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Photos: 'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius

Updated 0913 GMT (1713 HKT) March 3, 2014

Oscar Pistorius appears in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Monday, March 3. South Africa's double amputee track star is accused of the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on February 14, 2013.
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Photos: 'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius – Oscar Pistorius appears in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Monday, March 3. South Africa's double amputee track star is accused of the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on February 14, 2013.
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Pistorius won gold for the first time at the 2004 Athens Paralympics. He won the 200-meter final and set a new world record. The South African sprinter has been called the "Blade Runner" because of his carbon-fiber prosthetic legs.
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'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius – Pistorius won gold for the first time at the 2004 Athens Paralympics. He won the 200-meter final and set a new world record. The South African sprinter has been called the "Blade Runner" because of his carbon-fiber prosthetic legs.
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Prosthetic legs stand on the ground as Pistorius coaches children in Manchester, England, in April 2006.
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'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius – Prosthetic legs stand on the ground as Pistorius coaches children in Manchester, England, in April 2006.
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Pistorius competes in a 400-meter race in Berlin in June 2008.
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'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius – Pistorius competes in a 400-meter race in Berlin in June 2008.
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Pistorius is seen in Rome during a race in July 2008.
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'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius – Pistorius is seen in Rome during a race in July 2008.
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Pistorius wins gold ahead of Americans Jerome Singleton, left, and Marlon Shirley, right, in the 100-meter T44 during the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games.
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'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius – Pistorius wins gold ahead of Americans Jerome Singleton, left, and Marlon Shirley, right, in the 100-meter T44 during the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games.
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Pistorius poses with his medals from the IPC Athletics World Championships in January 2011. He won three world titles there but lost the 100-meter T44 final to Singleton. It was his first loss in a race over 100 meters since the 2004 Paralympic Games.
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'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius – Pistorius poses with his medals from the IPC Athletics World Championships in January 2011. He won three world titles there but lost the 100-meter T44 final to Singleton. It was his first loss in a race over 100 meters since the 2004 Paralympic Games.
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Pistorius passes the baton to Ofentse Mogawane in a 4x400-meter relay race during the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea, in September 2011. Pistorius was the first double amputee athlete to compete at the World Athletics Championships.
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'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius – Pistorius passes the baton to Ofentse Mogawane in a 4x400-meter relay race during the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea, in September 2011. Pistorius was the first double amputee athlete to compete at the World Athletics Championships.
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Pistorius races in the men's 400 meters during the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
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'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius – Pistorius races in the men's 400 meters during the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
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Pistorius competes in the London Olympics.
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'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius – Pistorius competes in the London Olympics.
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Pistorius carries the South African flag during the opening ceremony of the 2012 Paralympics in London.
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'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius – Pistorius carries the South African flag during the opening ceremony of the 2012 Paralympics in London.
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Pistorius competes in a men's 400-meter T44 heat at the 2012 Paralympic Games.
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'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius – Pistorius competes in a men's 400-meter T44 heat at the 2012 Paralympic Games.
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Pistorius poses on the podium with his gold medal after winning the men's 400-meter T44 final at the 2012 Paralympic Games.
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'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius – Pistorius poses on the podium with his gold medal after winning the men's 400-meter T44 final at the 2012 Paralympic Games.
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Pistorius receives his honorary doctorate from Strathclyde University in Glasgow, Scotland, in November 2012.
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'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius – Pistorius receives his honorary doctorate from Strathclyde University in Glasgow, Scotland, in November 2012.
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A picture taken on January 26, 2013, shows Pistorius and Steenkamp at Melrose Arch in Johannesburg.
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'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius – A picture taken on January 26, 2013, shows Pistorius and Steenkamp at Melrose Arch in Johannesburg.
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Pistorius leaves the Boshkop police station with his face covered on February 14, 2013.
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'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius – Pistorius leaves the Boshkop police station with his face covered on February 14, 2013.
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Pistorius, swamped by the press, leaves a Pretoria courtroom in June.
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Photos: 'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius – Pistorius, swamped by the press, leaves a Pretoria courtroom in June.
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