“Blade Runner” Pistorius qualifies for worlds
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 here on Tuesday.
The South African, known as the Blade Runner, who runs with carbon fibre prosthetic running blades, finished clear of the field as he smashed his personal best of 45.61.
The 24-year-old, a four-time Paralympic gold medallist, will become the first amputee sprinter to compete at the World Championships which get under way in Daegu, South Korea, on August 27.
Pistorius, who had both lower legs amputated when he was 11 months old, failed to qualify for the 400m at the 2008 Beijing Games.
In 2008, the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled in his favour after a lengthy legal battle with the International Association of Athletics Federations over his blades.
America"s 2004 Olympic champion Justin Gatlin—who was banned from track and field for four years after failing a doping test in 2006—won the men"s 4x100 relay race here along with compatriots Trell Kimmons, Mike Rodgers and Walter Dix in 37.90sec.
리냐노(이탈리아) 19일 AFP 시사】당지에서 19일 행해진 육상 대회에서, 양각이 의족의 오스카·피스트리우스 선수(남아프리카=사진)가 남자 400미터로 참가 표준 기록을 웃도는 자기 최고의 45초 07을 마크 해, 세계 육상 선수권 출장의 자격을 얻었다.
패럴림픽으로 지금까지 4개의 금메달을 획득하고 있는 동선수는, 이것으로 8월 27일부터 한국의 대구에서 개막하는 세계 선수권으로 출장할 수 있다.지금까지의 자기 최고는 45초 61이었다.
동선수는 생후 11개월에 양각의 무릎으로부터 아래를 절단.양각에 카본 섬유제의 의족을 붙여 레이스에 참가해, “블레이드 러너”의 이명을 취하고 있다.의족에 의한 추진력이 문제가 되어, 정상인의 경기에 참가할 수 없었지만, 2008년에 스포츠 중재 재판소(CAS)가 출장을 인정하는 재결을 내렸다.동년의 북경 올림픽에는 참가 표준 기록을 돌파하지 못하고 출장할 수 없었던
"Blade Runner" Pistorius qualifies for worlds
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 here on Tuesday.
The South African, known as the Blade Runner, who runs with carbon fibre prosthetic running blades, finished clear of the field as he smashed his personal best of 45.61.
The 24-year-old, a four-time Paralympic gold medallist, will become the first amputee sprinter to compete at the World Championships which get under way in Daegu, South Korea, on August 27.
Pistorius, who had both lower legs amputated when he was 11 months old, failed to qualify for the 400m at the 2008 Beijing Games.
In 2008, the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled in his favour after a lengthy legal battle with the International Association of Athletics Federations over his blades.
America"s 2004 Olympic champion Justin Gatlin -- who was banned from track and field for four years after failing a doping test in 2006 -- won the men"s 4x100 relay race here along with compatriots Trell Kimmons, Mike Rodgers and Walter Dix in 37.90sec.
リニャーノ（イタリア）１９日ＡＦＰ時事】当地で１９日行われた陸上大会で、両脚が義足のオスカー・ピストリウス選手（南アフリカ＝写真）が男子４００メートルで参加標準記録を上回る自己最高の４５秒０７をマークし、世界陸上選手権出場の資格を得た。
パラリンピックでこれまでに４個の金メダルを獲得している同選手は、これで８月２７日から韓国の大邱で開幕する世界選手権に出場できる。これまでの自己最高は４５秒６１だった。
同選手は生後１１カ月で両脚の膝から下を切断。両脚にカーボン繊維製の義足をつけてレースに参加し、“ブレードランナー”の異名をとっている。義足による推進力が問題となり、健常者の競技に参加できなかったが、２００８年にスポーツ仲裁裁判所（ＣＡＳ）が出場を認める裁決を下した。同年の北京五輪には参加標準記録を突破できず出場できなかった