FESTIVE DRUM MUSIC CAPTIONS BY ABLE. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016 FESTIVE DRUM MUSIC CONTINUES HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE RIO PARALYMPICS, WHERE THERE WERE HIGH HOPES TODAY FOR SWIMMER SOPHIE PASCOE IN THE POOL AND SHOOTER MICHAEL JOHNSON. WE'LL BRING YOU ALL THE ACTION SHORTLY, BUT FIRST LET'S LOOK AT A CAREER THAT'S ALREADY MADE SOPHIE ONE OF THE BIG NAMES IN NZ SPORT. ELECTRONIC MUSIC AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN I TOUCH THE WALL AND YOU TURN AROUND AND LOOK AT THE SCOREBOARD AND YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, 1 NEXT TO YOUR NAME AND THEN YOU SEE A WORLD RECORD AND THEN YOU SEE A GOLD MEDAL, IT'S JUST A MOMENT OF RELIEF. YOU THINK OF THE YEARS YOU'VE PUT INTO THAT, HOW MANY MILES WE'VE SWUM, AND THAT CAME FROM THAT ONE CHALLENGE YOU SET WHEN YOU WERE 10 YEARS OLD. MUSIC INTENSIFIES SOPHIE WAS BARELY IN HER TEENS WHEN PEOPLE STARTED RECOGNISING SHE HAD REAL POTENTIAL. THE SAME CARING BUT CANTANKEROUS COACH, ROLY CRICHTON, HAS BEEN ALONGSIDE SOPHIE THROUGHOUT HER PARALYMPIC SWIMMING CAREER. ROLY WAS A PARALYMPIC SWIMMER HIMSELF. SHE'S ONLY A TEENAGER AT 14, SO YOU'VE GOTTA TRAIN HER BETWEEN LIKE AN ADULT AND SOMEBODY WHO'S GONNA BE A MEDAL PROSPECT. AND IT'S GOING TO BE A BRILLIANT GOLD MEDAL FOR NZ'S 15-YEAR-OLD GOLDEN GIRL. 2008, WHEN SHE WAS 15, SHE WAS A YOUNG WHIPPERSNAPPER AND IT WAS TALENT WANTING TO COME TO THE FORE. 2012, SHE WAS 19. THERE WAS EXPECTATIONS. SO THAT'S ANOTHER FOUR YEARS ON. SPECTATORS CHEER NOW SHE'S 23, EVERYTHING HAS TO BE BETTER THAN IT WAS BEFORE. BUT IT'S AFFECTING ALL THE LITTLE THINGS THAT COUNT. YOU KNOW, IT'S MANAGING YOUR SLEEP, IT'S MANAGING WHEN YOU GO TO PHYSIO, IT'S MANAGING WHAT YOU EAT. AND USING THE DAYS THAT YOU DON'T WANNA GET UP AND YOU DON'T WANNA GO DOWN TO THE POOL OR GO THE GYM IS MAKING YOU STRONGER. IT'S RELYING ON YOUR SUPPORT NETWORK AND RELYING ON YOUR SELF MOTIVATION TO MAKE YOU REALISE WHY YOU'RE DOING THIS, WHY YOU WANNA BECOME A PARALYMPIC CHAMPION. THINK ABOUT THE OPPOSITION. THEY'LL BE TRAINING. THEY'LL BE THE ONES` THAT COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A HAND-TOUCH FINISH ON THE WALL, YOU KNOW? FIRST AND SILVER. AND TONIGHT SOPHIE RACED IN THE FINAL OF THE 100M BACKSTROKE, ONE OF HER FAVOURITE EVENTS. KIMBERLEE DOWNS WAS THERE LOOKING ON. THE WOMEN'S 100M BACKSTROKE S10 FINAL. RIBEIRO, KRUGER. TAI, PASCOE, PAP, RIVARD, ROULET AND OOSTERHUIS. FOR NZ, SOPHIE PASCOE WILL BE THE ONE TO BEAT. CHEERING QUALIFIES ALMOST TWO SECONDS QUICKER THAN PAP, WHO WILL GO NEXT TO HER IN LANE FIVE. PASCOE WON THE GOLD BACK IN 2008. BUT THE WORLD RECORD WAS BROKEN JUST LAST YEAR BY SUMMER MORTIMER OF THE NETHERLANDS. PASCOE HAD TO SETTLE FOR THE SILVER AT LONDON 2012. THIS COULD BE HER CHANCE TO RECTIFY THAT. GOING IN LANE FOUR FOR NZ. HUNGARY'S BIANKA PAP THE SECOND-FASTEST SEED AFTER THE QUALIFYING HEATS. TAKE YOUR MARKS. BEEP! CHEERING SO THIS WOMEN'S 100M BACKSTROKE S10. RIBEIRO, KRUGER, TAI, PASCOE, PAP, RIVARD, ROULET AND OOSTERHUIS. IT IS SOPHIE PASCOE, FOR NZ, GETTING INTO HER STROKE, GETTING IN HER RHYTHM. STARTING TO MAKE AN IMPRESSION ON THE REST OF THE FIELD. ON HER RIGHT-HAND SIDE, SHE'S GOT BIANCA PAP OF HUNGARY TRYING TO GO WITH HER. BUT PASCOE STARTING TO PUT HER MARK ON THIS RACE. WELL, INDEED, SHE MISSED OUT ON WINNING GOLD IN 2012 AFTER CLAIMING IT IN 2008. AND SHE DESPERATELY WANTS TO BE STANDING ON TOP OF THE PODIUM LISTENING TO 'GOD DEFEND NZ' BY THE END OF THIS SESSION. AND SOPHIE PASCOE LOOKING VERY GOOD, VERY STRONG. HAS GOT A FINE STROKE. HAS SETTLED SO QUICKLY, DESPITE THE START BY AURELIE RIVARD. AND I DARE SAY, A MODICUM OF REVENGE IS ON THE CARDS HERE FOR NZ'S PASCOE. WELL, SOPHIE PASCOE JUST DROPPING OFF A LITTLE BIT. SHE WAS CLOSE TO THAT WORLD RECORD MARK, AND COMING THROUGH VERY STRONG IS BIANKA PAP OF HUNGARY. BUT I THINK PASCOE'S GOING TO HOLD ON. SHE GLIDES FOR THAT STROKE. SOPHIE PASCOE BECOMES THE NEW PARALYMPIC CHAMPION AHEAD OF BIANKA PAP. AND ALICE TAI HAD A STRONG FINAL PHASE OF THE RACE TO GET THE BRONZE FOR GREAT BRITAIN. PASCOE REGAINS HER TITLE SHE LOST IN LONDON. AND 1.07.04 JUST BETTERING HER QUALIFYING TIME. THE YOUNG HUNGARIAN BIANKA PAP. JUST 16 YEARS OF AGE. WELL, THIS IS JUST A WONDERFUL ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT YOU CAN DO. WHEN YOU GET INTO YOUR RHYTHM FAIRLY QUICKLY. SHE FOUND IT SO