Sad News Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius who is  South African former professional sprinter confirmed dead today by BBC.

Sad News Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius who is  South African former professional sprinter confirmed dead today by BBC.

. In 2015 he was convicted of the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.Both of Pistorius’ feet had been amputated when he was 11 months old due to a congenital defect. When he was born he was missing the outside of both feet along with both fibula bones in his legs. Pistorius ran in both non-disabled sprint events and in sprint events for below-knee amputees. He was the tenth athlete to compete at both the Paralympic Games and Olympic Games. After becoming a Paralympic champion, Pistorius attempted to enter non-disabled international competitions, over persistent objections by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and charges that his artificial limbs gave an unfair advantage. Pistorius eventually prevailed in this legal dispute. At the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, Pistorius became the first amputee to win a non-disabled world track medal. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Pistorius became the first double-leg amputee to participate in the Olympic Games. On 14 February 2013, Pistorius fatally shot his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp, in his Pretoria home. He claimed he had mistaken Steenkamp for an intruder hiding in the bathroom, but he was arrested and charged with murder. At his trial the following year, Pistorius was found not guilty of murder, but guilty of culpable homicide. He received a five-year prison sentence for culpable homicide and a concurrent three-year suspended prison sentence for a separate reckless endangerment conviction.He was temporarily released on house arrest in 2015 while the case was presented to a panel at the Supreme Court of Appeal, which overturned the culpable homicide verdict and convicted him of murder. In July 2015, Judge Thokozile Masipa extended Pistorius’ sentence to six years. On appeal by the state for a longer prison sentence, the Supreme Court of Appeal more than doubled Pistorius’ prison term to 13 years and five months.

Five-time champion Thompson-Herah out of Olympics

Elaine Thompson-Herah, the two-time Olympic champion in the 100m and 200m, will miss the Paris Olympics with an Achilles injury.

The 31-year-old Jamaican, a five-time Olympic gold medallist, sustained the injury at the New York City Grand Prix on 9 June and had to be carried off the track.

Thompson-Herah – the only sprinter other than compatriot Usain Bolt to win multiple Olympic titles in both the 100m and 200m – was aiming to defend her 100m crown after choosing not to race in the Jamaica 200m trials.

She said a “small tear on my Achilles tendon” ended her chances of competing at a third Olympics.

“It’s a long road but I am willing to start over and keep working and to make full recovery and resume my track career,” Thompson-Herah wrote on Instagram.

“I am hurt and devastated to be missing the Olympics this year but at the end of the day it’s sports and my health comes first.”

Jamaicans have won the past four Olympic gold medals in the women’s 100m.

Thompson-Herah won gold in the 100m and 200m in Rio in 2016 and defended her titles in Tokyo five years later.

She won a fifth Olympic gold in Japan as part of Jamaica’s 4x100m relay team.

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‘I’m so proud of Sha’Carri’: North Texas coach plans to cheer on her former athlete at Paris Olympics
Dallas ISD track coach Coach Lauren Cross watched her former athlete, Sha’Carri Richardson, win the 100-meter race at the Olympic trials to clinch her spot in the 2024 games in Paris
By Sophia Beausoleil • Published June 26, 2024 • Updated on June 26, 2024 at 8:19 pm

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Sha’Carri Richardson is on her way to the Paris Olympics after clinching her spot in the 100 meter dash over the weekend. The North Texas native started her running career in Dallas ISD. Sophia Beausoleil spoke with her former track coach who plans to cheer her on in Paris.

After securing her spot in the 100-meter at the Olympic trials, Sha’Carri Richardson is officially on her way to the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Many people are rooting for the Dallas native, including her former high school track coach.

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“The formula is always hard work; you have to put in the work to be rewarded, and so I’m just very grateful, and I’m just so proud of Sha’Carri, and I always tell her that, ‘You know, I’m always proud of you regardless of what the outcome is,” said Lauren Cross, a teacher, coach and assistant athletic coordinator at Carter High School in Dallas.

Coach Cross returned from Oregon earlier this week, where she watched Richardson secure her spot in the 2024 Olympics.

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“it was just fun to be back in Eugene, to watch her in her element and then for her to make the Olympic team,” said Cross.

“It was very rewarding. I knew that it was meant for her to be there. She’s worked so hard, she’s overcome so much, and so you know, she’s where she needs to be.”

She coached Richardson at Carter High School between 2014 and 2018.

“When she came in, she was faster than most of the kids, and by her senior year, she was running collegiate times,” said Cross. “You know, exceptional kids always stand out. It’s just making sure that they have the commitment that goes with it, and so she has the commitment and the hard work, and that’s why she’s qualified to the Olympics.”

“Her seed was planted before she got to high school, I think it was always in her,” said Cross about Richardson. “You know, she’s always had good work, ethic so she knew what she had to do.”

The 24-year-old has blossomed into a track superstar over the years. She’s competed and won many races in her career, including the Track and Field World Championships in Budapest last year. Richardson is looking to add an Olympic medal to her resume.

When she was 21, she was supposed to attend the 2020 Tokyo Olympics but was disqualified after a positive marijuana test. That’s in the past, and Richardson is running fast toward the future.

“She’s 24 now, you have to remember three years ago, she was just a baby, she was 21. You know, you learn, you mature, you grow, you develop, and you know, it’s all within God’s time,” said Cross.

“Just to see everything that she’s overcome and how hard she’s worked and she’s really earned it you know, it’s earned, nothing was ever given,” described Cross.

In 2023, the Dallas Independent School District named the track inside Kincade Stadium at the Jesse Owens Athletic Complex after Richardson, following her world champion title.

“This track just has a lot of memories, a lot of moments, especially since Sha’Carri ran on this track for four years,” said Cross about the Sha’Carri Richardson Track.

Cross, who started coaching ten years ago, said she feels blessed to have come across such an amazing athlete and it’s a dream many other trainers wish to have, an athlete competing in the Olympics.

She says stadium in Dallas s a reminder to aspiring athletes that Richardson once ran and trained on the same track, and should serve as motivation for others to work hard and go after their dreams.

“It just shows that anything is possible. You have someone that was in your shoes, I mean, she was literally in their shoes years ago, and if you dream big and work hard, you can achieve your goals,” said Cross.

“So it’s just easy for the younger kids to see, just never give up and keep working. No matter what adversity you face or what you go through, just continue to stay strong and believe in yourself and work hard and everything will work out.”

Richardson will compete in the 200-meter qualifier on Thursday in Eugene, Oregon.

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