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Pistorius fails in Olympic bid

July 17, 2008

The South African athlete, who successfully appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for his right to compete with able-bodied athletes, said he is still hoping to be selected for his country's 4x400 metre relay squad.

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  • "If you look at the individual time it was always going to be a difficult task after only being back on the track for about nine weeks now, but there is still the relay.

    "It's up to the [South African] federation but I know there are one or two guys hoping to make the squad who have not done as good as 46.25 this year so I'll just have to see when I get home.

    "With enough practice I could have run a 45 [a sub 46 second race]," added the 21-year-old.

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