FUNKY MUSIC CAPTIONS BY ABLE. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016 GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO RIO, WHERE THE KIWI TEAM IS BUZZING AGAIN AFTER MARY FISHER GOT A NEW WORLD RECORD, WINNING GOLD IN HER BACKSTROKE FINAL. AND THERE WAS MORE. SOPHIE PASCOE'S SILVER WAS NZ'S 200TH PARALYMPIC MEDAL. THERE WERE MEDALS IN TRACK AND FIELD TOO, BUT WE'RE STARTING WITH A GREAT NIGHT IN THE POOL. THE WOMEN'S 100M BACKSTROKE ` S11 FINAL NOW. WELL, THE FIRM FAVOURITE IN THIS RACE WILL SWIM IN LANE FOUR, OF NZ, 23-YEAR-OLD FROM NORTH SHORE, MARY FISHER. MARY FISHER, MUCH THE CENTRE OF ATTENTION. BUZZ! FISHER GETS AWAY VERY QUICKLY, BUT SO TOO ALONGSIDE HER 18-YEAR-OLD MARYNA PIDDUBNA GOING IN THREE. AND PIDDUBNA STRAIGHT INTO HER STROKE. BUT MAHELA JAYAWARDENE REICHARD OF SWEDEN HAS GOT OFF TO A SPECTACULAR START, GOING IN LANE ONE. THIS IS NOT HER PREFERRED STROKE, HOWEVER. IT'S DEFINITELY BREASTSTROKE IS HER FAVOURITE STROKE. BUT CERTAINLY SHE'S KEEPING PACE WITH THE VERY BEST OF THE SWIMMERS IN THE POOL RIGHT NOW. FISHER AND PIDDUBNA GOING ALONGSIDE ONE ANOTHER IN LANES THREE AND FOUR. AND PIDDUBNA IS NOT ALLOWING FISHER TO GET AWAY FROM HER AND MIGHT VERY WELL TOUCH FIRST AT THE 50. IT LOOKS AS THOUGH FISHER IS HAVING A LATE SURGE THERE, AND SHE'S GOING TO JUST GET HER FEET ON THE WALL AHEAD OF PIDDUBNA. UNDERWATER PHASE STRONG BY FISHER, AND SHE'S JUST EXTENDED THAT LEAD NOW AS SHE COMES INTO THIS SECOND 50M. AND HERE WE START TO SEE THE CLASS OF MARY FISHER. MARYNA PIDDUBNA JUST BACKING OFF EVER SO SLIGHTLY. CAI LIWEN, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, COMING THROUGH NOW TO BATTLE FOR THAT SILVER MEDAL. BUT MARY FISHER LOOKING AS THOUGH SHE HAS GOT THIS RACE VERY MUCH UNDER CONTROL. IT WAS TIGHT AT THE START, BUT LOOK HOW FAR AHEAD OF THE WORLD RECORD TIME SHE IS AT THE MOMENT. RINA AKIYAMA'S WORLD RECORD IS CERTAINLY GOING TO GO HERE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE BROKEN BY THE 23-YEAR-OLD FROM NORTH SHORE. NZ HAVE A GOLD MEDAL THROUGH MARY FISHER. WORLD RECORD TIME. CAI LIWEN TAKES THE SILVER, WHILE MAYA REICHARD, SWIMMING RIGHT IN LANE ONE AT THE TOP SIDE OF THE POOL, HAS MANAGED TO CLAIM A BRONZE MEDAL. THE BREASTSTROKE SPECIALIST CHIPS IN WITH A BRONZE, BUT MARY FISHER ` 1:17.96. A SWIMMER WHO COMPETED IN THE PARA-TRIATHLON IN 2014 IN NZ. IT WAS JUST STUNNING TO WATCH. (LAUGHS) I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE LAST 25. THAT JUST FELT LIKE I WASN'T SURE IF I WAS EVEN MOVING, BUT... REALLY HAPPY. I CAN TELL YOU YOU WERE MOVING. IN FACT, YOU WENT OUT REALLY QUICK, AND IN THE SECOND LAP, YOU MADE WINNING THAT LOOK EASY. BUT I KNOW IT WOULD'VE BEEN ANYTHING BUT, SO TALK ME THROUGH THE RACE. UH, I WAS SO HAPPY WITH MY HEATS FROM THIS MORNING. IT WAS A PERSONAL BEST AND REALLY CLOSE TO THAT WORLD RECORD, SO IT WAS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO GET TONIGHT, BUT YOU JUST HAVE TO FOCUS ON SWIMMING THE BEST RACE POSSIBLE. THIS MORNING HAD BEEN REALLY STRAIGHT, AND I MANAGED TO DO THAT A SECOND TIME TONIGHT. SO THAT WAS A BIG TICK, AND THEN JUST TO GET UNDER THAT 18.5, WHICH I'VE BEEN SO CLOSE TO SINCE LONDON, REALLY, IS, UM... THE FIRST 50 FELT REALLY GOOD. IT HAD A GOOD TURN, AND, UM... < AND THERE WAS A GOOD CHAT. AND A GOOD CHAT FROM THE COACH, JOHN, AND JUST AN AMAZING ATMOSPHERE TO SWIM IN. YOU CAN JUST FEEL THE CROWD PUSHING YOU ALONG. BUT, YEAH, THE LAST 25 WASN'T SO PRETTY, BUT MADE IT IN THE END. SO, JOHN, THIS IS AN AWESOME... HANG ON. COME HERE YOU. OH, SO PROUD OF YOU. ...AN AWESOME MOMENT FOR YOU. EH? OH WOW. SO, JOHN, MARY SECURED SILVER IN LONDON IN THIS EVENT, AND WHAT DO YOU THINK IN PARTICULAR IT IS OVER THE LAST YEAR SO THAT MIGHT'VE MADE THE DIFFERENCE? THE COMMITMENT. SHE COMMITTED TO COMING UP TO AUCKLAND FROM WELLINGTON, AND THAT IN ITSELF WAS A COMMITMENT. EH? (CHUCKLES) SORRY, GUYS. PROBABLY AS MUCH AS YOU GET. A REALLY GREAT SWIM FROM A GREAT YOUNG LADY, AND, UH, SHE DESERVES IT. SHE'S WORKED HARD, AS WE ALL HAVE, AND WE'RE JUST SO PROUD OF HER, AND HER TEAM'S SO PROUD OF HER. IT WAS A BIG THING MOVING TO AUCKLAND, COS SOME OF THE SUPPORT STRUCTURES THAT I HAD WORKED OUT IN TERMS OF TRANSPORT AND NOT BEING LEGALLY ALLOWED TO DRIVE, SO JOHN ENDED UP DOING A LOT OF TRANSPORT. BUT IT'S JUST ALL THE TINY THINGS THAT HELP YOU BECOME A WORLD-CLASS ATHLETE, AND I CAN'T THANK EVERYONE ENOUGH. SO, MARY, ON THAT NOTE, TONIGHT IS YOUR NIGHT. GOLD, WORLD RECORD. