Vienna will introduce 60 public defibrillators around the city over the coming months, in a bid to save lives by promoting quicker first aid in the event of a heart attack, authorities said Thursday.

A breast implant scandal affecting thousands of women this year damaged confidence and highlighted the need to tighten controls in Europe on everyday medical devices, the European Commission said Wednesday.

Odds-on favourite Camelot's hopes of landing the English Triple Crown were dashed here on Saturday as outsider Encke won the St Leger and returned to stunned silence.

The eight fastest amputee sprinters line up on Thursday for the showpiece T44 100m final at the London Paralympics, amid predictions that all finallists could run under 11sec for the first time.

US sprinter Jerome Singleton on Wednesday backed calls by Oscar Pistorius for a review of runners' artificial running prostheses after the South African claimed he was at a disadvantage over blade length.

Britain's world record holder Jonnie Peacock on Wednesday fired a warning shot to his 100m rivals, including "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius, as he equalled the Paralympic record to qualify for the T44 final.

Between the din of drilling and banging and the anxious faces of athletes in its waiting room, the Paralympic repairs workshop feels like a cross between a doctor's surgery and a mechanic's garage.

South Africa's Oscar Pistorius returns to the Paralympics track on Wednesday, days after he suffered his first 200m defeat in nine years and complained that his competitors had an unfair advantage.

No disciplinary action will be taken against Oscar Pistorius after he hit out at fellow competitors following his T44 200m defeat, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said on Tuesday.

German political icon Helmut Kohl, 82, received a pacemaker and a new cardiac valve in February, his office manager Marion Scheller told local news agency DPA Monday.

South Africa's Oscar Pistorius is to meet the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) after he lost his first T44 200m race in nine years and said the length of his rivals' carbon fibre blades was unfair.

The International Paralympic Committee on Monday defended its policy on artificial running blades for amputee athletes, insisting it was the best possible system.

South Africa's Oscar Pistorius apologised on Monday for the timing of his outburst after losing his T44 200m title, but insisted there was an issue with large prosthetics lengthening an amputee's stride.

South Africa's Oscar Pistorius apologised Monday for the timing of his outburst after losing his T44 200m title, but insisted there was an issue with large prosthetics lengthening an amputee's stride.

South Africa's Oscar Pistorius has re-opened the debate about whether artificial blades give amputee runners an unfair advantage after sensationally losing his T44 200m title at the London Paralympics.

South Africa's Oscar Pistorius has re-opened the debate about whether artificial blades give amputee runners an unfair advantage after sensationally losing his T44 200m title at the London Paralympics.

"Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius on Saturday began the defence of his three Paralympic sprint titles with a bang, breaking the world record in the T44 200m to qualify for the final.

Ethiopian teenager Mohammed Aman trumped world and Olympic champion David Rudisha of Kenya in emphatic style in the men's 800m in the Diamond League meeting here on Thursday.

Quadruple amputee Philippe Croizon swam between islands in the icy Bering Strait Friday to cross from America to Asia in the final part of a quest to link all continents.

Kenyan Ezekiel Kemboi won the men's Olympic 3000m steeplechase for the second time on Sunday, showing great mental strength to put aside the pressure of a court case he faces back home.