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Pistorius upbeat on eve of last bid - SuperAthletics

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ross   Jul 16th 2008, 10:27pm
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15 July 2008 (13:37)

Oscar Pistorius © Gallo Images

On the eve of his last chance to make the cut for the Beijing Olympics, South African double amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius was still hoping on Tuesday to shave off nearly a second off his personal best.

Pistorius, a Paralympic world-record holder in the 100 metres, 200m and 400m, has set his sights on competing in the 400m in the able-bodied Olympics but has been under pressure to improve his times after getting the go-ahead to try to qualify for Beijing only two months ago.

On Friday, Pistorius missed the Olympic qualifying time of 45.55 seconds by more than a second, finishing in 46.62 seconds at the Golden League meet in Rome. His time, while a significant improvement on his previous outing, fell below his personal best of 46.36.

Speaking from Lucerne, Switzerland, where the 21-year-old sprinter will compete on Wednesday in the meet that decides whether he goes to Beijing, his agent, Peet van Zyl told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa: "He's looking forward to the challenge and hopes to do well."

Even if Pistorius fails to make the 400m qualifying time, he still has...

 



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