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY TO PEOPLE BACK HOME? OH, I THINK IT'S A KIWI NIGHT. JUST SEEING SOPH DO A PERSONAL BEST AND,... OH, AN AMAZING TIME FOR A LEG AMPUTEE ACROSS THAT 50 FREESTYLE JUST BEFORE ME, AND THEN I WENT INTO THE CALL ROOM AND TO HAVE THAT SWIM AND REBECCA'S PERFORMANCE LAST NIGHT AND ANNA, JUST THIS BUBBLY PERSON WHO I FINALLY MET A FEW DAYS AGO ONCE WE WERE ALL IN THE VILLAGE, IS JUST BUILDING SUCH A GREAT MOMENTUM FOR THE NZ TEAM IN THESE GAMES. AND YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE CAUGHT UP THAT RORY MCSWEENEY'S JUST WON BRONZE,... HIGH FIVE! ...SO IT'S BEEN A GREAT NIGHT ALL ROUND. KIA ORA. KIA ORA. WELCOME TO RIO. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THAT IS BRILLIANT. THANK YOU. WELL DONE. THANKS SO MUCH. ENJOY. (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) THANK YOU SO MUCH. (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) THANK YOU. APPLAUSE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE ANTHEM OF NZ. MAN SPEAKS PORTUGUESE 'GOD DEFEND NZ' PLAYS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOUR PARALYMPIC MEDALLISTS. YES, PARALYMPIC MEDAL NUMBER FIVE FOR MARY, WHOSE JOURNEY TO THE PODIUM STARTED 10 YEARS AGO. LET'S LOOK BACK ON THE RISE OF MARY FISHER. GENTLE MUSIC MARY FISHER GREW UP WITH 10% OF NORMAL VISION. IN HER TEENAGE YEARS, HER SIGHT DETERIORATED. SHE IS NOW LEGALLY BLIND. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, HER SWIMMING CAREER HAS TAKEN OFF. I WENT TO SOME RACE NIGHTS, AND I WAS ALWAYS THE SLOWEST PERSON, KIND OF. ALL MY FRIENDS WERE GETTING FAST. YEAH, I THOUGHT THAT I SHOULD GET FASTER, I GUESS. SIX YEARS AFTER SHE BEGAN COMPETITIVE SWIMMING, PARALYMPICS NZ NAMED HER IN THE TEAM TO COMPETE AT THE LONDON 2012 PARALYMPIC GAMES. SHE WAS A RANK OUTSIDER, BUT PNZ SAW PROMISE. SHE OUTPERFORMED ANY EXPECTATIONS ANYONE HAD OF HER. WOW! WORLD RECORD, GOLD MEDAL. SO, AS EXPECTATIONS COME, HAS THIS EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS? WHAT DO YOU THINK? UM, ABSOLUTELY EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS. I CAME TO PRETTY MUCH... EXPERIENCE THE PARALYMPIC ATMOSPHERE AND TO DO MY BEST, AND I'M JUST REALLY REALLY HAPPY THAT MY BEST HAS GOT ME INTO FINALS, AND I'VE NEVER EVER HEARD A CROWD BEFORE WHEN I'VE BEEN SWIMMING, AND I COULD HEAR IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE 400. IT WAS CRAZY. SWELLING MUSIC HER NEXT EVENT WAS THE WORLD CHAMPS IN CANADA, WHERE SHE ACHIEVED FIVE GOLD MEDALS AND ONE SILVER. THE 2014 PAN PACIFIC GAMES RESULTED IN A CLEAN SWEEP OF SIX GOLDS FROM ALL EVENTS. AT THE 2015 WORLD CHAMPS IN GLASGOW, IT WAS NO SURPRISE WHEN SHE SECURED THREE GOLD AND TWO SILVER. IT IS GONNA BE` MARY FISHER WILL TAKE IT! THE MOTIVATION IS TO TRY AND STAY AT THE TOP AND TO KIND OF BETTER MYSELF AS A PERSON AND HOPEFULLY BRING SOME YOUNGER KIDS INTO THE SPORT, BECAUSE IT'S DONE A WHOLE LOT FOR ME IN A POSITIVE WAY. FROM ONE GREAT ATHLETE TO ANOTHER, SOPHIE PASCOE LINED UP IN THE 50M FREESTYLE TONIGHT WITH NZ'S 200TH PARALYMPIC MEDAL IN HER SIGHTS. AND THE SECOND FASTEST SEED, REPRESENTING NZ, SOPHIE PASCOE. ELECTRONIC VOICE: TAKE YOUR MARKS. BUZZ! THE WOMEN'S 50 FREESTYLE S10. SLOW REACTION FROM LANE FOUR, BUT SOON MADE UP FOR THAT. AURELIE RIVARD ALREADY HAS A LEAD, AND WE'RE NOT EVEN AT THE 25M MARK. IT'S AURELIE RIVARD, THE CANADIAN, THE PARALYMPIC RECORD HOLDER, WHO BROKE THAT RECORD IN QUALIFYING, HAS LED FROM THE START, AND NOW IT'S GOING TO BE A BATTLE FOR THE SILVER AND THE BRONZE. PASCOE COMING BACK STRONG FOR NZ. BUT IN THE TOUCH, IT'S A NEW WORLD RECORD FOR AURELIE RIVARD OF CANADA. THE SILVER MEDAL GOES TO SOPHIE PASCOE. AND CHEN YI, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, TAKING THE BRONZE. WELL, WE MENTIONED SHE MIGHT HAVE HER EYE ON THAT WORLD RECORD ` A 23.73. 27.37 FOR THE NEW WORLD RECORD HOLDER, THE NEW PARALYMPIC CHAMPION. HELLO. HOW ARE YOU? SOPHIE, CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT SILVER MEDAL. YOU PROBABLY DON'T REALISE THIS YET, BUT TONIGHT YOU'VE JUST SECURED NZ'S 200TH PARALYMPIC MEDAL. DOES THAT MAKE THIS RACE ANY MORE SPECIAL FOR YOU, KNOWING THAT? YEAH, I MEAN, I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE A CLOSE RACE. IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT HOW STRONG OUR FIELD IS OUT THERE. AURELIE PUT UP A REALLY GOOD FIGHT. AND IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT, YEAH, WE'RE RIVALS IN THE POOL, BUT YOU SAW THE FRIENDSHIP AFTERWARDS AND THE SPORTSMANSHIP. AND TONIGHT I JUST WANTED TO GO OUT AND DO A PERSONAL BEST TIME, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I DID. I CAN'T ASK FOR MUCH MORE THAN THAT. FROM WHERE WE WERE WATCHING ON THE SCREEN HERE, I WAS JUST ABOUT GRIPPING IT, AND, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKED INCREDIBLY CLOSE. WAS IT CLOSE OUT THERE FOR YOU? I ACTUALLY COULDN'T SEE HER, SO... I COULDN'T SEE ANYBODY. IT'S JUST ABOUT FOCUSING ON YOUR OWN RACE, FOCUSING ON YOUR OWN BLACK LINE. