A young disabled swimmer's dream came true yesterday when he met Paralympic hero Oscar Pistorius.
A young disabled swimmer's dream came true yesterday when he met Paralympic hero Oscar Pistorius.
BUSY DAY: Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius at the University of Strathclyde. Inset, top: Meeting Adam Donnachie, from Hamilton, who swims for Scotland with the Scottish Junior Disabled Team. Above: Sharing a laugh with Diane Allison at the National Centre for Prosthetics and Orthotics. Main picture: Kirsty Anderson
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Adam Donnachie, 11, from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, who was born with both his lower legs missing, said talking to Pistorius, nicknamed "Blade Runner", was the "best thing that has ever happened" to him.
The pair met at the University of Strathclyde's National Centre for Prosthetics and Orthotics, where the Olympic and Paralympic runner was touring the facilities and meeting patients and staff.
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