QUICKLY, DID SOPHIE PASCOE. AND BY THE TIME SHE HIT HER STROKE, SHE HAS GREAT ROTATION IN THE SHOULDERS. PULLS HERSELF THROUGH THE WATER, PROPELS HERSELF TOWARDS THE WALL. OUTSIDE OF WORLD RECORD TIME, BUT SHE'S ALSO, IN THE NEXT THREE DAYS, SHE'S WANTING TO DEFEND THREE TITLES SHE WON IN LONDON FOUR YEARS AGO, SO SHE KNOWS SHE'S GOT A VERY BUSY ROSTER. DONE ENOUGH TO WIN THE GOLD MEDAL HERE. IT'S IMPRESSIVE FROM PASCOE, AND SHE'S A CHAMPION AGAIN. JUST LETTING THE MOMENT SINK IN. SOPHIE PASCOE ALMOST A SECOND AHEAD OF BIANKA PAP, THE HUNGARIAN, NEW SILVER MEDALLIST. GREAT BRITAIN'S ALICE TAI WITH THE BRONZE. PA: PLEASE WELCOME THE MEDALLISTS. TRIUMPHANT MUSIC PLAYS SOPHIE PASCOE! CHEERING, APPLAUSE NZ ARE VERY PROUD OF THIS ATHLETE INDEED. SOPHIE PASCOE, OLYMPIC CHAMPION, NAMED SPORTSPERSON WITH AN IMPAIRMENT OF THE YEAR 2011, 2012, 2013 AND 2015. JUST ADDING TO HER PREVIOUS SIX GOLD MEDALS. WON A SILVER IN THIS EVENT FOUR YEARS AGO, THE GOLD BACK IN 2008. AND SHE REGAINS HER TITLE, SOPHIE PASCOE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE ANTHEM OF NZ. 'GOD DEFEND NZ' PLAYS 'GOD DEFEND NZ' CONTINUES PLAYING 'GOD DEFEND NZ' PLAYS 'GOD DEFEND NZ' CONTINUES PLAYING THE EMOTION POURING FROM SOPHIE PASCOE,... CHEERING, APPLAUSE ...SHOWING JUST HOW MUCH THIS TITLE MEANS TO HER. SOPHIE, WE SAW YOU IN TEARS DURING THE MEDAL CEREMONY. CLEARLY, SEVEN GOLDS LATER, IT STILL DOESN'T GET OLD. OH, DEFINITELY NOT. EVERY RACE HAS ITS MOMENT AND, UH, YEAH, IT DIDN'T REALLY SINK IN AFTER THE RACE. UM, IT WAS A HARD RACE. AND IT WAS TOUGH IN THAT LAST 25M, UH, WHEN THE PAIN STARTED TO KICK IN, SO OBVIOUSLY WHEN I TOUCHED THE WALL, IT WAS JUST A MOMENT OF RELIEF, AND THEN FINALLY, UM, YEAH, I HAD TO GET BACK FOR A LITTLE BIT OF MEDICAL, UH, ON THE LEG. AND THEN IT JUST SUNK IN ON THE PODIUM JUST KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE 12 OF MY FAMILY SUPPORTING HERE, AND I HAVE MY COACH POOLSIDE, I HAVE THE PNZ STAFF ALL ON POOLSIDE WATCHING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND SHARING THAT SPECIAL MOMENT WITH YOU. TELL ME WHAT IT WAS LIKE STRAIGHT AFTER THE RACE, BECAUSE I HEAR YOU WERE RUSHED OFF TO THE ICE BATHS, THAT YOU WERE SHATTERED. YEAH, UM, LIKE I SAID, THAT LAST 25 WAS PRETTY TOUGH. AND TONIGHT WAS JUST ABOUT GOING OUT AND WINNING THAT GOLD, AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED. THAT'S WHAT ROLY AND I DECIDED WE WERE GONNA GO GET. AND, UM, YEAH, UH, THE LEG DOESN'T NECESSARILY LIKE THE BACKSTROKE. UM, SO, YEAH, IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF GETTING MYSELF PREPARED FOR TOMORROW. OBVIOUSLY TOMORROW'S A BIG DAY WITH THE 200 IM. SO OBVIOUSLY HAVING TO BE ALL GOOD AT FOUR STROKES, AND, YOU KNOW, IT HAS BACKSTROKE INCLUDED IN IT. UH, JUST GETTING MYSELF RIGHT FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. BUT WAIT. WE'RE NOT DONE AT THE POOL JUST YET. WE'VE STILL GOT ANOTHER MEDAL FAVOURITE TO GO. MARY FISHER, WHO BROKE A WORLD RECORD ON HER WAY TO GOLD YESTERDAY, IS BACK IN THE POOL, THIS TIME IN 400M FREESTYLE S11. LET'S SEE HOW SHE GOES. MARY FISHER, A 23-YEAR-OLD WHO'S ALREADY A CHAMPION OF THE 2016 GAMES. GOLD MEDALLIST IN THE 100M BACKSTROKE. 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY CHAMPION IN 2012. AN EIGHT-TIME WORLD CHAMPION. BEEP! GOOD START FOR MARY FISHER IN LANE SIX. QUICK REACTION TIME FROM HER. AND SHE LEADS AS SHE COMES UP AFTER THE SLIGHT UNDERWATER, MARY FISHER, BUT NOW BEING OVERTAKEN BY LIESETTE BRUINSMA, WHO'S VERY QUICK IN THE STROKE IN WATER, NOT SO MUCH AT THE TURNS, BUT INDEED AT THE` IN HER STROKE, LIESETTE BRUINSMA IS QUICK. BUT SWIMMING ALONGSIDE CAMELLINI. THE TWO SWIMMERS GOING SIDE-BY-SIDE AND ALMOST VEERING INTO THE LANE ROPE. BEAR IN MIND, THE WOMEN'S 400M FREESTYLE S11, THIS IS A CLASSIFICATION FOR SWIMMERS WHO HAVE A VISUAL IMPAIRMENT. AND NOW INTO THIRD, IT'S LI. FISHER IN FOURTH. FISHER HAD A GREAT TURN THERE AND JUST PUT HERSELF BACK INTO THIRD. WELL, MARY FISHER, SHE'S GOT THE ABILITY. SHE'S HAD A FEW CHANGES FROM FOUR YEARS AGO, OF COURSE, WHERE SHE BECAME PARALYMPIC CHAMPION IN 2012 IN THE 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY. A CHANGE OF COACH, AND SHE FEELS THE PRESSURE OF EXPECTATION IN ANY EVENT THAT SHE SWIMS NOW. THERE'S ALMOST FOUR SWIMMERS NOT QUITE IN A LINE, BUT THERE IS A BATTLE ON BETWEEN FISHER AND LI GUIZHI. CAMELLINI BRONZE FOUR YEARS AGO. SHE'LL TAKE SILVER HERE. IT'S