JudgeJudi
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http://www.expressandstar.com/news/...-pistorius-be-banned-from-competing-for-life/
POLL: Should OP be banned from competing for life?
Yes 80%
No 20%
Well he pretty much has been banned for life. He can't compete in the Paralympics until 2019, i.e. at the completion of the 5 year sentence irrespective of the fact that he may leave prison in 10 months and then go on to house arrest. The International Paralympics Committee have stated as much.
The IOC hasn’t yet made a decision whether they’ll allow him to compete again. The next Games are in Rio in 2016.
The Brussels chief of the IAAF Diamond League, an annual series of track and field meetings now held in Europe, China, Qatar and the United States, said he wouldn’t be inviting him. He’s spoken to many other Diamond League promoters and they’re not keen to accept him either.
Lots of runners are now beating his previous times, he hasn't trained for 18 months, won't be running for the next 10 months, and he's already in his twilight years so far as his age is concerned. The prospect of mass booing wouldn't be something he'd look forward to. At the moment he's in his own little twilight zone.