Victory
for the 25-year-old South African never looked in any doubt from the gun, as he
struck out on his own to lead coming into the last half-lap and was roared
across the line by the packed 80,000-capacity Olympic Stadium in 46.68sec.
US athletes
Blake Leeper took silver in 50.14sec with David Prince in bronze on 50.61.
Pistorius
-- the only man in the field to run under 50sec for the one-lap sprint and the
first double-amputee to compete at the Olympics last month -- won the 100m,
200m and 400m treble in Beijing four years ago.
But he
lost both of the shorter sprint titles to Britain's Jonnie Peacock and Alan
Oliveira of Brazil.
"It
was very very special to me," Pistorius told Britain's Channel 4
television after the race. "It was the last event of my season, the last
event of the London 2012 Games. Just so special.
"It
was my 11th time I was able to come out on the track and I just wanted to end
and give the crowd something they would appreciate and take home with them.
"I
was very nervous before today's race. I was quite tired but the crowd just
really kept me going."
Pistorius
also won gold in the men's T42-46 4x100m relay for single and double
below-the-knee amputees and upper limb amputees.
Source: MSN.Com
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