Oscar Pistorius is an Olympic 400 runner who is not like any normal 400 runner. Pistorius has no legs below the knee. He has curved carbon-fibre blades which people say give him an advantage, but he and a few others do not agree.
Oscar Pistorius was born with a missing fibula, the fibula is the outer and usually smaller of the two bones between the knee and the ankle. His parents then had both his legs amputated when he was 11 months. Oscar then learned to walk and run on prosthetics. Which can be very difficult, Oscar said that if they ever find that his legs give him an advantage against others that he will not run anymore. His dream was to be able to run in the Olympics and Paralympics.
In 2008 Oscar’s dream came true was able to run in the 2008 Olympics in the 4X400 meter relay. He ran the very first leg and they made it to the finals. The down part was the team agreed that the slowest leg would have to drop out so that another team mate who was running the 400 hurdles could run in the relay.
Unfortunately Oscar’s time was the slowest, like any athlete who didn’t get to compete in the finals Oscar was very upset. But he was happy that he was treated like a normal athlete. Good part is the he was not satisfied with the fact that he did not get to run in the finals.
Being unsatisfied with how you run is a very good sign, it shows that you want to get better and that, you will get better. A person who is satisfied with how run does not get better.
https://www.google.com/#hl=en&cp=14&gs_id=2b&xhr=t&q=what+is+a+fibula&tok=AX2zA3_vrtTRSvIzj_fjkg&pf=p&sclient=psy-ab&site=&source=hp&pbx=1&oq=what+is+a+fibu&aq=0&aqi=g1g-s1g1g-s1&aql=&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=84ab06fecaaa7abf&biw=1440&bih=756http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/aug/26/oscar-pistorius-caster-semenya-athletics
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