英语名人堂：奥斯卡·皮斯托瑞斯
2011年6月1日，在2011年国际田联挑战赛捷克奥斯特拉瓦站比赛中，奥斯卡·皮斯托瑞斯在假肢出现故障的情况下在男子400米比赛中获得第六名。2012年7月，奥斯卡·皮斯托瑞斯确定参加伦敦奥运会，这也让皮斯托瑞斯成为了奥运会历史上第一位双腿截肢的运动员。2013年2月14日，被誉为“刀锋战士”南非残奥运动员皮斯托瑞斯在家中枪杀其女友。皮斯托瑞斯在法庭辩称，事发时他以为家中进贼，因此开枪。去年10月，法院以“过失杀人罪”判处皮斯托瑞斯5年监禁。这一判决当时轰动南非社会。
2015年6月8号，南非国家监察机关宣布，因过失杀人而被判刑的残奥会冠军、“刀锋战士”皮斯托瑞斯将于8月21日假释出狱。[1] 11月，南非最高上诉法院改判"刀锋战士"谋杀罪名成立。[2]
2016年7月6日，南非残疾人田径运动员“刀锋战士”奥斯卡·皮斯托瑞斯因枪杀女友，被判处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."
