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Oscar Pistorius
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14/02/2013 13:48:42
 
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Sports
Category:
Olympics
Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01565983
Message ID:
01566051
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>I am really, REALLY hoping this isn't what it sounds like.
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>http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/14/world/africa/south-africa-blade-runner-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
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>The 29-year-old girlfriend of South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius was found fatally shot in his upscale Pretoria home early Thursday, authorities said.
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>Police charged a 26-year-old man -- the same age as Pistorius -- with murder in connection with the shooting and said he will appear in a Pretoria magistrate court Thursday afternoon. But they would not say whether the suspect was Pistorius.

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>Oscar Pistorius was one of my favorite athletes at the summer Olympic games last year. It wasn't just because he was a double amputee fast enough to run with able bodied runners, which is story enough in itself. There was a long profile of him in the New York Times Magazine that left me liking him as a person. He had so much spirit, so much life, you felt like that that is someone who would be fun to hang out with.
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>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/magazine/oscar-pistorius.html?pagewanted=all
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>Just in the time since I saw the headline on cnn.com he has been charged with murder. Lord, the news has been so bad lately.
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>http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/02/14/oscar-pistorius-shoots-girlfriend/1918689/

Any inspiration Pistorius had built was lost last September when he went full baby after losing in the Paralympics 200. That his pursuit of competing in the olympics (using different blades) contributed to his loss was great irony.
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