IPC spokesman Craig Spence says of Pistorius: "Providing he serves his sentence then he will be free to compete in IPC competitions"
Oscar Pistorius will be allowed to compete at the 2016 Paralympic Games if he is not in jail, the International Paralympic Committee has revealed.
The South African, 27, was found guilty of culpable homicide on Friday after the judge ruled he killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp by mistake.
Sentencing will take place on 13 October, but Pistorius could compete at Rio if he has served his sentence.
"We wouldn't stand in his way," said IPC spokesman Craig Spence.
Pistorious, nicknamed Blade Runner, won six gold medals at three Paralympic Games and made history by becoming the first amputee sprinter to compete at the Olympics.
IPC director of media and communications Spence said that the organisation's thoughts were with the family and friends of Steenkamp.
But he said the IPC would not block Pistorius if he had served his sentence and wanted to compete at Rio.
"Providing he serves his sentence then he will be free to compete in IPC competitions going forward," Spence told BBC chief sports correspondent Dan Roan.
"Oscar would need to decide first whether he wanted to compete and then he would need to be selected by the South African National Paralympic Committee.

Pistorius won his first of six Paralympic gold medals at Athens in 2004
"If he had served any punishment given to him before Rio then the ball would be in his court."
But former Paralympian Baroness Tanni-Grey Thompson doubts whether Pistorius would make the Games - even if he had served his punishment and was picked to represent South Africa.
"He'll have missed a chunk of time training and competing," added the 11-time Paralympic gold medallist.
"His sponsors aren't there anymore…financially he's in a very difficult position."

Source: http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/29179210

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Why not? Everyone deserves a second chance. Besides, I am one of those who feels what happened that night was a fatal mistake, a mistake that sadly cost someone's life, but a mistake nonetheless. I could understand Reeva's family feeling cheated as the verdict was being read out. But the bitter truth is that, a death sentence or life wont bring back their daughter. Culpable Homicide is a good judgment. Although i doubt he would be able to attain his best again, Tiger Woods is still fresh in our minds.

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convicted for culpable homicide, he might not complete his jail terms before 2016, he might resort to paying of fine, but right now he is in a bad financial position.

quite unfortunate for him. he's between d devil and d deep blue see.

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