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Oct 2024
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Rise of the Bladerunner: The Oscar Pisto...

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The Blade Runner, Oscar Pistorius, symbolized overcoming all odds to achieve sports greatness as he made his way to the 2012 Olympics while running on prosthetic blade-like legs. But it all came crashing down when his girlfriend was shot and killed one night at his home in South Africa and Oscar was the one holding the gun. Join Jay Harris on this deep dive into a scandal that gripped the globe.

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