Blade runner anna steven says she is devastated after a false start resulted in her disqualification from her women’s 100m t64 heat at the tokyo paralympics.

Blade runner paralympics. A photo combination of oscar pistorius showing nelson mandela the medals he won at the beijing 2008 paralympic games. Oscar pistorius, the blade runner, win the gold medal at 100m (class t44) at the beijing paralympic games 2008 Pistorius, the first amputee runner to compete in the summer olympics at the london 2012 games, was banned by the international paralympic committee for five years in.

Former south africa paralympic superstar, oscar pistorius, jailed in 2016 for killing his girlfriend reeva steenkamp, has been moved closer to her family ahead of reconciliation. Van rhijn, a double leg amputee, began racing on blades in 2011 before going on to clinch multiple paralympic, world and european titles. Kiwi blade runner anna steven is devastated after getting disqualified from her final event of the tokyo paralympics.

In the fourth edition of our ‘para athletics explained’ series, dutch star sprinter marlou van rhijn talks about blade running. On the right, pistorius competes in the 2008. The paralympic games are bigger than ever, with 4280 athletes competing across 166 teams, and much new found media attention.