Amputee sprinter to compete against able-bodied runners

South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius competes in men 400 meter on May 31, 2011 at the Zlata Tretra (Golden Spike) athletics meeting in the eastern Czech city of Ostrava. (JOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images)

A man who was born with no bones in his lower legs has won the opportunity to run against – and possibly beat – able-bodied athletes at the track and field world championships.

Oscar Pistorius, the South African amputee sprinter who runs on blade-like prosthetics, dropped almost a half second to run his best time in the 400 metres and qualify for the world track championships in Daegu, South Korea next month.

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