A FINE GOLD, THOUGH, FOR BRUINSMA OF THE NETHERLANDS. SHE HOLDS ON FOR THE VICTORY. AND SHE GETS THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND CONFIRMATION FROM HER TEAM THAT SHE'S WON THE TITLE. CHINA TAKE THE BRONZE, COURTESY OF GUIZHI LI. HEY, MARY. IT'S KIM. HEY, KIM. WELL, UH, HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT THAT PERFORMANCE? TIRED. NO, I JUST GAVE IT ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING. AND THAT'S ALL YOU CAN` ALL MY COACH ASKED FOR. I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT ANY OF THE SPLITS AND THINGS, BUT I JUST KNOW I'VE GOTTEN FOURTH, WHICH IS THE SAME RESULT AS LONDON, AND IT JUST SHOWS COMPETITIVE THE FIELD IS. IT'S, UM` IT'S REALLY ELITE OUT THERE, AND I'M GLAD I'VE GIVEN IT EVERYTHING. IT WOULD'VE BEEN SO NICE TO GET A MEDAL, BUT, UM, REALLY HAPPY WITH LAST NIGHT'S PERFORMANCE IN THE BACKSTROKE, SO TO COME IN TODAY AND SWIM A 400 ` HEATS AND FINALS ` IT'S A GOOD START, BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A DAY OFF TOMORROW. IT'S A BIG CHANGE FROM THE 400 KIND OF MINDSET TODAY TO THE 50 SPRINT IN TWO DAYS. IT WILL BE NICE TOMORROW TO BE ABLE TO WATCH SOPH, AND, UM, JUST DO A BIT OF CHILLING OUT, AND A RECOVERY KIND OF SWIM RATHER THAN HAVING TO... GET THE KIND OF MENTAL AND PHYSICAL PREPARATION OF GOING THROUGH A HEATS AND FINALS PROCESS IN ONE DAY. SO WE LEAVE TONIGHT WITH THE SWIMMERS' MEDAL TALLEY AT THESE GAMES CURRENTLY STANDING AT FOUR. AND SOPHIE PASCOE ON THE CUSP OF HISTORY TOMORROW. SHE'LL RACE FOR PARALYMPIC MEDAL NUMBER 13. AND IF SHE WINS THAT RACE, SHE'LL ALSO EQUAL EVE RIMMER'S CURRENT NZ RECORD FOR GOLDS ` THAT STANDS AT EIGHT. THANKS, KIM. TWO NIGHTS AGO, ANNA GRIMALDI WAS THE GOLDEN GIRL IN THE LONG JUMP. COMING UP A BIT LATER IN THE PROGRAMME, SHE TURNS HER ATTENTION TO THE 100M. TIME TO HEAD TO THE VELODROME NOW, WHERE KATE HORAN RACED IN THE 500M TIME TRIAL IN THE AFTERNOON. KATE WON A SILVER MEDAL IN ATHLETICS IN BEIJING EIGHT YEARS AGO BEFORE SWITCHING TO THE BIKE TO CONTINUE HER QUEST FOR GOLD. LET'S SEE HOW SHE WENT. C4 CATEGORY CYCLIST FROM NZ. ANNOUNCER: RIDING FOR NZ, KATHERINE HORAN! ANNOUNCER SPEAKS PORTUGUESE SO, A PICTURE OF FOCUS AND CONCENTRATION. SHE'S READY TO GO. SHE KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO COMPETE AT TOP-LEVEL SPORT, HAVING COMPETED, AS YOU SAID, AT THOSE TWO PARALYMPICS AS A TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETE. HER FIRST AS A PARA-CYCLIST. COUNTDOWN IS ON. BEEP! WELL, SHE WAS HAVING TROUBLE CONTAINING AT THE START. SHE WANTED TO GET GOING. AND HEADS TOWARDS THE BACK SECTION OF THE VELODROME WITH THE EARLY INDICATION AT 14.0. AND AT THIS STAGE SHE'S IN FRONT BY .3. IT'S A GOOD START FOR THE NZER. IT HAS, INDEED, BEEN A VERY GOOD START FOR THE NZER. THE TIME TO BEAT ON THE CLOCK 38.754 OVERALL. AND, UH, KATHERINE HORAN, OR KATE AS HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY KNOW HER, SHE IS A C4 ATHLETE, SO THE TIME WE SEE WILL BE BROUGHT DOWN SLIGHTLY BY THAT FACTOR AS SHE COMES OVER THE HOME STRAIGHT. SHE MIGHT BE UNDER ANYWAY. YEP. AND SHE IS. SO THE TIME OF JUST OVER 38 SECONDS GETS BROUGHT DOWN TO 37.750, AND THAT IS ENOUGH TO PUT HER IN THE GOLD MEDAL POSITION. SO, KATE HORAN'S JUST RIDDEN A GREAT RIDE IN THE 500M TIME TRIAL. AND SHE'S JUST TRANSFERRING FROM HER TRACK BIKE TO HER ROAD BIKE JUST TO DO A NICE WARM-DOWN NOW. AND THE THING, THOUGH, IS THAT SHE'S CURRENTLY SITTING SECOND ON THE LEADER'S BOARD. AND FOR THE NEXT FEW RIDERS ` WE'VE GOT THREE MORE TO GO ` SHE'LL BE WAITING ANXIOUSLY TO SEE IF SHE CAN PULL OFF A MEDAL. BUT IT WASN'T TO BE, WITH THE NEXT FIVE RIDERS PERFORMING OUTSTANDING RIDES, SETTING A NEW PARALYMPIC AND WORLD RECORD, LEAVING KATE IN SIXTH PLACE. I RODE A PB, SO, UM, I'VE NEVER RIDDEN SUB-39. WE WERE REALLY HAPPY WITH THAT, TO BE HONEST. I KNEW THAT A MEDAL WAS PROBABLY GONNA BE OUT OF THE QUESTION WITH THE, SORTA, TIMES THAT THE GIRLS ARE DOING. THE CROWD IS... INCREDIBLE HERE TONIGHT. THE VELODROME IS ABSOLUTELY FULL. DID THAT PUT YOU OFF OR ENERGISE YOU? DO YOU KNOW WHAT? FOR A SPRINT, IT JUST GETS YOU GOING. IT'S AWESOME. I STRUGGLED A BIT WITH IT IN THE PURSUIT, WHICH I WASN'T EXPECTING. I LOVE CROWDS, AND I LOVE THE NOISE, BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT DOING A SPRINT WHEN YOU REALLY NEED THAT GET-UP-AND-GO, SO IT WAS DEFINITELY BENEFICIAL TODAY, YEAH. HAS THE EXCITEMENT