There's no such thing as disabled to Mahlangu With legs, teen amputee can feel normal and fit in again
The blades have allowed [Mahlangu] to do many things that able-bodied children consider ordinary but since receiving the prosthetics, his achievements have been anything but "normal". "I don't really care that it isn't a record. I'm still happy about the record that I s...
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| Published in | Argus (Cape Town, South Africa) |
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| Format | Newspaper Article |
| Language | English |
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Cape Town
Independent Online (South Africa)
16.04.2016
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| Summary: | The blades have allowed [Mahlangu] to do many things that able-bodied children consider ordinary but since receiving the prosthetics, his achievements have been anything but "normal". "I don't really care that it isn't a record. I'm still happy about the record that I set at the Championships for the Physically Disabled," Mahlangu said. "My goal is to be a role model for kids. My role model is Usain Bolt and I want to be a role model to someone else one day," he said. "That's my goal for athletics; to make people happy." |
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