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Pistorius dating co-ed ahead of murder trial

“Blade Runner” Oscar Pistorius is romancing a teenage college student while awaiting trial for the Valentine’s Day slaying of his model ex-girlfriend.

But the double-amputee sprinter reportedly wears a disguise to avoid detection when he goes out with Leah Skye Malan, a 19-year-old who is studying to be a paramedic.

Despite his cloak-and-dagger efforts, “it was hard not to spot him,” a source told the London Sun.

Pistorius, 27, met Malan in December in Mozambique, where the teen was vacationing with her parents and younger brother, according to the Sun.

“They both seem really into each other. She’s helped support him through this difficult time and has introduced him to all her family,” a source said. “They have embraced him.”

Malan is believed to be the first woman Pistorius has dated since his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, was found dead in his upscale pad in a gated community in South Africa on Valentine’s Day 2013.

Pistorius — known as “Blade Runner” after his carbon-fiber running prosthetics — has visited the Malan family’s farmhouse near Potchefstroom, two hours from Johannesburg, where she started college last month.

Meanwhile, new video of Pistorius shooting at a range — with the same gun cops say is the murder weapon — emerged Friday.

Sky News broadcast video showing the Paralympian using a shotgun and a 9mm handgun to blast a watermelon — and bursting into laughter when it explodes.

The channel said the images, which show Pistorius with several pals at the range, were filmed months before Steenkamp, 29, was shot with the same 9mm pistol as she cowered in the bathroom of his luxe Pretoria apartment.

The accused killer’s upcoming murder trial — which starts Monday — has South Africans in a an uproar.

“This is Africa’s O.J. Simpson trial,” one South African told Fox News.

More than 3,000 journalists applied for the 80 media spots in court — about 2,000 more than the number who applied when Nelson Mandela died.

And the track star’s defense team took to Twitter to send out messages shedding Pistorius in a positive light.

The Twitter account @OscarHardTruth, which vows to “provide the hard truth as it unfolds,” already has more than 25,000 followers and features mostly favorable comments.

“Truth shall prevail. Innocent until proven guilty,” read a typical tweet.