Oscar still grovels as Natalie wins again

Oscar Pistorius on Wednesday night continued to grovel following his outburst after finishing second in the 200m on Sunday.

Pistorius made a triumphant return to the track on Wednesday, winning gold with his South African teammates in the men's 4x100m relay, and setting a new world record at the Paralympic Games.

"It's easy to be gracious when you win, but to be humble when you lose is not as easy, and I've had to learn that," Pistorius said after bouncing back from his 200m upset last week.

The relay team clocked 41.78 seconds, knocking three-quarters of a second off their old T42/46 record of 42.50, which they set in February.

"We came out here to break a world record and we smashed it," Pistorius said. "In the call room everyone else was excited, jumping up and down, but our team sat quietly. We each knew what we had to do and it makes me so proud to be a part of this team, with these guys."

Samkelo Radebe, Zivan Smith, Arnu Fourie and anchor man Pistorius set the stadium alight as they exchanged batons - in the form of an arm tap - leading each leg of the race.

Brazil's Alan Oliveira was close to catching Pistorius on the line, but the Blade Runner's determination won through in the end.

As it turned out, the Brazilians were disqualified for not touching the baton within the take-over zone, as were the Americans - who finished in third place - for running out of their lane.

China's team jumped into second place in 42.98 and Germany celebrated a medal position with their time of 45.23.

A contrite Pistorius said it had not been easy walking back into the stadium after Sunday's controversy, when he accused athletes of using longer blades immediately after his shock defeat by Oliveira in the 200m T43/44 final.

"I've got a gold medal now and I've got my silver from Sunday.

"I regret what happened after the 200m on Sunday. The timing of my comment wasn't great, and I've had to deal with the backlash.

"Although I was the first person to bring up the topic, and I got lashed very hard for it, there have been so many athletes who have spoken up over the last two days."

Natalie du Toit won her 13th Paralympic gold medal last night, when she retained her title in the SM9 200m individual medley in a time of 2:34.22.

In yesterday's early action, Jonathan Ntutu won his heat of the men's 200m T13 and qualified for today's final.