JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius will make a full recovery from head and facial injuries suffered in a boating accident, his agent says.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, July 18 (UPI) -- Double-amputee Oscar Pistorius, who runs on prosthetic blades, has come up short in his attempt to win a spot on the South African Olympic team.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, May 16 (UPI) -- Oscar Pistorius, the 21-year-old South African sprinter who runs on prosthetic limbs, was declared eligible Friday for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.
MONTE CARLO, Monaco, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- The international governing body for track and field ruled in Monaco that a South African double-amputee isn't eligible to run in the Olympics.
ROME, July 14 (UPI) -- A South African amputee finished second in the 400-meter run at a track meet this week in Rome.
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Some 10,000 spectators watched Sierra Leone's football team beat Ghana 3-0 in the opening match of the All-African Amputee Football Championship.
NICHOLASVILLE, Ky., Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Roadie, a double-amputee Walker coon hound who was a symbol of perseverance to people with disabilities, has died at his old Kentucky home.
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, May 15 (UPI) -- A New Zealand man is the first double-amputee to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
LONG BEACH, Calif., June 18 (UPI) -- A retired sergeant 1st class, the only double amputee to reenlist for active duty in the Army, will highlight Monday's opening of the weeklong SummerFest 2003 i
