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- sprinter from South Africa (also known as RSA)
- Made a successful appeal to compete in 2008 to comply with the rules, but might not be able to qualify.
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- Pistorius fails in last chance to get to Olympics in 400 - 07/16/08 - Double-amputee sprinter in track, Oscar Pistorius of South Africa (also known as RSA) fell short of the 400-meter qualifying time for the 2008 Olympics despite running a personal best.
- Pistorius runs against the clock and IAAF - 07/15/08 - Oscar Pistorius is running against the clock in his final attempt to qualify for the Beijing Olympics.
- Pistorius fails again to qualify for Olympics - 07/11/08 - Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius missed out in another attempt to qualify for the Olympics on Friday, but sliced more than a second off his 400-meter time from last week.
- Pistorius finishes 4th in 400 meters in Milan - 07/02/08 - Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius slowed on the final straight Wednesday in his first able-bodied race in nearly a year, finishing fourth and well outside the Olympic qualifying time.
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Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius arrested for shooting his girlfriend, 02/14/13[]
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been arrested in the shooting death of his girlfriend, police and the woman's talent agent. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/-olympics/news/20130214/oscar-pistorius-arrested-shooting-killing-girlfriend.ap/index.html
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