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I DID. AND, YOU KNOW, TO BE HONEST, I THINK I FOLLOWED THE RACE PLAN PRETTY PRECISELY, AND I'LL FIND OUT THAT WITH HAVING A LOOK AT THE VIDEO AFTERWARDS, BUT TO DO A PERSONAL BEST TIME, I MUST'VE, YEAH. I'VE REALLY ENJOYED THIS RACE SO FAR, AND I KNOW I'VE GOT FOUR MORE, AND IT'S HEAD DOWN, BUM UP FOR THE NEXT FOUR RACES TO GO. SPEAKING OF THOSE FOUR, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT SOME OF YOUR FAVOURED EVENTS COMING UP, SO CONGRATULATIONS FOR TONIGHT, AND ALL THE BEST FOR FUTURE RACING. THANKS SO MUCH. IT WAS SO STRONG OFF THE STARTER'S BLOCKS FOR BOTH PASCOE AND RIVARD, BUT RIVARD WITH A SERIOUS, SERIOUS LITTLE BIT OF UNDERWATER, USED THE STREAMLINE TO PERFECTION. SOPHIE PASCOE WITH A NEW PERSONAL BEST AT 27.72. A SHADE OUTSIDE THE EXISTING WORLD RECORD. THE FORMER WORLD RECORD HOLDER, WHOSE WORLD RECORD WAS OBLITERATED BY RIVARD AT THE 2015 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. IT'S BEEN A GREAT NIGHT HERE FOR THE KIWIS IN THE POOL. FIRST UP, WE HAD SOPHIE PASCOE WINNING SILVER AND SECURING NZ'S 200TH PARALYMPIC MEDAL. BUT TONIGHT IT'S REALLY ALL BEEN ABOUT MARY FISHER ` GOLD AND WORLD RECORD. SHE CAME OUT STRONG IN THE FIRST LAP. IN THE SECOND LAP, SHE CAME HOME EVEN STRONGER, JUST BLITZING THE OPPOSITION. AN AWESOME RESULT FOR THE SWIMMERS. UP NEXT, THE TWO SOUTH ISLAND BOYS ` LIAM MALONE AND RORY MCSWEENEY. BOTH HAVE MEDALS IN THEIR SIGHTS AT THE TRACK AND FIELD. SPRINTER LIAM MALONE MADE HIS MARK IN THE 100M HEATS YESTERDAY, AND HE BACKED IT UP SUPERBLY TODAY. THERE WAS MAGIC FROM JAVELIN THROWER RORY MCSWEENEY TOO. BUT FIRST UP, OUR SPRINTER FROM NELSON, LIAM MALONE. IT'S BEEN A REGULAR JOUST BETWEEN JOHNNIE PEACOCK AND RICHARD BROWNE, EVEN IF THEY WEREN'T UP AGAINST EACH OTHER REGULARLY IN CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITION. BROWNE ANNOUNCING HIS RETIREMENT IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. JOHNNIE PEACOCK STILL GOING. THE DEFENDING CHAMPION. THE FORMER 200M AND 4X1 WORLD CHAMPION FROM LYON, IT'S JARRYD WALLACE. CHEERING MAN WHO SET THE NEW T43 PARALYMPIC GAMES RECORD HERE. FIFTH IN THE 100, SIXTH IN THE 200 IN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN DOHA, FROM AUCKLAND, IT'S LIAM MALONE FOR NZ. PEACOCK PUTTING HIS TITLE ON THE LINE AGAIN. THREE FROM THE UNITED STATES, TWO FROM GERMANY, ONE EACH FROM SOUTH AFRICA, NZ AND GREAT BRITAIN. PEACOCK, ONE OF THE GREAT HEROES OF LONDON 2012. ON A REPEAT MISSION IN RIO. ROGERS IN TWO, SINGLETON THREE. PEACOCK FOUR, WALLACE FIVE, MALONE SIX, FOURIE SEVEN. STRENG EIGHT, BEHRE NINE. THE FINAL OF THE MEN'S 100M T44. AND AWAY THEY GO. AND PEACOCK ON, AND SINGLETON AWAY. LIAM. WALLACE IS GOING UP WITH PEACOCK AS WELL. BUT PEACOCK'S STREAKING AWAY. IT'S GOING TO BE GOLD FOR PEACOCK! HE'S DEFENDED HIS TITLE! 10.81 FOR JONNIE PEACOCK! HE'S GOT THE GOLD FOR GREAT BRITAIN! HE'S GOT WHAT HE'S COME FOR! CHEERING 10.81 ` EQUALS HIS PARALYMPIC RECORD. FROM THE SEMI-FINAL, HE'S GOT GOLD AGAIN, AND MALONE WITH A SILVER FOR NZ! 11.02. BRILLIANT FOR LIAM MALONE AND THE COME-BACK TRAIL. AND STRENG GETS THE BRONZE FOR GERMANY, BUT PEACOCK GETS ALL THE ACCLAIM. PEACOCK, WELL, IN THE 100M, CAN YOU SAY SOMEONE'S A CLASS ABOVE? ONLY OCCASIONALLY. BUT PEACOCK WAS MOST IMPRESSIVE. AND AN AMAZING FINISH FROM LIAM MALONE OF NZ, WHO WAS COMING FROM WAY BACK HE WAS A COUPLE OF METRES BEHIND AFTER 15 OR 20. SO, LIAM MALONE CAME INTO THIS PARALYMPICS WITH A T44 100M AS HIS LEAST FAVOURITE EVENT, SUPPOSEDLY. NOW HE'S AN OLYMPIC SILVER MEDALLIST. LIAM, CONGRATULATIONS. HOW DOES IT FEEL? OH, HUGE. TODAY'S A SPECIAL DAY FOR ME BACK HOME. LOST MUM TO CANCER FOUR YEARS AGO. AND TODAY NZ TIME IT'D BE HER BIRTHDAY, SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MUM. WAS THAT RACE FOR HER? OH, IT'S FOR EVERYONE WHO'S BACKED ME FROM DAY ONE. HER, DAD, ALL MY MATES. THE KIWI PUBLIC WHO GOT ME HERE BY CROWD-FUNDING ME FROM DAY ONE AND BACKING ME FROM