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British artist Ben Dearnley has created a bronze sculpture of South African Paralympic icon Oscar Pistorius, which will go on display in London next year ahead of the 2012 Paralympic Games.
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South African Olympian and Paralympian Natalie du Toit has joined a select group of young international leaders honoured for their contribution to ethics and human values.

South Africa's Paralympic Team has continued to make waves in Beijing following Natalie du Toit's first gold in the S9 100 metres butterfly on Sunday. By the close of action on day three, the team had won five gold medals and one bronze.

South African swimmer Natalie du Toit made history on Saturday when she became the first person to carry a country's flag at the opening ceremony of both the Olympic and the Paralympic Games.