英語名人堂：奧斯卡·皮斯托瑞斯
2011年6月1日，在2011年國際田聯(lián)挑戰(zhàn)賽捷克奧斯特拉瓦站比賽中，奧斯卡·皮斯托瑞斯在假肢出現(xiàn)故障的情況下在男子400米比賽中獲得第六名。2012年7月，奧斯卡·皮斯托瑞斯確定參加倫敦奧運會，這也讓皮斯托瑞斯成為了奧運會歷史上第一位雙腿截肢的運動員。2013年2月14日，被譽為“刀鋒戰(zhàn)士”南非殘奧運動員皮斯托瑞斯在家中槍殺其女友。皮斯托瑞斯在法庭辯稱，事發(fā)時他以為家中進賊，因此開槍。去年10月，法院以“過失殺人罪”判處皮斯托瑞斯5年監(jiān)禁。這一判決當(dāng)時轟動南非社會。
2015年6月8號，南非國家監(jiān)察機關(guān)宣布，因過失殺人而被判刑的殘奧會冠軍、“刀鋒戰(zhàn)士”皮斯托瑞斯將于8月21日假釋出獄。[1] 11月，南非最高上訴法院改判"刀鋒戰(zhàn)士"謀殺罪名成立。[2]
2016年7月6日，南非殘疾人田徑運動員“刀鋒戰(zhàn)士”奧斯卡·皮斯托瑞斯因槍殺女友，被判處6年有期徒刑。[3]
Oscar Pistorius is the South African Paralympic runner famous for trying to compete at the Olympics. He is known as "Blade Runner" because of the artificial limbs he uses to sprint. He is alsodubbed "the fastest man on no legs". Pistorius is the double amputee world record holder and in the 100, 200 and 400 metres. He won gold medals in these events at the Beijing 2008 Paralympics.
Pistorius was born in 1986 with the fibula bone missing in both of his legs. When he was 11 months old, doctors amputated his legs halfway between his knees and ankles. His disability did not stop him from enjoying sports. At school he was very keen on rugby, water polo and tennis. He started running in 2004 and says he has "never looked back".
He runs on a pair of specially-developed carbon-fibre blades. At the 2004 Summer Paralympics, he won the 200-metre final with a world record time. In 2005, he finished first in the able-bodied South African Championships over 400 metres and won the 400-metre gold at the Paralympic World Cup. He decided to compete at the Beijing Olympics.
Pistorius tried to prove he could compete with the best able-bodied runners in the world. His biggest obstacle was the international athletics federation who decided his blades were a “technological aid” and therefore illegal. He now has his sights set on the 2012 London Olympics. His motto is: "You're not disabled by the disabilities you have, you are able by the abilities you have."
