years in jail and served a one-year prison sentence. On 3 December 2015, the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa overturned the conviction for culpable homicide and instead convicted Pistorius of murder. The sentencing of Pistorius began on 13"
"of Brazil. Pistorius took silver, and subsequently complained about the length of Oliveira's blades. He later apologised for the timing of his remarks, but not the content of his complaint. The IPC confirmed the length of Oliveira's blades were proportional to his body, with all the finalists measured before the race. The IPC also confirmed that Pistorius had raised the issue of blade length with it six weeks prior to the race. SASCOC issued a statement welcoming Pistorius' apology for his outburst, declared their full support for him and promised to assist him in discussions with the IPC about the"
"of the race. In June 2008, Antonio Pettigrew ""admitted in court he cheated to win"" by using banned performance-enhancing substances, and agreed to return his gold medal. Michael Johnson announced that he would return his own gold medal, won as part of the relay team with Pettigrew. Johnson stated that he felt ""cheated, betrayed and let down"" by what Pettigrew had done at the Games. Nigerian long jumper Yusuf Alli urged the IOC to award the gold medal to Nigeria, following Pettigrew's admission. On 12 July 2012, the IOC confirmed the medal reallocation. These were the standing world and Olympic"
"during the 400-meter individual medley, Dan Hicks credited a man as responsible for breaking the world record and winning the gold medal. There was no reference to who the ""man"" was, although some on social media angrily speculated that Hicks was alluding to Katinka Hosszú's husband, Shane Tusup (who was also the coach of the Hungarian Swimming Team). The comment from Hicks was criticized as sexist. Hicks later said ""It is impossible to tell Katinka's story accurately without giving appropriate credit to Shane, and that's what I was trying to do."" He also added that ""with live TV, there are"
"to compete in the 200 metres as a result – a move which attracted criticised as he had reportedly been paid 250,000 Canadian dollars to act as a Games ambassador. The quality of the host stadium also came in for criticism from those attending the event, which one French official stating that ""a poor African country"" could have held the event to a better standard. Of the winners in Ottawa, Perdita Felicien, Szymon Ziółkowski, Amy Mbacke Thiam and Nezha Bidouane also went on to become gold medallists in their respective events at the World Championships. A number of other athletes"
"second goal by lowering his shorts and lifting his shirt to reveal a pair of Paddy Power underpants, to the disgust of the national team's sponsor Ladbrokes and tournament organisers UEFA. Bendtner was fined €100,000 by UEFA and banned for one game. He later described his actions as being regrettable and not premeditated. In early March 2014, 5,525 complaints, the most ever in history, were made to the United Kingdom Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) via an online petition launched for Paddy Power to pull an offer for betting on the outcome of the South African trial of Oscar Pistorius for"
"100 m and withdrew from the 1500 m. Thorpe's success led to allegations of drug doping in 2000, which arose again in 2007. Specifically he was accused of using banned performance-enhancing steroids. Prior to the 2000 Olympics, the head coach and captain of Germany's swimming team accused Thorpe of cheating, that his physical attributes were symptomatic of steroid use and that his ability to exceed prior records believed to be drug-fuelled made his feats worthy of suspicion. In 2007, the French sports newspaper ""L'Équipe"" claimed that Thorpe ""showed 'abnormal levels' of two banned substances in a doping test"". Thorpe denied"
"real 400-metre race); that the report did not consider the disadvantages that Pistorius suffers at the start and acceleration phases of the race; and that overall there was no evidence that he had any net advantage over non-disabled athletes. In response to the announcement, Pistorius said: ""My focus throughout this appeal has been to ensure that disabled athletes be given the chance to compete and compete fairly with non-disabled athletes. I look forward to continuing my quest to qualify for the Olympics."" To have a chance of representing South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the individual"
"an intruder in the bathroom, and not his girlfriend, after hearing the sound of the window being opened. The couple had been in a relationship since 2012 after attending an award show together. Pistorius’ previous girlfriend, model Samantha Taylor, was put on the stand during the trial to testify about Pistorius' gun use prior to the February 14 shooting. In Taylor's statement, she described Pistorius always having his gun with him, even when visiting friends, and frequently waking up during the night in fear about potential intruders. The prosecutors also believe that Pistorius had shot Steenkamp because of arguments they"
