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 FESTIVE DRUM MUSIC HELLO, AND WELCOME TO RIO, WHERE SOPHIE PASCOE WAS EYEING HER SECOND GOLD MEDAL IN TWO DAYS, OUR TANDEM CYCLISTS CONTEST GOLD AT THE VELODROME, AND SPRINTER LIAM MALONE'S BACK, THIS TIME FOR HIS 200M HEAT. BUT WE'RE STARTING WITH SOPHIE PASCOE'S BID FOR A RECORD-EQUALLING EIGHTH GOLD. KIMBERLEE DOWNS WAS AT THE AQUATIC CENTRE. WELL, THE CROWDS ARE IN FULL FLOW AS THE SUN SETS ON A STUNNING WEEKEND HERE IN RIO DE JANEIRO. AND PLENTY OF THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE HEADING INTO THE STADIUM BEHIND ME. THAT'S THE SWIMMING VENUE, AND THAT'S WHERE SOPHIE PASCOE IS ABOUT TO STEP UP ONCE AGAIN TO SHOW WHAT SHE CAN DO. TONIGHT, IT'S ONE OF HER FAVOURITE EVENTS ` THE 200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY. SHE'S THE TWO-TIME DEFENDING PARALYMPIC CHAMPION AND THE WORLD RECORD HOLDER, AND IF SHE CAN WIN AGAIN TONIGHT, IT WILL MEAN A NZ-RECORD-EQUALLING EIGHTH GOLD MEDAL. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO MAKE HISTORY. LET'S GO SEE IF SHE CAN DO IT. SILVER MEDALLIST IN THIS EVENT AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. BUT INDEED THE FAVOURITE IS NZ'S SOPHIE PASCOE, THE 23-YEAR-OLD. GOLD IN THE 100 BACKSTROKE, WHERE SHE MANAGED TO CLAIM A MODICUM OF REVENGE OVER RIVARD, WHO'D BEATEN HER IN THE 50 FREE. THE DEFENDING CHAMPION FROM LONDON, THE WORLD RECORD HOLDER, THE SEVEN-TIME PARALYMPIC CHAMPION, SOPHIE PASCOE, WILL GO IN FOUR, AND IS EXPECTED TO CLAIM THE GOLD MEDAL. TO THE STARTERS' BLOCKS NOW. PASCOE IN FOUR AGAINST RIVARD OF CANADA IN FIVE. IT'S RIVARD QUICKEST OFF THE BLOCKS, BUT IN LANE TWO AS WELL ZUDERVELD GOT OFF TO A VERY GOOD START. RIVARD STRAIGHT INTO HER STROKE. FOUR STROKES IN THIS INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY. STARTS WITH THE FLY, INTO THE BACK, THEN INTO THE BREAST AND THEN A FINISH WITH THE FREESTYLE. AND ALREADY NOW PASCOE, SHE'S FOUND HER RHYTHM AND IS LOOKING VERY STRONG INDEED. SEVEN-TIME PARALYMPIC GAMES CHAMPION. LOOKING FOR HER EIGHTH GOLD MEDAL IN JUST THREE PARALYMPIC GAMES. TURNS AT THE WALL, QUICKEST AND IS SUBSTANTIALLY AHEAD OF ANYONE ELSE IN THE POOL. IT'S CHEN YI, THE 15-YEAR-OLD, IN LANE EIGHT, WHO'S ACTUALLY TOUCHED SECOND, AHEAD OF RIVARD, WHO DIDN'T QUITE GET IT RIGHT ON THE TURN EITHER. BUT SOPHIE PASCOE IS TURNING ON THE PACE HERE. WELL, THAT WAS A SIGNIFICANT OPENING LEG FOR PASCOE. AND NOW IT'S GONNA BE VERY HARD FOR THE REST OF THE FIELD TO CATCH. SHE'S REALLY GOT INTO THE RHYTHM OF THIS RACE EARLY ON. THE BREASTSTROKE NOT HER STRONGEST, BUT SHE'S GIVEN HERSELF AN INCREDIBLE LEAD. COMING UP TO THE HALFWAY POINT. A LOT CAN CHANGE IN THE BREASTSTROKE. CHEN YI STILL VERY MUCH IN CONTENTION. RIVARD STARTING TO COME BACK ON THE BACKSTROKE LEG. AND PAP FOR HUNGARY GOING WELL ON THE OUTSIDE. WELL, PAP IS DOING VERY WELL, AND SHE IS ALREADY A SILVER MEDALLIST IN THE 100 BACK, SO EXPECTED TO MAKE UP SOME TIME, AND HOPING NOT TO LOSE IT IN THE BREASTSTROKE. CHEN YI IS MANAGING TO HOLD ON IN LANE EIGHT AS WELL FOR A MEDAL POSITION. CURRENTLY ONLY JUST AHEAD OF BIANKA PAP. BUT IT IS