![]() ![]() ![]() Those billboards were being pulled down on Thursday. As a testament to his place in our psyche, on our roads massive billboards smiled down on us, reminding us of the man who had achieved the impossible. He was just what he was: the Blade Runner, the hero. Black or white, athletics-loving or not, his was a story that inspired a country that is quick to cleave along racial lines. We like an impossible story.Īnd we loved him for it. That is why many of us here, when talking about Pistorius, take on the hyperbole of sportswriters. To be without legs, and to become the epitome of excellence in the very field where you are not supposed to excel: that is the stuff of legends. It is not a rags to riches story, a poor boy made good – we have many of those here and on the African continent. Pistorius is no ordinary hero: he is that rare thing, a man with an almost-impossible narrative. F or us South Africans, and for many across the globe, it is impossible to watch Oscar Pistorius run without a stir of emotion, without wanting to break down and cry and shout with joy. ![]()
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