OF BEING AT YOUR THIRD PARALYMPIC GAMES AND THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE VELODROME TONIGHT MADE YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER GAMES IN YOU? THE MILLION-DOLLAR QUESTION. UM, RIO'S BEEN AWESOME. IT REALLY HAS, BUT... YEAH, AT THIS STAGE, YOU SORT OF` IT'S FOUR YEARS. IT'S FOUR YEARS IN THE MAKING, AND, UM, I'M NOT SURE I'VE GOT ANOTHER FOUR YEARS IN ME. IT WASN'T NZ'S DAY AT THE VELODROME, WITH BYRON RAUBENHEIMER FAILING TO QUALIFY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT FINAL AND KATE HORAN PLACING SIXTH IN HER EVENT. WHEN I TALKED TO KATE, YOU KNOW, SHE SAID THAT THIS IS LIKELY TO BE HER LAST PARALYMPIC GAMES. THIS WAS HER THIRD GAMES, AND SHE SHOULD REFLECT ON WHAT A MAGNIFICENT CAREER SHE'S HAD. SHE SWITCHED FROM ATHLETICS TO CYCLING, WHICH IS HARD BY ANY ACCOUNT, AND HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL AMBASSADOR FOR PARALYMPIC SPORT. THAT'S ALL FROM KATE AND BYRON AT THE VELODROME THESE GAMES, BUT THE VERSATILE KATE IS BACK WITH ROAD CYCLING IN JUST A FEW DAYS. BACK AT THE OLYMPIC STADIUM, IT WAS A QUIETER NIGHT FOR THE KIWIS AFTER THE EXCITEMENT OF THE LAST TWO DAYS. JAVELIN THROWER CAITLIN DORE COMPETED IN THE F37 CLASSIFICATION FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITH A FORM OF CEREBRAL PALSY CALLED HYPOTONIA. CAITLIN'S ANOTHER ATHLETE WHO'S MOVED TO DUNEDIN TO TRAIN UNDER COACH RAYLENE BATES. TONIGHT WASN'T HER NIGHT, BUT SHE'S GAINED VALUABLE EXPERIENCE OF A MAJOR EVENT. HEAT TWO OF THE WOMEN'S 100M T47, EFFECTIVELY A SEMI-FINAL. GOLDEN GIRL ANNA GRIMALDI WAS BACK AGAIN, THIS TIME IN THE 100M. SHE DIDN'T EXPECT TO DO WELL IN THIS EVENT. LET'S SEE HOW SHE WENT IN HER HEAT. AND WE HAVE THE REIGNING PARALYMPIC CHAMPION AND WORLD RECORD HOLDER IN THIS. SHE'S WON THE 200M TITLE AT THE LAST FIVE MAJOR GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. GOLD IN THE 200 ` 2015 IN DOHA, GOLD IN THE 100, 200 AND 400 ` 2011, 2012, 2013. THIS IS DEJA YOUNG, THE WORLD CHAMPION FROM DOHA, AND WON SILVER IN THE 200. ANNA GRIMALDI WON THE LONG JUMP FOR NZ. AND TERESINHA DE JESUS CORREIA, SILVER IN THE 100 AND THE 200 IN THE PARAPAN AMS IN TORONTO. BRONZE IN THE 400 AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN LYON AT THE STADE DU RHONE IN 2013. IT'S IBANEZ OF ARGENTINA IN 2. CASTILLO HERE IN 3. THREE TIMES THE WORLD CHAMPION, TWICE THE PARALYMPIC GAMES CHAMPION, '08 AND 2012 IN 100 AND 200, AND WON THE 400 FOR GOOD MEASURE IN LONDON. PIEKART IN 4. TSUJI IN 5, YOUNG IN 6. GRIMALDI, 7. DE JESUS CORREIA IN 8. THE TOP THREE TO QUALIFY AUTOMATICALLY. GUN FIRES OH, CASTILLO BRILLIANTLY AWAY! AND DEJA YOUNG, THE WORLD CHAMPION AS WELL! CASTILLO FLYING FORWARD BRILLIANTLY. IT'S GONNA BE FAST. CASTILLO AND YOUNG. OH, YOUNG MIGHT'VE GOT IT ON THE LINE! 12.12! I THINK YOUNG DID BETTER THAN CASTILLO THERE, AND YOUNG'S BEEN GIVEN IT. 12.12. CASTILLO 12.13. WHAT A SUPER RACE. BEEN WAITING FOR A FINISH LIKE THIS WHERE WE'VE GOTTA GO FOR THE PHOTO, ALMOST. AND IT'S BEEN GIVEN TO YOUNG IN 12.12 BY A HUNDREDTH OF A SECOND. ANNA'S TIME GOOD ENOUGH TO SEE HER THROUGH TO TOMORROW'S FINAL. AHEAD WE HAVE NZ'S SHOOTER, MICHAEL JOHNSON, AS WELL AS A LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER SPORTS CONTESTED AT THESE PARALYMPIC GAMES. THERE ARE 23 SPORTS HERE AT PARALYMPICS. NZ COMPETES IN JUST SIX OF THEM. SO WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE OTHERS, STARTING WITH WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL, WHERE FAVOURITES SPAIN ARE PLAYING TURKEY, ANOTHER LEADING NATION IN THE SPORT. ZARZUELA INTO GARCIA. MOURIZ. CROSS COURT, YOU SAW LLAMBI WAVING FOR IT. HE'S GOT THE OPEN SHOT. HE PUTS IT IN. IT'S 16-13. TWO MINUTES TO PLAY. THERE POINT LEAD FOR SPAIN. GURBULAK. MOURIZ IS DRAWN IN. THREE-POINTER, AND HE TIES THE GAME AT 16 WITH HIS SECOND THREE-POINTER OF THE QUARTER. LLAMBI. OH, LOSES IT. PEDRO WASN'T AWARE THAT WAS COMING TO HIM ON THE FAST BREAK. AND FERIT LAYS IT IN, AND TURKEY TAKE THE LEAD AT 18-16. ACAR TO FERIT. OFF THE FRONT OF THE RIM. JUST BEFORE THE 24 SECOND BUZZER, AND AGAIN SPAIN WANT THE BREAK. ALEJANDRO, AND TWICE IN A ROW NOW. EACH OF THE ZARZUELA BROTHERS HAVE BROKEN QUICKLY AND GOT THE UNOPPOSED LAY-UP. AND IT'S 42-38. GURBULAK'S GONNA SHOOT THE THREE AND MAKE IT! CLUTCH THREE-POINTER FROM GURBULAK. 