Oscar Pistorius apologises for the timing of his comments about the running blades used by T44 200 metres rival Alan Fonteles Oliveira, who beat the South African to the gold medal on Sunday.
It seems almost insulting to whittle the entire Olympics down to a single event. And a single athlete – Usain Bolt. But he is the undisputed star of Olympic sport, eclipsing the considerable and combined talents of Michael Phelps, Oscar Pistorious, and GB’s very own Steve Redgrave in his bamboozling, hellaciously brilliant, God-given talent.
A week to go, and if you can look past the (barring catastrophe) triumph of Bradley Wiggins in the Tour de France, the biggest item on the summer sports agenda is the blue riband event of the Olympics.
As Oscar Pistorius prepares to compete against able-bodied athletes in the World Athletics Championships, the blade-runner tells Sports Reporter Keme Nzerem that “the hard work is beginning”.