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Lex Gillette Video Interview, U.S. Paralympic Long Jumper
08/30/2012
Elexis "Lex" Gillette headed to the 2012 Paralympic Games with one goal in mind: earning a gold medal. Gillette is a two-time silver medalist in the event — in Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008 — so he knew that a gold medal in London would cement what has been an already outstanding career into a truly great one.
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April Holmes Video Interview, Paralympic Runner
09/11/2012
For U.S. Paralympic athlete April Holmes, a January 2001 train accident, resulting in the amputation of her leg, changed her life forever. A strong track athlete and basketball player, Holmes believed she that would never compete again until her doctor gave her magazines about the Paralympics while she was recuperating in the hospital after the surgery.
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EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Paralympic Runner April Holmes On Sharing Gold With Fellow Americans
09/13/2012
U.S. Paralympic runner April Holmes, 39, won her gold medal in the T44 100m event in 2008's Olympic games in Beijing — a couple of steps up from her 2004 Athens bronze medal win, and while her legs — one artificial from a train accident she had in 2001 — took her far, her positive attitude took her even farther.
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Jonnie Peacock Beats Oscar Pistorius
09/07/2012
Thursday's "Battle of the Blade Runners," a final event that pits amputee runners against one another in a 100m sprint, saw the victory of Paralympic newcomer Jonnie Peacock, 19, from Britain, who won the gold in the event and set a new Paralympic record of 10.
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Who Is Oscar Pistorius' Girlfriend, Anastassia Khozissova?
08/28/2012
All eyes might be on "Blade Runner" or "The Fastest Man with No Legs," Oscar Pistorius, 25, as the Paralympic games are almost upon us and Pistorius gears up to run in three track events in the category for amputees, but the question remains — who has captured the eye of Pistorius himself? Ralph Lauren Reports say that Pistorius had been dating his on-again, off-again high school sweetheart, Vicky Miles, for many years before the two split for good this year, after which point Pistorius was quickly linked to Russian supermodel Anastassia Khozissova, 33, reports Bleacher Report.
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Oscar Pistorius Comes In Second At Paralympics 200 Final
09/03/2012
A lot of hype has followed "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius, 25, who is currently running in the 2012 London Paralympics and was the first Paralympian to ever compete in the Olympics events last month, but anyone is beatable, as South African Pistorius discovered when Brazilian runner Alan Oliveira overtook him in the last 20 meters of the 200m final, traditionally Pistorius’ best event.
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'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius Heads To 2012 London Paralympics
08/16/2012
Even though Oscar Pistorius, 25, didn't place a medal in his 4x400m relay event for South Africa in the 2012 London Olympics, there are more sports ahead for the famous "Blade Runner" in the upcoming Paralympic Games, which kick off in less than two weeks on August 29, 2012 and last until September 9.
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'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius Heads To 2012 London Paralympics
08/16/2012
Even though Oscar Pistorius, 25, didn't place a medal in his 4x400m relay event for South Africa in the 2012 London Olympics, there are more sports ahead for the famous "Blade Runner" in the upcoming Paralympic games, which kick off in less than two weeks on August 29, 2012 and last until September 9.
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Double Amputee ‘Blade Runner’ Oscar Pistorius Blazing A Trail For South Africa
07/06/2012
The 2012 London Olympics will make history this summer thanks to South African "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius, 25, a Paralympics veteran and double amputee medal-winner who will debut as the first ever athlete with artificial limbs to compete in the Olympics.