"of how you snap at me"", and described his behaviour as ""nasty"". The state rested their case on Tuesday 25 March, having called 20 witnesses from an original list of 107. On 28 March, the trial was postponed until 7 April as one of the assessors fell ill. On 7 April, Pistorius began testifying in his own defence at the trial. The cross examination of Pistorius lasted for five days, and ended on 15 April. Re-examination by defence lasted less than ten minutes, in the course of which defence asked Pistorius to read from a Valentine card which Steenkamp had"
"more than doubled Pistorius's prison term to 13 years and five months. The bail hearing commenced on 19 February 2013 before Chief Magistrate of Pretoria, Desmond Nair. During the hearing, both prosecution and defence said that Pistorius had fired four shots through a locked toilet door, hitting Steenkamp, who was inside, three times. Prosecutor Gerrie Nel claimed that Pistorius had put on his prosthetic legs, walked across his bedroom to the bathroom, and intentionally shot Steenkamp through the door. Nel argued that the time required for this process was sufficient to establish the alleged murder as premeditated. Pistorius said that"
"the 2012 Summer Olympics in London after an ""adverse result"" from a doping test. Schwazer said ""My career is finished...I wanted to be stronger for this Olympics, I made a mistake"". He announced his decision to quit athletics and described the result as the ""biggest blow of my life"". He was subsequently given a three-and-a-half year competition ban by the Italian National Olympic Committee in April 2013. Schwazer's girlfriend at the time of the offence, figure skater Carolina Kostner, later admitted to prosecutors in Bolzano that she had lied to inspectors from the World Anti-Doping Agency shortly before the 2012"
"Jonnie Peacock. On 8 September, the last full day of competition, Pistorius won gold in the T44 400 metres with a time of 46.68 seconds, breaking the Paralympic record. In 2006, Pistorius was conferred the Order of Ikhamanga in Bronze (OIB) by then President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, for outstanding achievement in sports. On 9 December 2007, Pistorius was awarded the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award, which is conferred for outstanding courage and achievement in the face of adversity. This was later revoked following his conviction for murder. In May 2008, Pistorius made the ""Time"
"played off an 18 handicap for the Championship. In 2010, he played in the Laureus World Sports Awards Golf Challenge at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and the Help-net Fund Celebrity Charity Golf Day. Pistorius is related to the South African psychological profiler, Micki Pistorius, who is his aunt. In the early morning of Thursday, 14 February 2013, Pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend, South African model Reeva Steenkamp, at his home in Pretoria. Pistorius acknowledged that he shot Steenkamp four times, causing her death, but said that he mistook her for a possible"
"Cassidy (a wheelchair racer) and Tiki Gelana (a leading female marathoner) at the 2013 London Marathon brought the issue into the spotlight again. Occasionally, athletes with a disability excel to compete with able bodied athletes. Legally blind Marla Runyan ran in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics and won a gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 1999 Pan American Games. Oscar Pistorius, a double amputee, has competed in the 2012 Olympics. At the 2011 World Championships Pistorius successfully made it to the 400 metres semi-final round and won a silver medal as part of South Africa's 4x400 metres relay"
"would have been one of the first competitors with a leg amputation to participate in the Olympic Games. Pistorius's compatriot Natalie du Toit, a swimmer whose left leg was amputated above the knee after a traffic accident, duly became the first athlete with an amputation to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Asked about the possibility of the IAAF offering him a wild card to take part in the Olympics, Pistorius responded: ""I do not believe that I would accept. If I have to take part in the Beijing Games I should do it because I qualified."" He expressed a"
"suicidal. On 30 June, surgeon Gerald Versfeld, who amputated Pistorius' lower legs when he was 11 months old, testified about the effects of Pistorius walking or standing on his stumps. Acoustic engineer Ivan Lin testified that tests suggested that if Steenkamp was screaming in Pistorius’ toilet, it was ""very unlikely"" that the screams would be audible or intelligible from away, and that ""although we can typically distinguish male and female screams, you cannot do so reliably, without exception"". Masipa also issued an order that police officers depose affidavits about a missing electrical extension cord. On 1 July, Lin conceded it"