Beijing Olympics Will Be Sans “Blade Runner” Oscar Pistorius

You know advertisers and sports moguls were drooling over the possibility of acquiring the story of Oscar Pistorius’ groundbreaking Olympics journey. Unfortunately, they’re going to have to wait until 2012 to tell his story because Oscar failed to qualify for the South African 400 meter team and 1600 relay team.

Pistorius has battled with authorities for months, ultimately winning an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in May that allowed him to compete against able-bodied athletes and more recently facing concerns that he could pose a danger to other athletes.
But Pistorius fell short of the 400 qualifying time of 45.55 seconds. On Wednesday, he recorded a personal best of 46.25. He said in May that his legal battles had prevented him from focusing on training, and that it might be more realistic to aim at qualifying for the 2012 London Olympics.

And China was that close to diverting attention from their impending disaster. Oh, are we still holding out hope that the Beijing Olympics won’t suck? Our bad. You’ll get them next time, Blade Runner!
Earlier: Oscar Pistorius Is The “Blade Runner” Who Could
Pistorius fails to make South African Olympic team [AP]
Image [The Age]