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