I am also hugely excited to then be competing to defend my three Paralympic titles at the Paralympic Games. I believe we will see some amazing times posted and I am very much looking forward to what will be an incredible Olympics and Paralympics in London.

Botha also said the trajectory of the gunshots indicated that they had been fired downward and directly toward the toilet. 97 seconds besting a pair of American runners both possessing a single amputation Marlon Shirley and Brian Frasure. However he said: "If I make the team I don't want to be the reserve for the relay I want to be in the top four.

Although both of Pistorius' legs were amputated below the knee when he was 11 months old he competes in events for single below-knee amputees and for able-bodied athletes. He also took a silver in the 200 metres race having set a world record in the semifinal.