Relief for Horan as airline finds mislaid leg

CHAMPION New Zealand disabled athlete Kate Horan is back on track for next week’s world championships after her special running leg was found yesterday, more than a week after an airline mislaid it.

Horan, who until recently held the world record for the 400 metres in her class, used to take the €5,000 leg on planes as carry-on luggage.

But new security restrictions by airlines meant the leg had to be checked into the hold — and it disappeared when Horan took a British Airways flight from London to Amsterdam more than a week ago.