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Pistorius sorry over blades fury

The original "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius has apologised for the timing of his comments about the blades used by Brazillian Alan Oliveira who beat him to the T44 200m gold last night. He claimed Oliveira had an unfair advantage.

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Team South Africa welcomes Pistorius apology

Team South Africa and SASCOC (South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee) have issued a statement welcoming Oscar Pistorius's apology for his initial reaction after the T44 200-metre track final last night:

We note and welcome Oscar's apology for anything said in haste, and we obviously fully understand that he was emotionally upset immediately after such an important event here in London.

We again congratulate Oscar on winning his silver medal on Sunday.

As always we are fully supportive of all our athletes and will engage through the official channels from the National Paralympic Committee in South Africa to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) on any concerns that Oscar may have.

– Tubby Reddy, SASCOC Chief Executive Officer

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