THEN. YEAH, IT'S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY. LIAM, HOW MUCH DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU? SO MUCH. I'M SO TIRED. I DIDN'T SLEEP AGAIN LAST NIGHT, AND I CAME IN TODAY, AND I WAS SO DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE I JUST REALLY WANTED TO PERFORM MY BEST. AND I'M JUST SHATTERED, AND, YEAH, MIXED EMOTIONS, OBVIOUSLY. YET SOMEHOW YOU MANAGED THIS INCREDIBLE LATE SURGE. CAN YOU TALK ME THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED FROM START TO FINISH? YEAH, I HAD A HORRIBLE START, WHICH HAPPENS TO ME A LOT IN THE 100, AND I'M PRETTY SORE AFTER YESTERDAY. YOU KNOW, I WENT ALL OUT YESTERDAY, WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT NAIVE. AND I JUST SAID, 'SCREW IT.' I SAW GUYS GET IN FRONT OF ME, AND I GOT REAL WOUND UP. AND I DON'T KNOW, IT JUST` LIKE, I JUST TRIED TO RUN FAST, YEAH. PLEASE WELCOME THE MEDALLISTS. A VERY YOUNG FIRST THREE. STRENG, 21; MALONE, 22; JOHNNIE PEACOCK, 23. THE FUTURE OF THIS EVENT, SURELY. LIAM MALONE. CHEERING MALONE MOVES FORWARD. HE GAVE US ONE OF THE MORE MEMORABLE MOMENTS OF THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS, ACTUALLY, WITH A FINISH THAT WAS STAGGERING. HE WAS METRES BEHIND AFTER 30M. AND POSSIBLY SIXTH WITH ABOUT 20M TO GO, AND THEN SUDDENLY SECOND. BOTH: KIA ORA. I'M FROM FIJI. OH, YOU'RE FROM FIJI? MY MAN! (LAUGHS) YES, A CONNECTION BETWEEN FIJI AND NZ. SO STRONG. AND I THINK LIAM WAS DELIGHTED TO FIND THAT TOM THE MASCOT WAS COMING TO HIM. BETTER TAKE A PHOTO OF IT. I'M SURE THERE'LL BE OTHERS. BUT THAT'S GOOD TO SEE. FANTASTIC RESULT FOR LIAM. AND NOW IT'S TIME TO LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT HIS TEAMMATE, JAVELIN THROWER RORY MCSWEENEY. WE CAUGHT UP WITH HIM IN DUNEDIN BEFORE HE LEFT FOR THE GAMES. JAVELIN THROWER RORY MCSWEENEY'S ALWAYS HAD A CLEAR TARGET IN MIND. AND HAVING WON SILVER AT THE DOHA WORLD CHAMPS, HE'S A POTENTIAL GOLD MEDALLIST. YOU GET CONFIDENCE WHEN YOU'VE PREPARED WELL. AND WHEN YOU'VE ACHIEVED ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE, I THINK THAT GIVES YOU CONFIDENCE AS WELL. IN THROWING JAVELIN, THE ATHLETE HEAVILY LOADS THEIR LEGS TO POWER THE THROW. AS AN AMPUTEE, RORY NEEDS TO BE EVEN MORE CONSCIOUS OF HIS BODY'S ALIGNMENT. RORY IS A LEFT-LEG AMPUTEE, SO IT'S ACTUALLY HIS BLOCK LEG. SO WHEN HE COMES INTO THE JAVELIN, IT'S ACTUALLY HIS PROSTHETIC LEG THAT HE HAS TO BLOCK OFF. WE DO NEED TO ENSURE THAT HIS GLUTES AND HAMSTRINGS AND QUADS ARE VERY STRONG SO THAT HE CAN ACTUALLY HOLD THE BLOCK. ON THE RUNWAY, YOU'RE GENERATING THAT ACCELERATION INTO THE STOPPING MOVEMENT INTO THE PAUSE FOR THE THROW. SO THAT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT TRICKY WITH A PROSTHETIC LEG TAKING THAT LOAD SO THE FORCES COME UP THROUGH THE KNEE AND THE HIP AND LOWER BACK. SO, THIS IS MY THROWING LEG. IT'S A CARBON FIBRE BLADE, QUITE A HEAVY-GRADE BLADE COS IT HAS TO TAKE QUITE A LOT OF IMPACT. WHEN YOU'RE JAVELIN THROWING, YOU WANNA BE RUNNING IN ON THE BALLS OF YOUR FEET, AND THIS IS SET UP TO DO THAT. HE'S NOT FAR OFF THE WORLD RECORD. I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WORLD RECORD TO WIN GOLD. I JUST WANT TO GO INTO THE COMPETITION WITH A REAL GOOD INTENTION TO PERFORM AT MY BEST. JUST SORTA BACK MYSELF TO BE READY ON THE DAY AND JUST GIVE IT A REAL GOOD CRACK. AND I THINK YOU COULD SAY THAT'S HOW IT TURNED OUT. RORY'S FOURTH THROW TOOK HIM INTO MEDAL CONTENTION AT THE OLYMPIC STADIUM TODAY. WE START WITH THAT FINAL THROW. WE'RE RIGHT DOWN TOWARDS THE BUSINESS END NOW AS RORY MCSWEENEY... AS WE GET TO THE LAST THREE ATTEMPTS. MUSIC PLAYS NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THIS IS A GOOD ONE, BECAUSE THERE'S STILL SOMEONE AFTER HIM WHO'S SITTING OUT OF THE MEDALS. HE COULD GET PUSHED OUT OF THIRD BY SANDEEP, AND THEN IT'S AKEEM STEWART OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. SO THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT MOMENT FOR RORY MCSWEENEY. SITTING THIRD. CAN HE IMPROVE ON 54.99? IT'S HIS BEST SO FAR. THAT WAS HIS FOURTH ATTEMPT. THIS IS HIS LAST. MCSWEENEY FOR NZ. (SHOUTS) NO, THAT WON'T BE AN IMPROVEMENT ON HIS 54.99, BUT HE THANKS THE CROWD. INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT AND JUST A QUESTION OF WHETHER HE HOLDS ON TO THAT BRONZE MEDAL POSITION. BUT THIS MAN, AKEEM STEWART, LETS ONE FLY. OH, IT'S ANOTHER GOOD ONE. SO 57.32, AND THAT IS A NEW WORLD RECORD. SO AKEEM STEWART UNTOUCHABLE. THE MAN FROM TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO IN THE MEN'S JAVELIN. CHEERING CONFIRMING THE PLACINGS, THEN, AND A WORLD RECORD OF 57.32 WINS IT FOR AKEEM STEWART OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. ALISTER MCQUEEN OF CANADA, SECOND. AND THE BRONZE TO NZ'S RORY MCSWEENEY. SO A WELL-DESERVED BRONZE MEDAL FOR RORY MCSWEENEY, WHO'S COMING TOWARDS US NOW. HIS BIGGEST THROW, A FOURTH ATTEMPT OF 54.99M. HERE'S THE MAN HIMSELF. