Beaten Pistorius blasts rivals' 'long' blades

Oliveira : Brazil | Sep 03, 2012 at 1:22 AM PDT

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Minutes after losing the race to 20-year-old Brazilian runner Alan Fonteles Cardaso Oliveira on Sunday, Pistorius accused the gold medalist and others in the race of wearing "unbelievably long" blades. "You can't compete on stride length. You saw how far (Alan) came back so, you know what, we're not... FULL ARTICLE AT CNN

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