Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, until a year ago the pride of Africa and global sports hero, was radically change its image with the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at home.
With its carbon prosthesis, two knives that have earned him the nickname "Blade Runner" Pistorius reached immense prestige by becoming the first Paralympic athlete to participate in the Olympic Games in London 2012 Time magazine proclaimed that year among the 100 most influential people in the world, commending as "the very definition of global inspiration."
Pistorius became the image of brands such as Nike. Seven months later, on Valentine's Day 2013, his hero image was shattered when knowing he had killed in his home in Pretoria to his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
The athlete before unleashing him four shots through the bathroom door, where the model was at the time of the events, at three in the morning.
A South African judge ruled Thursday that the premeditated killing, although he was convicted of manslaughter. The athlete has insisted that shot because he mistook his girlfriend for a thief, but the prosecution has argued that his version is not credible and fired deliberately knowing what he did.
After the death of his girlfriend, the media machine took a 180 degree turn, showing in detail the less friendly face of young previously acclaimed for his will.
Under the new portrait drawn by the media, Pistorius would be an aggressive young passionate speed, womanizer and above all very fond of firearms. "Oscar had changed radically. Since when?" Asked Matthew Pryor, a British journalist who sympathized with the athlete and dedicated a documentary.
Willful Carrera. Pistorius was born without fibulas on November 22, 1986 in Johannesburg and underwent an operation to amputate below the knee at the age of 11 months. He learned to walk with prostheses, and always wanted since childhood measured with valid athletes. He tried water polo, cricket, boxing, but settled for athletics at age 16, after having been injured in a knee playing rugby.
Since its first laps on the track, Pistorius breaks records, although his coach in high school says took six months to realize your athlete's disability because he always ran with long pants and did all the exercises "at the same rate than others. "
Ultradominador in (six gold medals between 2004 and 2012) Paralympics, Pistorius the challenge of competing with athletes 'valid' is thrown, but that leads to a long battle, on and off the track, to achieve his goal .
In 2008, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) vetoed his participation in the competitions organized by estimating the carbon foils shaped feline legs gave Pistorius an advantage in the second part of the return to the track. But the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in 2008 removed the right to the IAAF and Pistorius could compete with elite athletes.
Pistorius redoubled his training to become the first disabled athlete to run the Daegu World 2011, where he won the silver medal in the relay 4x400 meter dash. In London 2012, the South African Federation selected him for the 4x400 relay in July and subsequently for 400 single m, reaching the semifinals in the individual event finals and relays.
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