It's a golden day for double amputee Ntando Mahlangu

04 April 2016 - 02:18
By David Isaacson

Ntando Mahlangu took his first nervous steps on prosthetic legs less than four years ago, and this past weekend the double amputee won two medals in his age group at the able-bodied national athletics championships. Competing in the under-16 category Mahlangu, 14, clocked a blistering 50.08sec in the 400m, an unofficial disabled world record.

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