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US sprinter backs Pistorius blade rule review

US sprinter Jerome Singleton on Wednesday backed calls by Oscar Pistorius for a review of runners' artificial running prostheses after the South African claimed he was at a disadvantage over blade length.

US sprinter Jerome Singleton, pictured in 2011, on Wednesday backed calls by Oscar Pistorius for a review of runners' artificial running prostheses after the South African claimed he was at a disadvantage over blade length.

The 26-year-old also said he believed that the time had come to end joint category races, to avoid allegations of unfairness between single and double-leg amputee runners.

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