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WHAT DOES THAT BRONZE MEAN TO YOU? OH, IT MEANS THE WORLD, EH. IT WAS JUST SUCH AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE. SUCH A TIGHT COMPETITION, YOU KNOW, AND, YEAH, JUST CAN'T BELIEVE I GOT A MEDAL FOR NZ. JUST SO HAPPY. TALK ME THROUGH THE EMOTIONS, I GUESS, PARTICULARLY OF THOSE LAST THREE ROUNDS WHERE YOU HIT THAT BIG` THE BIG THROW, YOU GO INTO SECOND, YOU'RE BACK IN THIRD, YOU'VE GOT THE NERVOUS WAIT TO SEE IF YOU CAN KEEP THIRD. WHAT WAS IT LIKE? YEAH, IT WAS REALLY INTENSE, EH. LIKE, THERE WAS CENTIMETRES IN IT BETWEEN SIX GUYS. AND I DON'T KNOW. I JUST TRIED TO KEEP CALM, AND IT WAS FUNNY. AFTER ROUND THREE, IT WAS ACTUALLY AKEEM, THE GUY FROM TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, AND ALI FROM CANADA ` WE WERE BANTERING AND GIVING EACH OTHER A BIT OF STICK ABOUT WHO'S GONNA WIN. AND THEN THE THREE OF US ENDED UP ON THE PODIUM, SO UNREAL, YEAH. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY BACK HOME? OH YEAH, THE SUPPORT'S BEEN INCREDIBLE, EH. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO'S GOT BEHIND ME. ALL THE MESSAGES. IT'S BEEN REALLY AN EMOTIONAL JOURNEY. AND IT JUST MEANS A LOT TO HAVE YOU GUYS BEHIND ME, SO, YEAH, THANKS. RORY MCSWEENEY. A 54.99 THROWN BY RORY MCSWEENEY WITH HIS FOURTH ATTEMPT. SIXTH AT THE LYON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS THREE YEARS AGO. MADE HIS DEBUT IN CHRISTCHURCH IN NZ, 2011. SECOND IN DOHA LAST YEAR. AND BRONZE MEDAL AT THESE PARALYMPIC GAMES IN RIO. INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC PLAYS SO GOOD TO SEE RORY UP ON THAT PODIUM AFTER SO MUCH WORK THAT HE'S PUT IN. NEXT UP WE MOVE ON TO THE VELODROME AS WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW OUR KIWI ATHLETES. AND LATER WE CHECK OUT SOME SPORTS WE DON'T SEE SO MUCH OF BACK IN NZ. 1 LIKE HIS TEAMMATE, KATE HORAN, PARA-CYCLIST BYRON RAUBENHEIMER HAS SWITCHED SPORTING CODES. AFTER COMPETING ON THE WORLD PARA-SNOWBOARDING SCENE, BYRON SWITCHED TO THE BIKE AFTER GOING TO ONE OF PARALYMPICS NZ'S TALENT IDENTIFICATION CAMPS. TODAY HE MADE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE IN RIO IN THE MEN'S KILO TIME TRIAL. MAN: WELCOME TO THE TRACK. HE WAS NINTH IN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS FROM NZ... MAN: SO NINTH IN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AND WORKS AS A CHEF AT, UH, THE REGATTA BAR AND EATERY IN AUCKLAND. SO I'M SURE THEY'LL BE SITTING NEAR A TELEVISION SCREEN WATCHING BYRON RAUBENHEIMER, WHO WAS INITIALLY BORN IN SOUTH AFRICA, MOVED TO NZ AS A 9-YEAR-OLD. WOMAN: GREAT START THERE BY RAUBENHEIMER, AND THE TIME TO BEAT, AS WE'VE SEEN, 1:09:423, THE BRAZILIAN ATHLETE, AND SO THE HOME CROWD POLITELY CHEERING. SO, A VERY GOOD START. LESS THAN SECOND UNDERNEATH THE TIME TO BEAT IN THE EARLY STAGES AND SUSTAINS THAT THROUGH THE FIRST LAP OF FOUR IN THIS VERY TOUGH KILO, THE 1000M TIME TRIAL, C4-C5 CATEGORY. SO IT'S BEEN A BUSY LIFE ` AN ATHLETE, LOVES SNOWBOARDING, HE'S A CHEF AT HOME; HE'S COACHED BY JONO HAILSTONE, THE NATIONAL COACH HERE OF THE CYCLING TEAM IN NZ, AND THE 25-YEAR-OLD IS LOOKING TO ADD TO ALL OF THAT WITH SOME SUCCESS AT THE PARALYMPIC GAMES, AND LOOK AT THE TIME ` HE'S A SECOND AND A HALF CLEAR. AND NOT FORGETTING, OF COURSE, HE'S A C4 ATHLETE AS WELL, SO THE OVERALL TIME WILL COME DOWN JUST A FRACTION AGAIN, BUT RAUBENHEIMER REALLY STAMPING HIS AUTHORITY. HE'S RIDER NUMBER 10, SO WE'RE COMING UP TO EXACTLY THE HALFWAY MARK OF THIS COMPETITION. SO 1:11:666. HE'S DONE VERY WELL. 1:11:044, AND WITH THE FACTOR PERCENTAGE GOING IN, HE IS CLEARLY THE LEADER AT THIS POINT. 