Since Oscar Pistorius started athletics 4 years ago, he has never lost the 200m competition. He always wants new challenges to push himself. And he would now attempt what was previously unthinkable - to race in the able-bodied competition.

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Everybody likes an inspiration story, and Natalie Du Toit is definitely an inspiration. Her leg was amputated below the left knee as a result of a freak accident. Yet it did nothing to deter the steely swimmer from achieving her Olympic dream.

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Dara Torres, at age 41, is going to the Olympics for an unprecedented fifth time. It was not so much the frequency of trips to the Olympics that had people gasping. It was the manner she qualified for the Olympics.

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