Pistorius can run any part of relay at Olympics
Jul. 31 2:23 PM EDT
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South Africa's sprinter Oscar Pistorius talks to members of the media after his first open training session at the team base during the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 29, 2012, in London. Pistorius trained in relative peace and quiet Sunday alongside his South African teammates at a university track in a leafy suburb of west London. It'll get far busier for the history-making "Blade Runner" when he does his first formal media appearance Wednesday ahead of becoming the first amputee athlete to run at any Olympics. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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South Africa's sprinter Oscar Pistorius poses for the photographers following his first open training session at the team base during the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 29, 2012, in London. Pistorius trained in relative peace and quiet Sunday alongside his South African teammates at a university track in a leafy suburb of west London. It'll get far busier for the history-making "Blade Runner" when he does his first formal media appearance Wednesday ahead of becoming the first amputee athlete to run at any Olympics. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
LONDON (AP) — Double-amputee Oscar Pistorius will be able to run any part of the Olympic 4x400-meter relay.
Pistorius was the leadoff runner in the semifinals at the world championships in South Korea last year after the IAAF had raised concerns that his carbon-fiber blades would endanger others in the race. South Africa won silver.
IAAF President Lamine Diack said Tuesday that it was fully up to the South African federation to decide, raising the possibility that Pistorius will be running in the bunch once athletes leave their lanes after 500 meters.
Diack says that "if they want him to run the second leg, he can run the second leg. It is no problem for us."
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