1:08:819. AND OVERTAKES THE BRAZILIAN TO BE IN FRONT. INDISTINCT PA ANNOUNCEMENT HI, BRYON. SO, THIS IS YOUR FIRST EVER CYCLING EVENT AT A PARALYMPIC GAMES. WHAT WERE YOUR EXPECTATIONS TONIGHT? UH, TO BE HONEST, I JUST WANTED TO GO OUT AND DO A PERSONAL BEST. UM, I'M A BIT OF A YOUNG BUCK COMPARED TO EVERYONE ELSE AROUND HERE, SO I DEFINITELY JUST WANTED TO BEAT MYSELF, WHICH I MIGHT'VE BEEN A BIT A SHORT ON, BUT, I MEAN, JUST TO BE IN THIS ENVIRONMENT'S JUST INCREDIBLE. WHAT A LOTTA PEOPLE MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT YOU IS THAT IT'S ONLY BEEN IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT YOU'VE MADE THE TRANSITION FROM SNOW SPORT TO CYCLING. HOW HARD HAS THAT TRANSITION BEEN? OH, IT'S BEEN PRETTY EASY. I'VE HAD A PRETTY AMAZING TEAM TO TRAIN WITH AND SORTA BRING ME UP. A LOTTA SNOWBOARDING CAN BE TRANSITIONED OVER IN TERMS OF CORE STRENGTH AND LEG STRENGTH AND STUFF LIKE THAT, SO IN THAT REGARD IT'S BEEN A PRETTY GOOD TRANSITION. ANYTHING YOU WANNA SAY TO ALL YOUR SUPPORT CREW AT HOME? OH, YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME. I'VE HAD A LOTTA GREAT MESSAGES OF SUPPORT AND ALL THE REST, SO THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE IT. AND WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO BEFORE YOUR NEXT MAIN EVENT TO GET YOURSELF IN THE BEST POSITION POSSIBLE? THAT'S TOMORROW MORNING, SO THERE'S NOT A BIG TURNAROUND FOR ME. TOMORROW'S NOT REALLY MY TARGET EVENT, SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW IT GOES, BUT, YEAH, I'LL JUST RIDE IT AND HOPE FOR THE BEST AND GO FROM THERE. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK. TIME FOR A CHANGE NOW AND A LOOK AT FIVE-A-SIDE FOOTBALL ` A SPORT FOR ATHLETES WHO ARE BLIND. HOSTS BRAZIL ARE THE HOT FAVOURITES ` UNBEATEN IN THREE PARALYMPICS. APPLAUSE, CHEERING WOMAN: DAY TWO AT THE GAMES SAW THE FOOTBALL FIVE-A-SIDE COMPETITION KICK OFF AT THE OLYMPIC TENNIS CENTRE. EXCEPT FOR THE GOALKEEPERS, THE GAME IS PLAYED BY BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PLAYERS AND WAS INAUGURATED AT THE PARALYMPICS IN 2004. BRAZIL HAVE WON EVERY GOLD MEDAL IN THE SPORT SINCE THEN AND HAVE NEVER LOST A MATCH IN PARALYMPIC HISTORY, AND IT WAS THE HOSTS THAT GOT THE COMPETITION UNDERWAY AS THEY LINED UP AGAINST MOROCCO. INDISTINCT YELLING MAN: DID WELL TO FIND HIM. CAN HE GET IT BACK TO HIS TEAMMATE? WELL, THAT'S THE IDEA. DIDN'T STRIKE IT. AND HE'S A THORN IN THE SIDE OF BRAZIL AT THE MOMENT, HATAB. HE MIGHT GET ANOTHER SHOOTING CHANCE! WELL, WELL! ABDERRAZAK HATTAB FOR MOROCCO AGAINST THE CHAMPIONS. HE KEPT ON PERSISTING, AND WHAT A HUGE SURPRISE. FIRST TIME IN THE PARALYMPIC GAMES, AND THEY DARE TO TAKE THE LEAD AGAINST THE UNBEATABLE BRAZIL. OH, BEAUTIFUL! OH! CROWD ROARS SO UNLUCKY AGAINST THE POST. HE THOUGHT HE'D SCORED. THE NOISE FROM THE CROWD WAS SO GREAT. PLAYERS YELL INDISTINCTLY, WHISTLE BLOWS FIVE MINUTES OF THE SECOND HALF HAVE ELAPSED ALREADY, THEN. JUST 20 LEFT FOR BRAZIL TO FIND THEIR FIRST GOAL OF THE TOURNAMENT! CROWD ROARS AND THERE IT IS. WELL, IT'S RELIEF AS WELL AS CELEBRATION FOR BRAZIL. BRILLIANT EQUALISER. CROWD CHEERS LOUDLY PLAYERS YELL INDISTINCTLY CROWD ROARS OH YES! OH, HE GOT THE SHOT AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY. AND THAT'S A HUGE MOMENT FOR BRAZIL, WHO TAKE THE LEAD JUST 15 MINUTES FROM THE END OF THE GAME FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. HE CAUGHT BARA COMPLETELY BY SURPRISE. WHISTLING, CROWD CHEERS LOUDLY MAN: WITH THE BALL AWAY, BUT... STRAIGHT TO HIM, AND THERE'S ROOM FOR HIM HERE. CROWD ROARS YES, AND THAT REALLY SHOULD DO IT FOR BRAZIL. THREE GOALS IN SIX MINUTES, AND A COMPLETE TURNAROUND, AND IN THAT SHORT TIME A DEMONSTRATION OF JUST WHY BRAZIL ARE SUCH BIG FAVOURITES FOR THE GOLD MEDAL. FINE GOALS FROM THREE OF THE FOUR STARTING OUTFIELD PLAYERS, AND BRAZIL HAVE BEATEN MOROCCO HERE BY THREE GOALS TO ONE. IN THE MORNING'S SECOND MATCH, SPAIN, BRONZE MEDALLISTS AT THE LONDON 2012 PARALYMPIC GAMES, TOOK ON CHINA. MAN: NOW ACCELERATING. VERY DIRECT ALL OF A SUDDEN. MY GOODNESS. WHAT A BURST THAT WAS. DRIBBLING ON HALFWAY, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN GOT THE INSTRUCTION, SPACE IN WHICH TO ATTACK, AND HE FLEW INTO IT. PLAYERS YELL COMMANDS HE'S IN SPACE HERE! (BLOWS WHISTLE) WELL, THAT IS THE CLEAREST CHANCE. IN SPACE AND INTO THE PENALTY AREA FOR THE FIRST TIME. HE JUST SLICED THE SHOT SOMEWHAT WITH THE OUTSIDE OF THAT RIGHT BOOT. PLAYERS YELL COMMANDS CAN THEY FIND A WAY THROUGH? NOW TO THE EDGE OF THE BOX, AND THE SAVE FORCED AGAIN. PLAYERS YELLS COMMANDS YES! WHISTLE BLOWS, CROWD CHEERS WELL, THEY DESERVE THAT, CHINA. IT'S COME WITH ONLY SEVEN AND A HALF MINUTES TO GO, BUT NO SURPRISE THAT IT'S COME FROM THE DRIBBLING OF THIS MAN. SPAIN WAS JUST A LITTLE SLOW TO REACT THIS TIME, AND IT'S A WIN THAT CHINA DESERVE. IT'S FINISHED IN POOL B. SPAIN ` 0, CHINA ` 1. COMING UP ` THE KIWI TANDEM BIKE RIDERS ARE IN ACTION. WE EXPLAIN HOW IT WORKS, WHO'S THE STOKER AND WHO'S THE PILOT. 