AURELIE RIVARD WHO IS BATTLING TO MAKE UP SOME GROUND ON SOPHIE PASCOE. MIGHT JUST BE GETTING A FEW INCHES IN THIS, BUT SOPHIE PASCOE IS LEADING BY SUCH A SUBSTANTIAL MARGIN THAT THERE IS VERY VERY LITTLE CONCERN ABOUT WHO IS GOING TO WIN THIS RACE. IT LOOKS LIKE SOPHIE PASCOE'S GONNA TAKE IT. PAP IS REALLY MAKING A PUSH FOR A SILVER MEDAL HERE. AND, IN FACT, SHE'S OVERHAULED RIVARD FOR THAT SECOND SPOT OVERALL. PASCOE TURNS QUICKEST. IT'S A BATTLE FOR THE SILVER MEDAL HERE. CHEN YI FALLEN OFF THE PACE JUST A LITTLE BIT. BUT IT IS PAP WHO TOUCHES THIRD, JUST BEHIND RIVARD. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE FINAL 50 FOR THE OTHER MEDALS. BUT THE GOLD HAS BEEN DECIDED ALREADY BY SOPHIE PASCOE, AND WELL AHEAD OF WORLD RECORD PACE AS WELL. SET TO CRACK HER OWN WORLD RECORD, THE DEFENDING CHAMPION. SHE IS STREAKING AWAY. RIVARD IS COMING INTO HER OWN AND HAS AGAIN REGAINED THE ADVANTAGE OVER PAP, WHO LOOKS TO BE HOLDING ON FOR THE BRONZE MEDAL. BUT IT IS SOPHIE PASCOE WHO BECOMES AN EIGHT-TIME PARALYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST IN WORLD RECORD TIME. IN THE 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY SM10. RIVARD DEFEATED AGAIN BY HER GREAT RIVAL, AND INDEED ONE OF HER INSPIRATIONS, WHILE PAP TAKES A VERY GOOD BRONZE IN WHAT IS A VERY GOOD EVENING FOR HUNGARY IN THE POOL ALREADY. DAY FOUR IS TURNING OUT TO BE A GREAT DAY IN THE POOL. AND SOPHIE PASCOE, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO SEE PASCOE REDUCED TO TEARS AND OVERCOME BY THE EMOTION. WELL, SHE WON GOLD IN THIS RACE IN BEIJING IN 2008, GOLD AGAIN IN LONDON AND IN WORLD RECORD TIME, AND NO TONIGHT A THIRD CONSECUTIVE GOLD IN THE 200IM FOR SOPHIE PASCOE, AND AGAIN, A WORLD RECORD. SOPHIE, WHAT IS GOING THROUGH YOUR HEAD RIGHT NOW? OH, RELIEF! (LAUGHS) IT'S JUST` IT'S BEEN A HARD FOUR YEARS AND IT'S... OBVIOUSLY I SET A STANDARD PRETTY HIGH IN LONDON, AND IT'S SO GREAT TO JUST FINALLY LOOK UP AT THAT SCOREBOARD AND SEE A 24. SO, UM, IT'S JUST SHEER RELIEF TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THIS MOMENT WITH SUCH AN AMAZING BRAZILIAN CROWD AS WELL AS MY FAMILY AND MY SUPPORT STAFF AND MY FRIENDS. IT'S JUST... IT'S INCREDIBLE RIGHT NOW. IT WAS AMAZING TO WATCH. DID YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF HOW DOMINANT YOU WERE WHILE YOU WERE RACING? NOT REALLY! (LAUGHS) I JUST FOLLOWED MY OWN BLACK LINE. AND THAT'S ALL I COULD SEE AND I JUST FOCUSED ON THE RACE PLAN THAT ROLY AND I PITCHED IN TOWARDS GOING INTO THIS RACE. AND I'M PRETTY SURE I FOLLOWED IT PRETTY WELL. WELL, HOPEFULLY! (LAUGHS) BUT, UH, HE'LL BE SO HAPPY WITH THIS. IT'S ROLY'S MAIN RACE, REALLY. AND THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON. IT'S SO HARD TO BE PERFECT IN ALL FOUR STROKES, SO TO BE ABLE TO JUST GET THE END RESULT OF A WORLD RECORD, I MEAN, YOU CAN'T ASK FOR MUCH MORE THAN THAT. ALSO YOUR EIGHTH GOLD MEDAL FOR NZ. PHENOMENAL ACHIEVEMENT AND RECORD-EQUALLING ACHIEVE. