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I'm Samuel Kate and I'm part of the relay team that broke the world record and won gold at the Parolympic Games in
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London along with Oscar Pistorius. Look, I lost my hands when I was nine. So, it's it's something that I've grown up
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with. When did you first meet Oscar? I met Oscar in 2004 and he was like that skinny white boy and you know he had
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those legs cuz no one had legs like him at the time. That was actually the parolympic year when they were going to
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Athens and he just qualified. He just qualified. Next thing he's going to Parolympics, you know, and then he goes
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to Athens and he breaks world records. How was he as a teammate? Uh like super amazing. He's part of the team when he
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has to be a part of the team. He's a star when he has to be a star. You know, the relay team was in my opinion the
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most perfect team in the world. something that happened at some point in our lives that we had to get amputated
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and all of us came together and you know we gelled. So that day when you ran the
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relay describe that moment. Look that was um I think that was like a day made in
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heaven that one that was you know like everything that I've ever dreamed of everything I've ever hoped for you know
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was all going to be summed up in that one moment. And I did my part. We did the change over and I had to scream at
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Zea and I had to shout at him to go. I pushed him and you know he went and I was watching and then Anu and then
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eventually Oscar and we finished first. I used to dream about being in the team and I made it happen, you know, and it
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was like the most most amazing feeling ever. When you heard the news that Oscar had shot his girlfriend, what did you
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think? Well, I mean, my girlfriend is is a person that actually told me about it,
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you know, like she she told me that Oscar shot Reva, you know, and I was in denial for over a year. I
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didn't want to believe that it had happened. It's tragic for for both families, you know. I mean, I can't help
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but but feel, you know, sorry for him that, you know, he's he's going through that, but then again, no one else knows
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what happened that night except for him. When did you last speak to Oscar? Uh earlier this year.
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Yeah, like before before the trial started. What did you say to him? Well, it was good to see him, you know. It was
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good to see him. I still I mean I had a big smile when I saw him. was happy to see me and you know I you know I told
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him that look dude I'm not supporting that you must be acquitted or convicted but like you know as a team member as a
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role model of mine I can really appreciate the gravity of the situation you're in and I just want you to stay
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strong. When you saw him um prior to the trial what did he say to you about Reva?
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Well, he told me that you know what I I really love her, you know. Um I I pray for her every day. I pray for her family
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every day. And I also ask you to do the same