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Posted: Thursday February 26, 2009 11:50AM; Updated: Friday February 27, 2009 12:32PM

Pistorius released from hospital

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Oscar Pistorius had surgery following a boating accident

The amputee sprinter sustained head and facial injuries in the incident

He is aiming to compete in the 100 and 400 at the Paralympic Worlds in May

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JOHANNESBURG - Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius is out of hospital after undergoing an operation following a boating accident last weekend, a hospital spokeswoman said Thursday.

Amelda Swartz, spokeswoman for Johannesburg's Milpark Hospital, said that Pistorius was `doing well' and had been sent home the day before.

Pistorius sustained head and facial injuries in a boating accident near Johannesburg on Saturday and had surgery at Milpark on the following day.

Pistorius, the Paralympic 100-metre and 400-metre champion, had his legs amputated below the knee when he was 11 months old because he had no fibulas.

Last year, an n-fibre prosthetic racing blades gave him an unfair advantage.

The ban was overturned in time for the Beijing Olympics, but Pistorius failed to make the qualifying time for the 400. (

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