Pistorius to Run in Relay Final After Team’s Crash and Appeal

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Oscar Pistorius left the track after not being able to compete in the 4x400 relay when one of his South African teammates was injured.

Pistorius and his South African teammates did not get to finish in their heat on Thursday morning, when their team’s second runner collided with a Kenyan rival on the final turn and tumbled to the track.

But the team was reinstated and advanced to the final on appeal about an hour after the race, when the officials ruled the Kenyan had obstructed his South African rival.

The South African runner, Ofentse Mogawane, dislocated his shoulder in the fall and will miss the final, but Pistorius will get to run one final race here on Friday.

Oscar Pistorius Denied 4x400M Relay Run At Olympics After Teammate's Fall (PHOTOS)

South Africa's Oscar Pistorius reacts after fellow team members crashed out of a men's 4x400-meter relay heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

LONDON -- Oscar Pistorius never even got the baton.

The double-amputee runner from South Africa was on the track but didn't get to run in the 4x400-meter relay at the London Olympics because a teammate tumbled out in the first heat Thursday morning before reaching Pistorius for the changeover.

Pistorius stood on the track waiting to run third in the relay but Ofentse Mogawane collided with Kenyan runner Vincent Kilu about 90 meters from the finish of the second section and fell.

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