To have been selected to represent Team South Africa at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the individual 400m and the 4x400m relay is a real honor and I am so pleased that years of hard work, determination and sacrifice have all come together.

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.