Athletics News



Angry Pistorius storms out of BBC interview

By Tom Degun

Oscar_Pistorius_head_and_shouldersSeptember 6 – South African four-time Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius today stormed out of a BBC Radio Four interview after being described as an "inconvenient embarrassment" to athletics authorities due to the controversy surrounding his prosthetic legs.













Exclusive: Pistorius is getting "F1 advantage" and should not compete in Olympics, says South African sports scientist

By Mike Rowbottom

Oscar_Pistorius_wins_200m_World_Championship_January_24_2011_thumb130_August 14 - The Court of Arbitration for Sport's (CAS) decision to allow South Africa's multiple Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius to compete against able-bodied athletes was "a complete farce", according to a fellow South African sports scientist, Dr Ross Tucker, who compares the technological advances involved in making Pistorius's prosthetic blade "legs" to those in Formula One.