ntando mahlangu!but this south african athlete is training for his third paralympics, and he's only 21 years old with gold medals and world records already. unlike so many british athletes who leave to train in warmer climates at this time of year, ntando has done the opposite and moved to loughborough. but why? i've had my fair share of summer, i think. you know, even my coach worries a lot when i when i train outside without a jacket on, i think. i love the cold a bit. it's a new scene for me. the most important thing for me to come provides opportunities. you come from south africa, you're the best, so you don't have really that competition that you know. so then when you get to the world stage and you actually have people that are better than you now, you know, you have to approach the race in a certain way. ntando was born with fibular hemimelia, meaning the bones in his legs did not develop as they should, significantly reducing his mobility. at only ten years old, he had a big decision to make.

you know, it's no longer about ntando.l my boxes, but now it's about passing on the baton to the next one. he's notjust the sprinter in paris 202a. he's going for gold in the long jump. but whatever the event, ntando malango is a name you'll be hearing a lot more of in the future. rachel latham, bbc news. that's all the time we've got left. you can, of course, get all the latest sports news on the bbc sport app or on our website at bbc.com forward slash sport. but for me, mark edwards and the rest of the team here at the bbc sport centre, we'll see you very soon. with more sports news. bye bye. hello there. thursday's weather was pretty wet for many of us, and we're going to see further bouts of heavy rain moving their way in over the next few days. but i think for many there'll be a brief respite in the really wet conditions on friday with some sunnier spells. but we've still got this area of low pressure into friday, and that's going to keep things pretty unsettled. but the bulk of the rain that we had on thursday has cl

ntando mahlangu! even my coach worries a lot when i when i train outside without a jacket on. i think, i love the cold a bit. he it's a new scene for me. the most important thing for me to come provides opportunities. you come from south africa, you're the best, so you don't have really that competition that you know. so then when you get to the world stage and you actually have people that are better than you now, you know, you have to approach the race in a certain way. ntando was born with a condition meaning the bones in his legs did not develop as they should, significantly reducing his mobility. at only ten years old, he had a big decision to make. the doctor said, do you want to amputate your legs? and i said, yes. and we took the decision on that because it was becoming a problem for me to move around. after i amputated my legs, i then realised that actually ijust lost a part of me. so it was quite an emotional, emotional hurdle that i had to overcome. when i got my prosthetic legs, i started