67-65. A TWO-POINT LEAD FOR TURKEY. RUIZ WITH THE BALL IN HIS HANDS. CROSS COURT TO VERA, THE CAPTAIN. BACK TO RUIZ. MOURIZ, HE WAS THE ONE THEY WOULD WANT TO TAKE IT, AND MOURIZ' SHOT FALLS SHORT. AND TURKEY WITH A FAMOUS VICTORY. 68-65. THE PERFECT RESULT FOR THEM. AT THE OLYMPIC ARENA, GERMANY FACE GREAT BRITAIN IN THE WOMEN'S COMPETITION. REIGNING PARALYMPIC CHAMPIONS GERMANY HAVE THRASHED HOSTS BRAZIL IN THEIR OPENING MATCH IN RIO, WHILST GREAT BRITAIN WERE LOOKING TO MAKE UP FOR THEIR OPENING-DAY DEFEAT TO CANADA. CONROY TURNS OUT TO CARRIGILL. SHOT CLOCK TICKING DOWN ONCE MORE. WILLIAMS TO FREEMAN. FREEMAN. TAKES TOO LONG, AND EVENTUALLY THE SHOT GOES UP AND GOES DOWN WELL FOR FREEMAN, AND THE FIST PUMP COMES. I THOUGHT SHE'D LEFT IT TOO LONG. CARRIGILL FINDS CONROY. CONROY OFF THE GLASS FOR TWO, AND THEY BEAT THE SHOT CLOCK, AND THAT REALLY WAS IMPRESSIVE STUFF. MOHNEN BRINGS IT BACK TO TWO POINTS OF DIFFERENCE ONCE MORE. 42-40. CONROY. OFF THE GLASS FOR TWO. IT'S A SIX-POINT ADVANTAGE! GREAT BRITAIN, WITH 1.24 LEFT, ARE ON THE VERGE OF A FAMOUS VICTORY. LAURIE WILLIAMS WILL IN BOUND. THERE GOES THE HOOTER AS FREEMAN ATTEMPTS THE LONG-RANGE SHOT. AND GREAT BRITAIN HAVE SEALED THE VICTORY IN THIS GROUP-A ENCOUNTER. AND THE FINAL SCORE IN GROUP A IN THE WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL, THE WOMEN'S SECTION, IT'S GREAT BRITAIN 50, GERMANY 45. NOW TO A SPORT CALLED BOCCIA. PRIMARILY PLAYED BY PEOPLE WITH CEREBRAL PALSY. PLAYERS THROW OR ROLL COLOUR BALLS AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO A TARGET BALL, CALLED THE JACK, AS THEY DO IN BOWLS. THE WINNER IS THE PLAYER OR TEAM WITH THE MOST BALLS NEAR THE JACK. IN POOL A, REIGNING PARALYMPIC CHAMPIONS, THAILAND, TOOK ON THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA ON COURT NUMBER ONE. AFTER EDGING THE FIRST END, THAILAND LOOKED TO BE IN CONTROL. THE LEAD WAS EXTENDED BY THAILAND AS THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA COULDN'T QUITE TAKE THEIR CHANCES. IN THE END, THAILAND PROVED TOO MUCH FOR THEIR OPPOSITION. BOTH CHEER AS BOTH MEDALLISTS FROM LONDON 2012, WATCHARAPHON VONGSA AND PATTAYA TADTONG SAW THE GAME OUT 16-1. COME ON, BRAZIL! ON COURT NUMBER FOUR, IT WAS TURN OF FAN-FAVOURITES BRAZIL. AND UNSURPRISINGLY, THEY HAD PLENTY OF SUPPORT IN THE CARIOCA ARENA 2. THE HOSTS WERE UP AGAINST HONG KONG, CHINA IN POOL C. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A MUCH CLOSER AFFAIR ON COURT 4, AS BOTH TEAMS SOUGHT THE COVETED VICTORY. TO THE CHEER OF THE HOME FANS, CAPTAIN MACIEL SANTOS HELPED TO EDGE HIS TEAM IN FRONT. ALL CHEER IT ALL CAME DOWN TO THE LAST END WITH BRAZIL LEADING BY TWO. HONG KONG, CHINA ONLY MANAGING ONE POINT. AND THAT MEANT BRAZIL HAD THE WIN, TO THE DELIGHT OF THE FANS. AND ANOTHER SPORT YOU WON'T SEE VERY OFTEN IS GOALBALL ` A SPORT FOR ATHLETES WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS. PLAYERS WEAR BLACKOUT MASKS AND TRY TO ROLL THE BALL INTO THE OPPOSITE GOAL. THEIR OPPONENTS TRYING TO BLOCK IT. THE SPECTATORS HAVE TO KEEP QUIET SO THE ATHLETES CAN HEAR A BELL INSIDE THE BALL. TURKEY BEGAN THEIR MEN'S GOALBALL COMPETITION WITH A CLASH AGAINST DEFENDING CHAMPIONS, FINLAND, WHO'D LOST THEIR OPENING GROUP B MATCH AGAIN LITHUANIA. AND THE TURKS GOT OFF TO A GREAT START, BREACHING THE FINNISH DEFENCE THREE TIMES IN THE FIRST EIGHT MINUTES. EKREM GUNDOGDU SCORED TWO GOALS EITHER SIDE OF ONE BY HUSEYIN ALKAN. FINLAND, WHO WENT DOWN 13-6 TO LITHUANIA WERE ABLE TO PULL TWO GOALS BACK, BOTH COMING FROM JARNO MATTILA. TURKEY, THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS, RESTORED THEIR TWO-GOAL LEAD WITH A THIRD GOAL BY GUNDOGDU IN THE FIRST MINUTE OF THE SECOND HALF, BUT THE FINNS WERE UP FOR THE CONTEST, AND 31-YEAR-OLD MATTILA, PLAYING IN HIS THIRD GAMES, MADE IT 4-3 WITH HIS THIRD GOAL. AT 25, GUNDOGDU IS ONE OF THE YOUNGER MEMBERS OF THE TURKEY TEAM, AND HE CONTINUED TO MAKE HIS PRESENCE FELT WITH A FOURTH GOAL, MAKING IT 5-3. THE HIGH LEVEL OF PLAY AT THE PARALYMPIC GAMES GOALBALL COMPETITION IS NOT ONLY EVIDENT IN THE GOALSCORING EXPLOITS AS THE DEFENSIVE PLAYS EQUALLY OUTSTANDING. GUNDOGDU ADDED ANOTHER, AS DID TUNCAY KARAKAYA, BEFORE MATTILA SCORED A FOURTH, ONLY FOR GUNDOGDU TO MAKE IT 8-4. A FIFTH BY MATILLA IN THE FINAL MINUTE SAW THE MATCH END 8-5 IN FAVOUR OF TURKEY. THE FUTURE ARENA HOSTED A TIGHTLY CONTESTED GROUP D MATCH IN THE WOMEN'S COMPETITION BETWEEN UKRAINE AND AUSTRALIA. HAVING LOST THEIR FIRST MATCH 5-2 TO CHINA, THE