'Blade Runner' wins as Maserati lacks horsepower
- Published: 13 Dec 2012 at 01.46
- Online news: Sports
South African Oscar Pistorius, who became the first disabled runner to compete in the Olympics when he ran in the 400 metres, beat Arab horse Maserati in the 'run like the wind' race here on Wednesday.
South African Oscar Pistorius, pictured at the Olympic Games on August 4, 2012, beat Arab horse Maserati in the 'run like the wind' race here on Wednesday.
The 26-year-old Pistorius, known as the Blade Runner because of the carbon fibre blades he runs on after having his legs amputated below the knee before he was aged one because of a congenital condition, beat the horse over 200 metres.
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