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Monday, 16 July 2007

The blade runner

The TV news last night reported on the remarkable athlete Oscar Pistorius, a lifelong double-amputee who runs on specially-designed carbon-fibre blades. Pistorius won the right to race alongside able-bodied world and Olympic champion Jeremy Warriner in the 400m at the Norwich Union British Grand Prix in Sheffield yesterday. Pistorius's 'Cheetah blades' are carved from lightweight carbon fibre by Reykjavik firm Ossur.
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