AUSTRALIANS WERE KEEN TO POST A WIN AND BEGAN IMPRESSIVELY WITH A SECOND MINUTE GOAL BY MEICA HORSBURGH, ONE OF FIVE MEMBERS WHO PLAYED IN THE SQUAD IN LONDON FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN THEY FINISHED NINTH. UKRAINE, WHO FAILED TO QUALIFY FOR THE LONDON PARALYMPICS, DREW LEVEL FOUR MINUTES LATER TO 32-YEAR-OLD OLENA RUD. THERE WAS LITTLE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES AS THEY DISPLAYED GREAT TEAMWORK AND COMPOSURE IN DEFENCE. IT WAS 1-1 AT HALFTIME. THE DEADLOCK WAS BROKEN IN THE 20TH MINUTE BY AUSTRALIA, WHEN NICOLE ESDAILE MANAGED TO BEAT THE UKRAINE DEFENCE TO MAKE IT 2-1. AUSTRALIA APPEARED SET FOR THEIR FIRST VICTORY UNTIL A DRAMATIC LAST MINUTE OF THE MATCH WHERE RUD BLASTED A SECOND GOAL THROUGH THE DESPERATE AUSTRALIAN DEFENSIVE LINE TO SNATCH A DRAW WITH JUST 17 SECONDS REMAINING. HEARTBREAK FOR THE AUSTRALIANS, DELIGHT FOR THE NEVER-SAY-DIE UKRAINIANS IN THE FUTURE ARENA. UP NEXT ` AN OUT-OF-CHARACTER RESULT FOR ONE OF OUR LEADING PARA-SHOOTERS. THERE ARE HIGH HOPES FOR SHOOTER MICHAEL JOHNSON HERE IN RIO. HE'S BEEN A WORLD-CLASS PERFORMER OVER MANY YEARS, WINNING HIS FIRST GOLD IN ATHENS BACK IN 2004. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE PASSION THAT'S TAKEN HIM RIGHT TO THE TOP. TO BE AT THE LEVEL WHERE I AM TAKES QUITE A LOT OF DEDICATION, A LOT OF PASSION AND THE ABILITY TO BE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THAT NEXT EDGE. MICHAEL'S SUPPORT TEAM IS LED BY HIS GOOD OLD DAD, LEN. IN THE EARLY DAYS, THEY TRAINED IN THE HALL OF MICHAEL'S HOME. I HAD A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT AND THAT LEFT ME A TETRAPLEGIC. I AM QUITE LIMITED IN MY HAND FUNCTION, BUT WHEN I WAS AT THE SPINAL UNIT, THEY TAUGHT US WHEN YOU, UH, BEND YOUR WRIST BACK, IT SHORTENS ALL YOUR TENDONS, SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY GRIP THINGS. I ACTUALLY OPERATE MY TRIGGER THE SAME WAY. WITH TRAINING MYSELF` SO, I'M TRAINING EVERY DAY. A TRAINING SESSION WOULD LAST ANYWHERE BETWEEN TWO TO THREE HOURS. LOOKING AT A SMALL TARGET THROUGH A 1MM DIOPTRE REAR SIGHT CAN BE QUITE TAXING ON YOUR BODY. AFTER A TRAINING SESSION, YOU FEEL AS THOUGH YOU'VE USED AS MUCH ENERGY AS YOU WOULD PLAYING A BASKETBALL GAME OR GOING FOR A RUN. YOU ACTUALLY DO NEED TO REFUEL YOURSELF. GOT A REASONABLE CHANCE OF GETTING INTO THE FINAL, BUT IT'S WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE IN THE FINAL AND HOW YOU GET A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF YOUR COMPETITORS WHEN THINGS ARE JUST SO CLOSE. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU CAN WIN OR LOSE BY QUARTER OF A MILLIMETRE AT A 10M DISTANCE, IT'S REALLY CLOSE. YES, RESULTS USUALLY ARE WON OR LOST BY THE SMALLEST OF MARGINS, BUT AS MICHAEL CLOSED IN ON A MEDAL CHANCE TODAY, ONE SHOT WENT SEVERELY OFF COURSE. KIMBERLEE WAS FOLLOWING THE ACTION. WELCOME TO THE SHOOTING CENTRE IN DEODORO, WHERE MICHAEL JOHNSON WILL SOON COMPETE FOR HIS FOURTH PARALYMPIC MEDAL, IN THE R4-10M AIR RIFLE STANDING ` SH2. THAT'S A CLASSIFICATION FOR THOSE WITH UPPER LIMB IMPAIRMENTS. NOW, JOHNSON QUALIFIED FOURTH OF THE EIGHT COMPETITORS IN THIS FINAL, BUT FIRST, A QUICK RUNDOWN ON HOW IT WORKS. THE COMPETITORS ARE LOOKING TO ACCUMULATE THE MOST POINTS POSSIBLE. THEY CAN GET A MAXIMUM OF 10.9 PER SHOT ` THAT'S FOR HITTING THE VERY CENTRE OF THE TARGET. IN A FINAL, IT'S A MATTER OF ELIMINATION. THE COMPETITORS WITH THE LOWEST SCORE ARE STEADILY ELIMINATED UNTIL JUST TWO ARE LEFT TO BATTLE IT OUT FOR GOLD. APPLAUSE, CHEERING SO, JOHNSON ENTERS AS A FAVOURITE, HAVING PREVIOUSLY SECURED A GOLD AND TWO BRONZES IN THIS EVENT. AND HE'S STARTED WELL ENOUGH, HOVERING AROUND THIRD, AS HIS COMPETITORS ARE KNOCKED OUT. BUT ON HIS 13TH SHOT, DISASTER ` A SHOCK 5.8 KNOCKING HIM RIGHT DOWN INTO FIFTH, THE SORT OF SHOT YOU CAN'T RECOVER FROM IN AN UNFORGIVING FORMAT. (COMMENTATOR) PA: A BIT OF A SHOCK, BECAUSE THE NZER MICHAEL JOHNSON HIT A 5.8 AND NOW IS TRAILING THE FINAL BY 4.6. RIGHT, WELL, THE 5.8, MIKE ` WHAT HAPPENED? I KNOW. IT'S CRAZY. I'VE NEVER SHOT A 5.8 BEFORE IN A FINAL. UM, THE SIGHTS ARE RIGHT BANG ON THE MIDDLE, PULLED THE TRIGGER, AND THEN JUST ONE OF THOSE CRAZY SHOTS. SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS. ALL MY AMMO WAS GOOD GOING INTO THIS, SO` AND I COULD SEE THAT I WAS RIGHT IN THE MEDAL CHANCES, BUT JUST ONCE I SHOT THAT, IT WAS ALL OVER. AND THEN