4 WE'VE GOT THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED WOMEN'S 1KM TIME TRIAL ON THE TANDEM. REPRESENTING NZ, WE'VE GOT AMANDA CAMERON AND HANNAH VAN KAMPEN AND EMMA FOY AND LAURA THOMSON. BOTH EMMA AND AMANDA ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED RIDING ON THE BACK OF THE TANDEM. FOR BOTH TANDEMS, THE 1KM TIME TRIAL IS NOT THEIR FAVOURED EVENT BUT EMMA AND LAURA PLACED FOURTH IN THIS EVENT, SO I'VE GOT MY FINGERS CROSSED THAT ACTUALLY THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO PULL OFF A MEDAL IN THIS EVENT. THE THING I REALLY LOVE ABOUT TANDEM RACING IS JUST THE SHEER SPEED AND POWER OF TWO CYCLISTS ON THE ONE BIKE. BOTH THE PILOT AND THE STOKER, IS THE PERSON WHO SITS ON THE BACK, HAVE TO BE INCREDIBLY IN TUNE WITH EACH OTHER. SO NOT ONLY DO THEY NEED TO PEDAL AT THE SAME SPEED, OBVIOUSLY, BUT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO EACH OTHER'S SIGNALS, THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO TRAIN INCREDIBLY WELL TOGETHER TO BRING THE BEST OUT IN EACH OTHER, AND IT REALLY REALLY IS AN INCREDIBLE TEAM SPORT BETWEEN THE PILOT AND THE STOKER, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S AHEAD. PA: THE TEAM OF NZ. THE PILOT IS LAURA THOMPSON... THEY'VE GOT A PRETTY STRONG RECORD TOGETHER. THEY HAVEN'T RIDDEN IN A PARALYMPIC GAMES TOGETHER BEFORE. DING! MAN: GO! A CLEAN START. NOW, THE FIRST 125M TIME WILL BE INTERESTING. LOOKED A LITTLE BIT TARDY OFF THE START. LET'S HAVE A LOOK HERE. 14.438. THERE'S JUST 0.1, SO THAT'S GOING TO BE WHITTLED BACK QUITE EASILY IF THEY CAN. AND, YES, THERE'S NOTHING IN IT NOW. 22.749. THERE'S JUST A FINGERNAIL IN THAT. ABSOLUTELY. AND, LOOK, THEY'VE ALREADY MANAGED TO PICK UP THE PACE. YOU CAN SEE THEM WORKING SO WELL TOGETHER. THEIR TEMPO ` THEY'VE PICKED IT UP. THEY DID HAVE THAT CLEAN START. IT WAS SO CRUCIAL, BUT NOW THEY'VE GOT JUST THE SLIMMEST OF MARGINS, RIDING THEMSELVES INTO FIRST POSITION. THEY'RE ON THE HUNT FOR A MEDAL, THIS PAIR. BELL RINGS WELL, EMMA FOY, SHE STARTED PARACYCLING IN 2013, BUT SHE BELIEVES, AS SHE REFLECTS, THAT THE SPORT OF CYCLING HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN HER BLOOD AND THAT IT'S BEEN A LIFE IN THE MAKING BEING A CYCLIST. WELL, THIS IS A BIG MOMENT FOR HER. THE NZERS HAVE ALREADY SET A BENCHMARK. 1.11075 IS THE TIME TO BEAT AND THEY'RE IN FRONT NOW, SO THEY'RE FIRST AND THIRD, NZ. EMMA FOY AND LAURA THOMPSON. HOW WAS THAT RIDE FOR YOU, EMMA? UM, I THINK I HAD A REALLY GOOD RIDE, AND, YEAH, IT WAS A GOOD WARM-UP FOR OUR EVENT IN A FEW DAYS. SO, YEAH, REALLY GOOD. ABSOLUTELY. LOOK, I KNOW THIS ISN'T YOUR FAVOURED EVENT, BUT YOU'RE SITTING IN SECOND PLACE. LAURA, HOW DOES THAT FEEL? UH, YEAH. IT'S PRETTY MUCH WHERE WE EXPECTED TO BE. THERE'S SORT OF THREE TANDEMS THAT SPECIALISE IN THESE SPRING EVENTS, SO FOURTH WAS ACTUALLY, PROBABLY, GOING TO BE WHERE WE WERE. BUT AS EMMA SAID, IT'S GOOD TO GET OUT ON THE TRACK AND GET INTO THE GATES AND RACE IN THIS ENVIRONMENT BEFORE THE BIG ONE ON SUNDAY. DING! DING! CROWD ROARS SO THEY ARE UNDER THE TOP TIME AT THE MOMENT. YES, IT WAS THE IRISH COMBINATION OF DUNLEVY AND MCCRYSTAL AT 22.989, SO THEY NEED TO TRY AND NUDGE 39.044 HERE FOR THE 500M. AND THEY'RE NOW STARTING TO LIFT IT BECAUSE THEY'RE INSIDE. MAN (PA): THIS IS THE FASTEST RIDE WE'VE SEEN SO FAR. 38.934 THROUGH THE 500. YOU CAN SEE THEM REALLY PUTTING IN NOW. AMANDA CAMERON. CRUCIAL PART. 500 TO THE 750. AND UNDERNEATH BY 0.349. SO THEY REALLY ARE CONTINUING TO UP THE ANTE. AND YOU'D EXPECT THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY GOOD TIME FOR THE NZERS. AND THEY KNOW TO BE IN THE HUNT FOR A MEDAL, THEY NEED TO BE POSTING THE FASTEST TIME FROM HEREON COS WE'VE GOT SOME VERY STRONG COMPETITORS TO COME. THEY NEED TO COME IN UNDER 1:12, AND THEY'VE DONE IT. 1:11:737. A GREAT RIDE. NUDGING OVER 50KM/H. WE WERE LEADING A FEW RACES AGO AND THE WORLD'S BEST HAS COME OUT AND SHOWN THEIR STUFF IN THIS EVENT, AND OUR TEAM HAS GONE DOWN TO FOURTH. BUT AS LAURA SAID HERSELF, THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE THEY EXPECTED TO COME IN THIS EVENT. AND IT'S NOT THEIR FAVOURED EVENT, SO THAT'S COMING UP ON SUNDAY WHERE I'M FEELING PRETTY CONFIDENT ABOUT NZ SUCCESS. WE'LL SEE THEM BACK ON THE TRACK IN A FEW DAYS. UP NEXT, THOUGH, KIMBERLEE DOWNS GOES IN SEARCH OF LIAM MALONE'S MATES FROM