Peers gets Davis Cup call up ahead of Dubai semifinal
A reinvigorated Ben Offereins will relish his run at this week’s Perth Track Classic at the WA Athletics Centre, but has admitted the absence of friend and marquee signing Oscar Pistorius had left him flat.
Pistorius was due to compete in the 400m at the Saturday event, alongside Offereins, before the double lower-leg amputee was charged with the premeditated murder of girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
Offereins and Pistorius struck up a friendship throughout their careers in the one-lap race, most recently facing off last year at Nivelles, Belgium.
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