FOLLOWED UP WITH A 10.7, SO MY AIM WAS ALL GOOD, BUT THAT'S THE RISK, I GUESS, OF THE SPORT. SO DO YOU THINK IT WAS A TECHNICAL THING ` SOMETHING WITH THE EQUIPMENT? YEAH. I DEFINITELY` IT DEFINITELY WASN'T ME, COS, UM, TO SHOOT A 5, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO AIM RIGHT OFF THE TARGET. SO, YEAH, IT WAS JUST` MAYBE AN AMMO THING. HOW DISAPPOINTING IS THAT, THEN? IT WAS A BIT GUTTERING. UM, AND IT WAS JUST, LIKE, 'OH MAN.' COS I REALLY FELT LIKE I HAD A GOOD CHANCE, AND I WAS SLOWLY CLAWING MY WAY IN. BUT NOW I'VE JUST GOTTA FOCUS ON MY NEXT MATCH. WERE YOU FEELING GOOD COMING INTO THIS ONE`? INTO THIS FINAL? YEAH, IT FELT REALLY GOOD. SO THE BUILD-UP ` UH, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF TRAINING HERE AND SHOOTING ON THE VENUE` THE COMPETITION VENUE, AND IT'S BEEN GOING REALLY REALLY WELL. AND, UM, PUT MYSELF IN QUITE A GOOD POSITION FOR DURING THE MATCH, AND, UM, YEAH, EXPECT TO DO QUITE WELL. NOW, YOU'LL OBVIOUSLY BE HURTING ABOUT THIS ONE, BUT HEY, ALL THE BEST FOR THE NEXT ONE, MICHAEL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CHEERS. AND JOHNSON WASN'T THE ONLY ONE HERE IN THE FINALS AT THE SHOOTING STADIUM TODAY. KIWI GREG REID ALSO MADE IT THROUGH IN THE R3 AIR RIFLE 10M PRONE. THAT WAS AFTER A REMARKABLE QUALIFICATION IN WHICH HE WENT FROM SITTING IN 30TH IN THE FIRST ROUND TO QUALIFYING SEVENTH AFTER THE FINAL SIXTH ROUND. UNFORTUNATELY, A CASE OF NERVES PERHAPS STRUCK EARLY ON IN THE FINALS. A COUPLE OF BAD SHOTS EARLY ON ENOUGH TO PUT HIM NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE PACK. HE WAS THE SECOND SHOOTER KNOCKED OUT FROM THE ELIMINATION FINAL TO FINISH SEVENTH OVERALL. DISAPPOINTMENT FOR MICHAEL JOHNSON, BUT HE'S BACK AT THE RANGE ON WEDNESDAY. NEXT, WE TURN TO JUDO, WHICH IS A PARA-SPORT FOR ATHLETES WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS. IN TONIGHT'S SEMI-FINAL, THE BRAZILIAN COMPETITOR IS AIMING TO WIN HIS FIFTH PARALYMPIC GOLD. HIS OPPONENT FROM UZBEKISTAN IS A WORLD CHAMPION. UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS SPECTATORS CHANT INDISTINCTLY COMMENTATOR: 17 SECONDS LEFT. BRAZIL ARE IN THERE WITH HIM. HE CAN AFFORD A PENALTY, ACTUALLY. JUST NEEDS TO BLOCK OUT WITH HIS ARMS. FIVE SECONDS LEFT. OH, AND HE REALLY GETS A SCORE THERE AS WELL. HE GETS A YUKO, IN FACT, RIGHT ON THE BELL, AND HE'S THROUGH TO THE FINAL YET AGAIN. IT DIDN'T HAPPEN FOR HIM IN LONDON BUT IT DEFINITELY HAPPENED HERE ON HOME SOIL. AND HE'S HAD FIVE PARALYMPIC FINALS, FIVE OF THEM, AND, WELL, CAN HE WIN A FIFTH TITLE? COMMENTATOR: THE USA'S WRESTLER-TURNED-JUDOKA, DARTANYON CROCKETT, AIMED TO BETTER HIS BRONZE MEDAL FROM HIS PARALYMPIC DEBUT AT LONDON 2012 IN THE MEN'S UP TO 90KG CATEGORY WHEN HE CHALLENGED ZVIAD GOGOTCHURI FROM GEORGIA IN THE SEMI-FINALS. OH, IT'S GONNA BE` IS THAT AN IPPON`? IPPON GIVEN? GOGOTCHURI OVER HIM, AND JUST TAKES HIM OVER. ROTATES HIM OVER THE SIDE, THERE, AND CROCKETT ROLLED ON TO HIS BACK, SO IT'S CHANGED TO A WAZARI. STILL GOT A CHANCE HERE, NOW. GOGOTCHURI WILL STILL HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN. HE'S LATCHING ON TO THAT LEG. AND AGAIN, JUST ATTACKING BOTH FLANKS. THAT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER SCORE, THERE. IT'S A YUKO SCORE. AND NOW JUST TURNS CROCKETT ON TO HIS BACK, THERE, FOR THE HOLD DOWN, AND I DON'T THINK HE'S GONNA GET OUT OF THAT. LOOK AT THE SECONDS TICKING AWAY. JUST NEEDS 15-SECOND HOLD DOWN. 10 OF THOSE HAVE GONE ALREADY. HE HASN'T SETTLED INTO THE HOLD DOWN PROPERLY YET. HE'S HOLDING WITH HIS HANDS. HORN BLARES ALL OVER. GOGOTCHURI GOES THROUGH TO THE FINAL. CROCKETT'S CUBAN RIVAL, JORGE HIERREZUELO, FACED OLEKSANDR NAZARENKO FROM UKRAINE IN THE MEN'S UNDER-90KG CATEGORY IN THE SEMI-FINALS. LAST ATTEMPT ` HAD TO BE. HORN BLARES WOW. GREAT ATTEMPT THERE FROM THE CUBAN. HIERREZUELO THERE GIVING HIS BEST. CROWD CHEERS GREAT ATTEMPT THERE, RIGHT AT THE VERY LAST SECOND. NAZARENKO GOES THROUGH TO THE FINAL. IN THE WOMEN'S UP TO 70KG CATEGORY, HUNGARIAN NIKOLETT SZABO MAY FINALLY GET HER GOLD AFTER THREE PARALYMPIC GAMES, AS SHE CHALLENGED ALANA MARTINS MALDONADO FROM BRAZIL IN THE SEMI-FINALS. THAT'S GONNA BE A COUNTER. AND THAT'S A WAZARI SCORED. SHE JUST ROLLED OVER THERE, SZABO. IS SHE ON THE ARM NOW? MARTINS LOOKING FOR THE ARM LOCK. AND A FALL BACK ON THE ARM. JUST MANAGES TO PULL IT IN THERE, SZABO. ALANA! (SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY) COUNTING