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Reply 300

SuperDaz

Oscar Pistorius might be at the Olympics, he got a ban overturned and now just needs to qualify :teeth:

Reply 301

eugenius 8

oooh tis gonna be interesting #excited#

Usain Bolt running 9.76 #zomg#

Reply 302

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SuperDaz

Oscar Pistorius might be at the Olympics, he got a ban overturned and now just needs to qualify :teeth:

i really doubt hes gonna get the time, i saw a race on TV, him aganist a bunch of non disabled athletes and he got hammerd, the winner beat him by a good second!!!

erm good luck to him tho, id love to see him win gold, but yeh lol then theyd probly say it was because of his legs, they should give him like super legs with rockets and machine gunns, make him run the 100m in 2 seconds, ha blow that cheat chambers into pieces..

anyways im weird, good luck to the guy is wht im trying to say but erm hes just too slow imn afraid

Reply 303

Johnni

Multi_Eventer

Having a look at his PB's he is quite a way off the competition, be lucky to make the finals of either 100/200 or 400m. Good luck to him anyway!

Reply 304

PE Crazy

Multi_Eventer

the race you probably saw was him running in the wet (where his blade legs can't grip as well so he was severely disadvantaged) and he got beat by Jeremy Wariner who atm is pretty much a dead cert for the Olympic gold over 400m. i reckon he'l get the time, don't think he'l get past the 1st round but its a brilliant achievemant if he gets there, fantastic for disability sport!!!!

Reply 305

SuperDaz

Having looked it up, Pritorious is actually outside the B standard of all the sprint events by quite a large margin. Perhaps he won't be there after all :frown:

Reply 306

Khanage

Hope Oscar Pistorius gets into the olympics, they've tested his blades and apparantly they dont give any advantage, so i hope he steps up his game and qualifies!

Should be an inspiration to all disabled athletes!

Reply 307

TSR Community Staff

SuperDaz

Having looked it up, Pritorious is actually outside the B standard of all the sprint events by quite a large margin. Perhaps he won't be there after all :frown:

He's about .4 seconds off the B standard for the 400m. Yep it's a big margin he needs to improve on, but he's still got a couple of months and given he's just been given the incentive I'd say he's got a chance. He just needs some big races with big competition to make him go faster :smile:

But whether he is there or not, it's nice to know he or other people in similar situations can be there should they make the times.

Reply 308

eugenius 8

**** #zomg#

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/athletics/7429745.stm

Reply 309

TSR Community Staff

Wow.
I wasn;t expecting another world record for a while...but I wouldn't be supirsed now if we don't get it broken again before the summer is out. Wouldn't it be great if it was broken in the Olympic final?

Reply 310

Barça

Usain Bolt is a 400m runner isn't he? Simply awesome. Now there are 3 contenders.

Reply 311

m:)ckel

He's primarily a 200m guy, but he uses the 100 to improve his starts, lol.

Reply 312

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m:)ckel

He's primarily a 200m guy, but he uses the 100 to improve his starts, lol.

Not any more eh?

Or maybe he'll still do the 200m and be able to take this on to break the World Record there?

Who knows?

But it brings more excitment to both events :biggrin:

Reply 313

Barça

How far can athletes go though? We hear about these records being broken but what time do you guys reckon is a limit. For instance will someone ever be able to run under 9s?