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Hello and welcome to Newsround live at the Paralympic Games in East	:00:27.	:00:31.
London. I'm Ricky and I've got all the action from day five at the	:00:31.	:00:41.
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Games. I'll be taking charge of things	:00:41.	:00:44.
back here in the studio. Stay tuned for the dramatic whale rescue off	:00:44.	:00:47.
the East Coast of Scotland. And find out why a prince is	:00:47.	:00:49.
abseiling down Western Europe's tallest building.	:00:49.	:00:52.
It has been another day for Paralympics GB, but right now the	:00:52.	:01:02.
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one man everyone is talking about is Oscar Pistorius. He missed out	:01:04.	:01:08.
on getting the gold. He is famous for running fast thanks to the	:01:08.	:01:14.
impressive blades, but he was beaten by Brazil's Alan Oliveira.	:01:14.	:01:17.
Oscar Pistorius said the race was unfair because Alan's blades are	:01:18.	:01:22.
longer. Oscar Pistorius, probably the most	:01:22.	:01:29.
recognisable Paralympian on the planning et. The blade runner won	:01:29.	:01:35.
four Paralympic golds. This year he became the first double amputee to	:01:35.	:01:38.
compete against able bodied athletes at Olympic Games.	:01:38.	:01:44.
COMMENTATOR: Here comes Oscar Pistorius. He holds the world	:01:44.	:01:48.
record for the 200 meters and he has never been beaten.	:01:48.	:01:53.
COMMENTATOR: Oscar Pistorius is in front. He is in front by a long way.	:01:53.	:01:57.
So when Alan Oliveira crossed the finish line in front, he wasn't	:01:57.	:02:00.
happy. After the race, he said that Alan Oliveira's blades were too	:02:00.	:02:04.
long which meant he could run faster. He said it made the race	:02:04.	:02:07.
unfair and called for the international Paralympic committee	:02:07.	:02:12.
to investigate. The IPC say they check all athletes	:02:12.	:02:16.
before the start of any race and they had no problem with Alan	:02:16.	:02:19.
Oliveira's artificial legs. What is Oscar Pistorius complaining about?	:02:19.	:02:25.
There is a maximum height that athletes are allowed to have their	:02:25.	:02:31.
prosthetic legs. He feels that Alan Oliveira's legs are four inches too	:02:31.	:02:36.
high. Some of the things levelled at Oscar about is it fair? He has	:02:36.	:02:42.
widenedted debate to other athletes. Today, Oscar Pistorius said he was	:02:42.	:02:52.
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sorry for making the comments after What happened last night in the	:02:56.	:03:01.
stadium behind me has split opinion herement some think Oscar was a bad	:03:01.	:03:07.
loser. Others say he has a right to complain.	:03:07.	:03:11.
Alan Oliveira said he was sad and shaken by Oscar's comments. He said	:03:11.	:03:15.
he was running within the rules so that should be the end of the	:03:15.	:03:22.
argument. I have got a got guest with me.	:03:22.	:03:30.
Phil Sheridan, is a runner. Phil lost his legs in a road	:03:30.	:03:35.
accident about ten years ago, but has with him a blade like Oscar's.	:03:35.	:03:40.
Can we have a look at it, Phil? It is similar to Oscar's, but it is	:03:40.	:03:45.
short, but what's it like if you have four inches extra? If this was	:03:45.	:03:50.
four inches longer then I could take a longer stride, potentially	:03:50.	:03:55.
that could give me an advantage and I wonder if Oscar is asking for	:03:55.	:04:00.
this to be looked at and perhaps for rules to take that into account.	:04:00.	:04:04.
Maybe for a later Paralympics in Rio.	:04:04.	:04:09.
As time goes on, technology will only get better, is this a debate	:04:09.	:04:17.
that will keep rumbling on? I think so. It is a really exciting time.	:04:17.	:04:21.
We will see technology come on in leaps and bounds and I think this	:04:21.	:04:28.
is a debate that is good for sport, just like any any sport where	:04:28.	:04:32.
technology is involved. It is perhaps a little shame that there	:04:32.	:04:37.
has been a back lash against Oscar because he has been a great	:04:37.	:04:43.
ambassador for the sport and he has has gone a long way.	:04:43.	:04:49.
