Oscar Pistorius geared up for his latest attempt to seal an historic Olympic place by maintaining his winning record at the BT Paralympic World Cup in Manchester.
The South African double amputee clocked yesterday 22.08 seconds into a headwind to win the T42/43/44 200 metres at the Regional Arena in comprehensive fashion.
"It wasn't for me the most explosive performance I've had, but it was comfortable," he said after his last race in Britain before the Olympics.
On Friday, Pistorius races over 400m against an able-bodied field at the Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava as he chases an Olympic A-standard time for the third time in 10 months. That would finally be enough to satisfy Athletics South Africa he is worth a place on the team for the Olympics, and make him the first amputee athlete to compete at both Games.
Briton Graeme Ballard, who has cerebral palsy, took double gold in the T36 100 and 200, shattering the world record over the shorter distance with an 11.98 run.
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