Pistorius claims gold
Oscar Pistorius completed his ground-breaking dualgames trip to London by finally winning an individual gold, defending his Paralympic 400 meters title in the final competition in the Olympic Stadium Saturday in London.
The original “Blade Runner” lost his 100 and 200 Paralympic titles this week, but eased to victory in his preferred 400 event in 46.68 seconds, more than three seconds ahead of Blake Leeper of the United States.
Auto racing
Lewis Hamilton won the pole position for the Italian Grand Prix today in Monza after finishing fastest in qualifying, with teammate Jenson Button giving McLaren a one-two finish. Hamilton took his fourth pole of the season amid speculation about his possible switch to Mercedes. His time of 1:24.010 was just more than a tenth of a second faster than Button’s. Ferrari’s Felipe Massa was third.
Baseball
Reese McGuire had two hits and two RBIs to help the United States beat Canada, 6-2, in the under-18 world championship in Seoul, South Korea. Shortstop Christian Arroyo was the tournament’s most valuable player as the U.S. team won the U18 title for the first time since ’99. The Americans were managed by Scott Brosius, who played 11 years in the majors with the Yankees and Athletics.
Soccer
The United States won the Women’s Under-20 World Cup in Tokyo, defeating defending champion Germany, 1-0, on a goal by Kealia Ohai in the 44th minute. Crystal Dunn beat a German defender in the penalty area and squared a pass to Ohai, who sent a right-footed shot over goalkeeper Laura Benkarth. It was the first goal Germany gave up in the tournament.
• Egypt’s Sports Ministry delayed the start of the premier league for one month after angry fans stormed the football association’s headquarters. Fans broke into the EFA offices in Cairo, angry that games were resuming despite the failure to bring to justice the perpetrators of the February stadium riot that killed 74 people, mostly AlAhly supporters.
Elsewhere
Joe Mooshil, who became a fixture on the Chicago sports scene over the course of four decades covering the city’s teams for The Associated Press, died of sepsis and complications of chronic lymphocytic leukemia Friday night in Evanston, Ill. He was 85.