Phil, good talk to you. Ricky, you have got more chat about	:04:49.	:04:57.
Ellie Simmons not only has she won a gold and she smashed a world	:04:57.	:05:01.
record, but she did it today in the heats. The 17-year-old smashed	:05:01.	:05:08.
another record in the heats of the 200 meters medley. She qualified	:05:08.	:05:12.
fastest for the final this evening. She is favourite for gold. In	:05:12.	:05:19.
action right now is Lee Pearson in the equestrian. Lee was hoping to	:05:19.	:05:25.
get his eleventh gold and it is looking a little bit iffy. If he	:05:25.	:05:32.
did get his eleventh gold he would become one of the greatest	:05:32.	:05:34.
Paralympians along the same lines as Tanni Grey-Thompson. Have a look	:05:34.	:05:44.
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To say Lee Pearson dominated dressage at Paralympic Games is	:05:49.	:05:58.
like saying Usain Bolt is quick. The 38-year-old is the greatest	:05:58.	:06:05.
Paralympian ever. He won more golds than Sir Chris Hoy or Sir Steve	:06:05.	:06:10.
Redgrave. Before 2012, he competed in three Games taking home flee	:06:10.	:06:14.
golds. Up until Saturday, every time he got on his horse at a	:06:14.	:06:18.
Paralympic Games, he won a gold. Lee, if you you weren't already,	:06:18.	:06:28.
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you are the most successful equestrian? I think I am.	:06:29.	:06:33.
He can't move his ankles or knees and he found that riding horses	:06:33.	:06:37.
gave him free do. He started riding a donkey his patients got him and	:06:37.	:06:41.
the rest is history. When he was younger, he reckoned dressage was	:06:41.	:06:45.
boring. It is a good job he changed his mind because when it comes to	:06:45.	:06:53.
the Paralympics, Lee Pearson is a Lee Pearson is heading for a sill	:06:53.	:06:59.
silver, but we will keep you updated. We are still just behind	:06:59.	:07:05.
China. At least we are in second place with a total of 56 medals, 17	:07:05.	:07:09.
gold, and that puts us second. We have got Ellie Simmons to look	:07:09.	:07:19.
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forward to. I will hand you back to Ore.	:07:32.	:07:36.
Time for a look at some of the other big stories from today and in	:07:36.	:07:39.
South Africa, 270 miners who were charged with the murder of their	:07:39.	:07:42.
work-mates during a demonstration are being released. 34 miners were	:07:42.	:07:45.
shot by police officers during a dispute about pay two weeks ago.	:07:45.	:07:48.
But a law from the apartheid era, when white people were kept	:07:48.	:07:50.
separate from black people, was used to charge other protestors	:07:50.	:07:53.
taking part in the demonstration. They were blamed for stirring up	:07:53.	:07:56.
the violence which led to the shootings. 100 of the miners will	:07:56.	:07:58.
be freed today, and the rest on Thursday.	:07:58.	:08:01.
Marine experts are trying to work out why 26 pilot whales stranded on	:08:01.	:08:04.
a beach near Anstruther in Fife this weekend. The number of	:08:04.	:08:08.
strandings has gone down, but this incident is unusual because of the	:08:08.	:08:12.
large number of whales that were beached in the same place. No one	:08:12.	:08:16.
knows why the strandings happen. Whales travel together in groups	:08:16.	:08:21.
called pods and follow one lead animal as they migrate around the	:08:21.	:08:31.
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world. If one is sick or injured and it comes ashore, they all do.	:08:32.	:08:36.
The the whole pod came to the shore. The rest of the pod aren't out of	:08:36.	:08:40.
danger yet. The worry is the whales could swim back towards shore so	:08:40.	:08:43.
the rescuers will be keeping watch to make sure they don't get into	:08:43.	:08:53.
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London's Shard is the tallest building in Western Europe. Today	:08:53.	:08:56.

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