Double-amputee runner Oscar Pistorius is out of hospital after suffering head and facial injuries in a boating accident near Johannesburg on Saturday.
The South African underwent surgery on Sunday and was sent home from Johannesburg's Milpark Hospital on Wednesday.
Hospital spokeswoman Amelda Swartz said the Paralympic 100-metre and 400-m champion is "doing well."
Pistorius was born without fibulas — the long, thin outer bone between the knee and ankle. His legs were amputated below the knee when he was 11 months old.
The 22-year-old made headlines last spring with his quest to compete in the Beijing Olympics with able-bodied athletes.
In May, a Court of Appeal overturned a ruling by the International Association of Athletics Federations that banned Pistorius from Olympic competition.
The IAAF had argued his carbon-fibre prosthetic racing blades gave him a competitive advantage.
The ban was reversed before the Beijing Games, but Pistorius fell short of making the qualifying time for the 400-m event.
The athlete came second in the 400 m at South Africa's 2007 national able-bodied championships and has set world records in three Paralympic events.
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