THE SECONDS DOWN. CHEERING, APPLAUSE WELL, THIS IS WHERE SHE NEARLY SCORES ON THE GROUND. SZABO DIDN'T QUITE HAVE IT. IT WAS A WAZARI SCORE IN THE END THAT TOOK MARTINS MALDONADO THROUGH TO THE FINAL. AFTER THE BREAK, PAULA CATCHES UP WITH SOPHIE PASCOE'S BIGGEST FANS ` WE MEET THE FAMILY. LAST NIGHT WE FEATURED THE LIAM MALONE FAN CLUB ` GUYS WHO'D MADE THE LONG JOURNEY TO RIO TO SUPPORT THEIR MATE. TONIGHT PAULA TALKED TO SOPHIE PASCOE'S LIFELONG FAN CLUB ` HER FAMILY. SO I'M STANDING HERE JUST AT POOLSIDE WITH THE WONDERFUL FAMILY OF SOPHIE PASCOE. SO WE'VE GOT JO. HELLO, JO. HI. WE'VE GOT HER DAD, GARY. HI. AND HER SISTER REBECCA. HI! SO, CONGRATULATIONS, GOLD MEDAL TONIGHT. ALL: THANK YOU. SO, JO, AS SOPHIE'S MUM, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S IT LIKE SITTING BY THE POOL AND WATCHING YOUR GIRL WIN GOLD, AGAIN? OH, JUST SO PROUD OF HER. (LAUGHS) IT'S` DON'T YOU MAKE ME CRY NOW! (LAUGHS) IT'S JUST` YOU CAN'T REALLY SAY WHAT IT'S LIKE. IT'S JUST` WELL, YOU KNOW. (LAUGHS) VOICE BREAKING: PROUD` IT'S A PROUD MOMENT. VERY PROUD MOMENT. SO, DAD, GARY, YOU KNOW, YOU` THIS IS SOPHIE'S THIRD PARALYMPIC GAMES. SHE'S UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF NZ'S BEST ATHLETES. WHEN YOU COME TO, NOW, THE THIRD GAMES, DOES EACH PINNACLE EVENT FOR SOPHIE STILL CREATE THE SAME EXCITEMENT FOR YOU? IT'S THE SAME, IF NOT BETTER. YOU JUST GET` IT'S A ROUTINE NOW. IT'S JUST GREAT, AND YOU JUST EXPLODE. SO, DO YOU THINK THIS` THESE FANTASTIC SPORTING GENES, DO THEY COME FROM MUM OR DAD? NO. (LAUGHS) NO! WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY CAME FROM. GARY CAN'T SWIM. SOPHIE` BECKY CAN'T SWIM EITHER, WELL, YOU CAN. BOTH: NOT VERY WELL. I WAS A REASONABLE RUNNER IN MY DAY. THERE YOU GO. IT MIGHT BE DAD'S GENES. GARY'S MOTHER WAS A SWIMMER. UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW GOOD SHE WAS, BUT SHE DID SWIM. I THINK, GARY, THEN, THAT'S YOUR GENES, EH? LAUGHTER SO, REBECCA, YOU KNOW, GROWING UP AND WATCHING SOPHIE AND, YOU KNOW, GROWING UP WITH HER AS YOUR LITTLE SISTER, DID YOU THINK THAT THIS IS WHERE SHE'D BE? THREE PARALYMPIC GAMES, MULTIPLE MEDALS? I DON'T KNOW. SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN REALLY DETERMINED AND FROM A YOUNG AGE THAT WAS HER GOAL, AND SHE'S ACHIEVED THAT AND MORE. SO I THINK DEEP DOWN I PROBABLY DID SORTA KNOW THAT SHE WOULD` WHATEVER SHE'D PUT HER MIND TO, SHE WOULD ACHIEVE GREAT... HEIGHTS. CROWD CHEERS SHE JUST WANTS TO DO WELL ALL THE TIME. (LAUGHS) I CAN'T REALLY... YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT'S HER- HER EXPECTATIONS ` SHE WANTS TO WIN. AND SHE'S DETERMINED, NO MATTER WHAT. LIKE THIS MORNING, I THINK HER LEG` I DON'T KNOW. SHE WAS SITTING THERE, AND I LOOKED AT HER WHEN SHE CAME OUT OF THE POOL AFTER HER WINNING HER GOLD, AND I THOUGHT, 'OH MY GOSH, I HOPE SHE'S ALL RIGHT.' (LAUGHS) BUT SHE'S DETERMINED NO MATTER WHAT, AND EXPECTATIONS, THEY'RE` YEAH. WELL, IT WAS WONDERFUL BEING AT THE POOL LAST NIGHT AND SEEING HER BRING HOME SILVER, AND THEN TONIGHT SHE'S WON GOLD, SO, YOU KNOW, FANTASTIC CAMPAIGN FOR HER ALREADY, AND SHE'S STILL GOT A COUPLE MORE EVENTS TO COME. SO CONGRATULATIONS. I KNOW THAT SOPHIE HAS SAID HERSELF THAT, YOU KNOW, SHE COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT HER FAMILY, SO I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU MEAN TO HER, AND THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY TO PEOPLE BACK AT HOME? HI. (LAUGHS) THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT. YEAH, AND IT'S THANKS FOR ALL THE FAMILY'S SUPPORT AND EVERYBODY ELSE IN NZ ` THEIR SUPPORT GETTING BEHIND HER, YOU KNOW. IT MEANS A LOT TO HER, AND TO US. THANK YOU. ALL: THANK YOU. CHEERING PHENOMENAL SUPPORT FROM THE PASCOE FAMILY. TIME NOW TO LOOK AT THE MEDALS TALLY. AFTER THREE DAYS OF COMPETITION, IT'S STILL CHINA AT THE TOP FROM GREAT BRITAIN AND UKRAINE, WITH NZ LYING EQUAL 14TH. TOMORROW ` SOPHIE PASCOE'S BACK IN THE POOL, AS IS JESSE REYNOLDS. LIAM MALONE RETURNS TO THE TRACK FOR HIS 200M HEAT. JACOB PHILLIPS, TOO. AND AT THE VELODROME, TWO TANDEM CYCLING PAIRS ARE RACING IN THE 3KM PURSUIT. EXCITING PROSPECTS AHEAD. YOU CAN CATCH THE ACTION LIVE ON DUKE FROM 1.25 TONIGHT, AND WE'LL BE HERE WITH HIGHLIGHTS ON ONE AT 9.30 TOMORROW. SEE YOU THEN. UPLIFTING MUSIC CAPTIONS BY ABLE. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016