HOME. BEFORE WE WRAP FOR THE NIGHT, LET'S GO BACK TO THE ATHLETICS TRACK. COMPETING ON THE BIGGEST STAGE THERE IS BECOMES ALL THE MORE SPECIAL WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY THERE TO WATCH. SO, WE'VE SET OURSELVES A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE. OUR T44 SPRINTER LIAM MALONE, EVERY TIME WE TALK TO HIM, EVERY TIME WE INTERVIEW HIM, HE ALWAYS BRINGS UP HIS BOYS. SHOUTING OUT TO HIS BOYS, THANKING HIS BOYS FOR COMING ALL THE WAY TO RIO TO SUPPORT HIM. SO WE THOUGHT, 'HEY, MAYBE WE SHOULD GO AND FIND THESE MUCH SPOKEN ABOUT BOYS, 'SEE WHAT ALL THE FUSS IS ABOUT.' I THINK THAT I'VE SPOTTED A KIWI FLAG OVER THERE, SO, UH, LET'S GO CHECK IT OUT. SO, WE'VE JUST WALKED AROUND HALF THE STADIUM. TURNS OUT WE'VE GONE ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE STADIUM TOO FAR. KIWIS ARE BACK THAT WAY NOW. MY NAVIGATION SKILLS, APPARENTLY, ARE NOT THAT GOOD, EVEN WHEN IT JUST COMES TO A STADIUM CONCOURSE. BACK WE GO. (MOUTHS) RIGHT. I THINK I'VE SPOTTED THEM JUST DOWN THERE. WE'VE MADE IT TO THE RIGHT AISLE. HERE'S HOPING. WISH ME LUCK. CROWD CHEERS MOMENT OF TRUTH. HEY THERE, HOW'S IT GOING? UH, MY NAME'S KIM. I'M FROM TVNZ. I'M ON A BIT OF A HUNT` ON A BIT OF A HUNT FOR LIAM MALONE'S BOYS. YEAH! THAT'S US. FIRST GO. FIRST GO, WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT. AH, DO YOU MIND IF I JUST DUCK IN HERE? THANK YOU. THAT'S LIAM'S OLD MAN. THAT'S LIAM'S OLD BOY HERE. OH. ARE YOU ONE OF THE BOYS AS WELL? (CLEARS THROAT) HE'S LOST HIS VOICE A BIT FROM CHEERING YESTERDAY. I'M HIS FATHER. I WON'T` I WON'T PUT TOO MUCH TO YOU IF YOU'VE ALREADY LOST YOUR VOICE FROM CHEERING. YOUR BOY'S GOT A FEW MORE RACES TO GO YET. SO, WHO HAVE WE GOT HERE? NAMES, PLEASE. ALEX, JOHN, ALEX, KEEGAN. KEEGAN, HENRY AND ELLEN. AND ELLEN. ELLEN COUNTS AS ONE OF THE BOYS TOO. YEAH, SHE'S ONE OF THE BOYS. ALL RIGHT, ALEX. SO, EVERY TIME I'VE TALKED TO LIAM ` ABOUT THREE TIMES NOW ` EVERY TIME, HE'S LIKE, 'SHOUTOUT THE BOYS. THANKS, BOYS, FOR BEING HERE.' WHAT MAKES YOU LOT SO SPECIAL? OH, WE ALL GREW UP WITH LIAM. HE'S A BIG PART OF OUR LIVES, SO WE ALL MADE THE TRIP TO COME SUPPORT HIM. SO, YEAH. HOW GOOD'S IT BEEN TO SEE HIM IN ACTION? OH, IT'S UNREAL. IT'S CRAZY. WE CAN'T BELIEVE HOW WELL HE'S DOING. MENTAL, YEAH. AND WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE RIO EXPERIENCE AS A WHOLE SO FAR? AH, IT'S PRETTY MOVING, EH? IT'S PRETTY FULL ON. NOW, IF YOU WERE REALLY HIS BOYS, IT WOULD ONLY BE RIGHT FOR YOU TO GIVE ME ALL OF THE GOSS ON LIAM, FOR NATIONAL TELLY. WE DON'T THINK IT'S FITTING FOR TV. (LAUGHS) WHERE DO WE START? YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A GOOD STORY. TELL` JUST TELL ME WHAT'S LIAM REALLY LIKE OUTSIDE OF ATHLETICS, OUTSIDE OF THE TRACK? ORGANISED. ORGANISED. VERY ORGANISED. WE CALL HIM THE SKIPPER COS EVERY TIME WE HAVE A TRIP, EVERY TIME THE BOYS GO AWAY, HE'S LIKE THE DAD OF THE TRIP ` ORGANISES EVERYTHING, GIVES US AN ITINERARY. IT'S WICKED. SO SKIPPER MALONE. SKIPPER MALONE. I HOPE HE DIDN'T HAVE TO ORGANISE THIS TRIP FOR YOU ON TOP OF ALL HIS TRAINING. WE MANAGED TO PIECE IT TOGETHER OURSELVES. (LAUGHS) AND HOW DO YOU RECKON LIAM'S GONNA GO THESE GAMES? HE'S GOT A FEW RACES. I THINK HE'S LOOKING GOOD. HE'S LOOKING REAL GOOD, YEAH. THIS WAS HIS LEAST CONFIDENT EVENT AND HE'S KILLING IT, SO, YEAH, CAN'T WAIT FOR THE 400. HEY, GUYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. SO GREAT TO HAVE THIS SORT OF SUCCESS EARLY IN THE EVENING, TO FIND LIAM MALONE'S BOYS AT LONG LAST. THANK YOU, GUYS. ENJOY THE RACING. I'LL CATCH YOU LATER. WOO! YES! THAT MUST BE ONE HELL OF A TRIP. OK, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MEDALS OVERALL NOW. AFTER TWO DAYS OF COMPETITION, CHINA HAS A MASSIVE LEAD FROM GREAT BRITAIN AND UKRAINE. NZ NOW IS IN 10TH PLACE WITH TWO EACH OF GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE. TOMORROW THE NZERS ARE IN ACTION IN THE SHOOTING FOR THE FIRST TIME, WITH GREG REID AND MICHAEL JOHNSON LINING UP THEIR SIGHTS. DUNEDIN'S GOLDEN GIRL, ANNA GRIMALDI, RETURNS, THIS TIME TO THE 100M AND CAITLIN DORE'S UP FOR THE JAVELIN. IN THE POOL, SOPHIE PASCOE AND MARY FISHER ARE BACK, WHILE HAMISH MCLEAN MAKES HIS FIRST APPEARANCE. BYRON RAUBENHEIMER AND KATE HORAN LINE UP ON THE BIKE IN THE 4 KILO TIME TRIAL. EXCITING PROSPECTS AHEAD. YOU CAN CATCH ALL THE ACTION LIVE ON DUKE FROM 1.25 TOMORROW MORNING. AND WE'LL BE HERE WITH HIGHLIGHTS ON ONE AT 9.30 TOMORROW NIGHT. SEE YOU THEN. UPLIFTING MUSIC