Last chance for Pistorius

Amputee sprinter needs lifetime best to make Olympics Pistorius is down to his last chance. The Associated PressComment on this story Oscar Pistorius is running against the clock in his final attempt to qualify for the Beijing Olympics. The double-amputee sprinter will run in the 400 meters today at Lucerne, Switzerland, knowing he must run the fastest time of his life to persuade South African selectors to include him in the Beijing team that they'll announce the next day. Pistorius, 21, also knows at least one senior official from the sport's governing body doesn't want him at the games. "It's a decision that rests with the officials of the federation and the South African Olympic Committee, but we'd prefer that they don't select him for reasons of safety," Pierre Weiss, general secretary of the International Amateur... [read full story]