Athletics News

Pistorius talks London 2012 on Tonight With Jay Leno

By Tom Degun

October 10 - South African Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius has discussed his involvement at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games on NBC's Tonight With Jay Leno show, one of the biggest television chat shows in the United States.

Former Paralympian Blauwet elected to the US Anti-Doping Agency Board of Directors

By Tom Degun

October 4 - Seven-time Paralympic wheelchair racing medallist Cheri Blauwet, a member of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Medical Committee, has been elected to the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) Board of Directors.

Pistorius to play in Alfred Dunhill Links Championship

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay

September 29 - Oscar Pistorius will join a world-class field of golf professionals, including the winners of ten majors, for the prestigious Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland next week.

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British Paralympic champion helps local football club to big victory

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay

September 22 - Richard Whitehead, Britain's Paralympic T42 200 metres champion today helped inspire his local football club, Notts County, to a 3-0 victory over Portsmouth in League One by giving the players a pre-match motivational pep talk.

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London Marathon to feature IPC Marathon World Cup

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay

September 11 - Next year's Virgin London Marathon will feature an International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics Marathon World Cup, it was announced today.

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Pistorius overlooked for London 2012 fair play award as Ireland's McKillop chosen

By Emily Goddard

By Duncan Mackay at the Olympic Stadium in London

September 9 - Ireland's Michael McKillop was tonight given a prestigious Paralympics award for fair play ahead of Oscar Pistorius, whose claim earlier in the Games that he had been beaten by a rival because he cheated made him a controversial choice.

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Weir’s fourth gold and Woods’ silver confirm hosts as third in medals table

By Mike Rowbottom on The Mall in London

September 9 - David Weir provided the perfect patriotic endpiece to the home Paralympics here today as he rounded off his extraordinary Games with a fourth gold medal in the T54 marathon.

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The Beast devours Wolf to satisfy gold medal appetite

By Duncan Mackay

By Mike Rowbottom at the Olympic Stadium in London

September 7 - Tatyana McFadden is known by her competitors as "The Beast", just like fellow wheelchair racer David Weir, in fact - and for the same reasons: fearsome strength and determination.

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Channel 4 reveals record Paralympic coverage for Thriller Thursday as 6.3 million tune in

By Emily Goddard

By Tom Degun at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in London

September 7 - London 2012 Paralympic host broadcaster Channel 4 has revealed a record number of viewers for its Games-time sport coverage so far as "Thriller Thursday" last night saw 6.3 million tune in to watch Jonnie Peacock's gold medal winning performance in the T44 100 metres final.

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Preening Peacock wins battle of the blades

By Duncan Mackay

By Tom Degun at the Olympic Stadium in London

September 6 - Britain's Jonnie Peacock stormed to a sensational victory here in the long-awaited 100 metre T44 final as he stunningly left his seven rivals, including South African Oscar Pistorius, in his wake on route to a Paralympic record.

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Wonderful Weir makes it golden hat trick on Thriller Thursday

By Duncan Mackay

By Tom Degun at the Olympic Stadium in London

September 6 - Britain's David Weir powered to his third gold of London 2012 in the 800 metres T54 in perhaps the greatest night in history of the Paralympics Games as Hannah Cockroft and Jonnie Peacock joined him to make it three British victories here on, what was dubbed, "Thriller Thursday".

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Pistorius returns to track for relay gold but still says blade size needs reviewing

By Mike Rowbottom at the Olympic Stadium in London

September 5 - Oscar Pistorius anchored the South African 4x100 metres relay team to gold in a T42-46 world record of 41.78sec here tonight before apologising once again for the timing of the comments in the wake of his 200m defeat which had created "a real backlash".

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Brazil pair take women's T11 100 metres gold after fall fouled up medal chances in 400m final

By Mike Rowbottom at the Olympic Stadium in London

September 5 - Visually impaired sprinter Terazinha Guilhermina turned disaster into triumph here tonight as she won the women's T11 100 metres title in a world record of 12.01sec the day after a fall by her guide had halted her ambitions of winning the T11 400m title.

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Pistorius returns to track for relay gold but still says blade size needs reviewing

By Mike Rowbottom at the Olympic Stadium in London

September 5 – Oscar Pistorius anchored the South African 4x100 metres relay team to gold in a T42-46 world record of 41.78sec here tonight before apologising once again for the timing of the comments in the wake of his 200m defeat which had created "a real backlash".

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South African officials call for "urgent investigation" in Pistorius blade row

By Emily Goddard

By Tom Degun

September 5 - South Africa's main sports body has written to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) demanding an urgent investigation in the blade row started by their star athlete Oscar Pistorius after he was beaten in the men's 200-metre T44 final.

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