In this photo taken Friday, July 13, 2012, double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius of South Africa prepares for a training session in Gemona, near Udine, northern Italy. Pistorius needed a track in Europe to train at, so the mayor of Gemona del Friuli built him one. The double-amputee runner will take his final few steps to the London Olympics and history at his training camp in northern Italy, running lap after lap on those carbon fiber blades and focusing on his new goal of making the semifinals at the world’s biggest meet. (AP Photo/Paolo Giovannini)