World Athletics 2011: Grey-Thompson critical of Pistorius

The 24-year-old will also compete in the individual 400m at the World Championships

Former Paralympic world champion Tanni Grey-Thompson has criticised sprinter Oscar Pistorius for taking part in the World Championships in South Korea.

The South African will make history in Daegu, when he becomes the first amputee athlete to compete in the able-bodied worlds.
An IAAF ban was overturned in 2008, allowing Pistorius to compete.
"Everything we've been fighting for would be knocked back if Oscar competes in the 400m," Grey-Thompson said.

"The Paralympics becomes the event for people who couldn't make the Olympics - who weren't good enough for the Olympics."

She told Radio 4: "If he makes the Olympics, then his event, the 400m, shouldn't be run at the Paralympics because the Paralympics should never be a 'B' final."
The double amputee runs with prosthetic blades and will line up for the event on Sunday.
The 24-year-old had previously failed in his bid to compete at the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008.
At the time the IAAF, athletics' governing body, ruled his prosthetic limbs would have given him an advantage over able-bodied opponents and contravene rules on technical aids.

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