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU? EVERY RACE HAS ITS MOMENT, AND, UH, TONIGHT, I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS MOMENT. AND IT'S, UH` IT'S INCREDIBLE TO KNOW THAT I'VE COME A LONG WAY FROM 2� YEARS OLD WITH HAVING AN ACCIDENT THAT WAS THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME, AND, YOU KNOW, LOOK WHERE IT CAN GET ME AND I CAN SHARE THIS MOMENT WITH MY FAMILY AS WELL. PA: SOPHIE PASCOE! CHEERING, APPLAUSE THIS IS THE NZ-RECORD-EQUALLING EIGHTH TIME SOPHIE PASCOE HAS STOOD ATOP THE PARALYMPIC PODIUM TO RECEIVE A GOLD MEDAL. HER SECOND AT THESE GAMES ALONE. AND WITH HER FAVOURITE 100M BUTTERFLY STILL TO COME TOMORROW, YOU CERTAINLY WOULDN'T BET ON IT BEING HER LAST. MOMENTOUS MUSIC PLAYS THANKS SO MUCH. MOMENTOUS MUSIC PLAYS 'GOD OF NATIONS' PLAYS 'GOD OF NATIONS' CONTINUES PLAYING 'GOD OF NATIONS' PLAYS 'GOD OF NATIONS' CONTINUES PLAYING CHEERING, APPLAUSE A BRILLIANT SWIM FROM SOPH THAT COMES FROM A HUGE AMOUNT OF HARD WORK OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. THROUGHOUT IT ALL, SHE'S HAD THE SAME COACH ALWAYS DRIVING FORWARD TO ACHIEVE MORE. KIMBERLEE CAUGHT UP WITH THE HARD MAN FROM THE WEST COAST, ROLY CRICHTON. ROLY CRICHTON, YOU'VE BEEN WITH SOPHIE SINCE SHE WAS ALL OF 8 YEARS OLD. HOW PROUD ARE YOU OF HER RIGHT NOW? WELL, IT'S NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE, BUT I'VE WELLED UP TWO NIGHTS IN A ROW. AND, UH, YEAH, I'M VERY PROUD. HOW MUCH SATISFACTION IS THERE FOR YOU AS HER COACH WATCHING HER ACHIEVE THESE INCREDIBLE FEATS? UH,... IT'S AWESOME. IT'S HARD TO PUT IT INTO WORDS, REALLY. YOU KNOW, YOU DO SO MUCH` IT'S NOT ABOUT NOW. WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IS WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE WHOLE YEAR, THE WHOLE FOUR YEARS BUILDING UP IN A FOUR-YEAR CYCLE TO THE OLYMPICS, AND, UH, THIS IS JUST THE FINAL PART TO THE PUZZLE, SO... YEAH. THERE'S OBVIOUSLY STILL TWO MORE RACES TO GO, BUT EVEN SO, WITH THE SUCCESS SHE'S HAD SO FAR ` NOT JUST AT THESE GAMES BUT LONDON AND BEIJING AS WELL ` COULD YOU HAVE IMAGINED IT WHEN YOU STARTED OUT WITH HER AS AN 8-YEAR-OLD? YEAH, IT'S QUITE SIMPLE. AT AN OLYMPIC GAMES, UM, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU GET ON A ROLL PRETTY QUICK. IF YOU DIG A HOLE, IT'S PRETTY HARD TO GET OUT OF IT. SO WE'RE ON A ROLL AT THE MOMENT, AND WE'VE JUST BEEN IN THERE AND DONE 1500. WE'VE HAD, SORTA, 30 MINUTES TO DO THAT, BUT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS TOMORROW ALREADY BEFORE YOU GO HOME AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE YOUR SLEEP, SO... YEAH, WE'LL BE BACK TOMORROW. YOU TOLD ME JUST BEFORE, OFF CAMERA, THAT THIS IS WHAT YOU LIVE FOR. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? WELL, WE DO A LOT OF HARD YARDS. WE DO A LOT OF TRAVEL. PEOPLE SAY, 'WELL, YOU LUCKY THING,' BECAUSE YOU TRAVEL HERE AND THERE. BUT IT'S NOT SO MUCH ABOUT TRAVEL. IT'S ABOUT MOVING FROM PLACE TO PLACE TO GET COMPETITION, TO DO THE HARD YARDS. WE'VE JUST BEEN IN THE STATES FOR SIX WEEKS TRAINING FOR IT. SO IT'S A MATTER OF ADAPTING VERY QUICK AND GETTING ON WITH THE JOB AND... IF THERE'S A WORD CALLED PERFECT, IT'S ABOUT TRAINING AS CLOSE TO THAT MARK AS YOU CAN BE. HOW CLOSE TO PERFECT WAS SOPHIE TONIGHT? OH, THERE'S ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT, AS THERE ALWAYS IS. UM, SHE'S A GUTSY YOUNG LADY, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO GET TOO CLOSE TO HER BEFORE A RACE. UM, SHE'S LIKE A LION IN A CAGE. BUT, UM, IT WAS A GREAT SWIM BY HER. SHE WENT OUT A LITTLE STRONG AND PAID FOR IT AT THE BACK END. THERE'S SOME IMPROVEMENT THERE, AND, UH, YEAH, I GUESS WE'VE GOT ANOTHER FOUR YEARS TO DO THAT. ROLY, WHAT'S THE PLAN NOW. TWO MORE RACES TO GO. HOW DO YOU APPROACH THEM? I MEAN, FIVE RACES IN FIVE CONSECUTIVE DAYS, NO MEAN FEAT. THAT'S 10 RACES. UM... WE'VE BEEN AWAY. WE TRAIN AT ALTITUDE. AND ANYONE WHO KNOWS ABOUT ALTITUDE, IT'S` WE TRAIN AT 2100M ABOVE SEA LEVEL. IT'S BLOOD HARD. THE AIR IS THIN. AND SO WE LOOK FOR ADVERSITY. AND WE'VE TRAINED FOR FIVE IN A ROW. AND, UH, WE DIDN'T JUST COME HERE TO RACE ONE OR TWO AND HOPE TO HELL IT'S GONNA HAPPEN. WE'VE TRAINED FOR THIS. WE'VE REHEARSED, REHEARSED, REHEARSED, REHEARSED. AND THIS IS ABOUT STEPPING OUT HERE AND DOING IT RIGHT NOW. HAVE YOU GOT ANY PREDICTIONS ABOUT HOW SOPHIE WILL GO THE NEXT TWO DAYS? WELL, IF YOU'RE ENJOYING IT, I'D KEEP WATCHING IT. ROLY CRICHTON, VERY STRAIGHT AND TO THE POINT AS ALWAYS. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. WE APPRECIATE IT. WELL DONE. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU TOO. GO AND ENJOY THE NIGHT. HI, NZ! WE'LL HAVE MORE ABOUT ROLY LATER IN THE WEEK. COMING UP ` WE'RE AT THE LAST DAY OF TRACK CYCLING. AND LATER, LIAM MALONE DOES IT AGAIN AT THE TRACK AND FIELD. 1 IT WAS THE LAST DAY OF RACING AT THE VELODROME TODAY WITH NZ HOPES RESTING ON WORLD CHAMPIONS EMMA FOY AND HER PILOT, LAURA THOMPSON, IN THEIR FAVOURED 3KM TANDEM PURSUIT. BEFORE SHE LEFT FOR THE GAMES, EMMA TALKED ABOUT WHAT BEING A PARA-ATHLETE MEANS FOR HER. EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN SORT OF PROCESSES AND THINGS THAT THEY, UM, GO THROUGH WHEN THEY'RE AT A` BANG! ...START LINE. (LAUGHS) MAN: THEY SHOT IT. WHAT WAS THAT? THEY SHOT IT. FUNKY MUSIC I AM VISUALLY IMPAIRED, AND I'M A TANDEM CYCLIST. YOU HAVE A SIGHTED PILOT WHO HAS NO DISABILITY, AND THEN THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED OR BLIND PERSON ON THE BACK AS THE STOKER. I RIDE WITH LAURA THOMPSON, AND WE COMPETE IN FOUR EVENTS ` TWO ON THE TRACK, TWO ON THE ROAD. AND I USUALLY COMPARE IT TO A ROWING DOUBLE, SO IT'S ALL ABOUT THE COMBINATION OF TWO PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER. OVERALL, OUR PROGRAMME GOALS ARE FOUR MEDALS AND TWO OF THEM GOLD, AND WE'RE PRETTY MUCH LOOKING TO EMMA AND LAURA TO DELIVER THOSE TWO GOLD MEDALS. BEEP! IT'S MORE ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO DO ON THE DAY TO DELIVER THEIR PERFORMANCE ` TIMING OUT OF THE GATES, NAILING THEIR FIRST PEDAL STROKE, TRANSITION FROM STANDING TO SITTING, TRACKING THE BLACK LINE. ALL THOSE LITTLE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT. FUNKY MUSIC WHEN I'M ON THE TRACK, I'M FOCUSING ON THE MOMENT AND WHAT EXACTLY I'M DOING AT THAT TIME AND TRYING NOT TO THINK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE. TIME, NOW, TO SEE EMMA AND HER PILOT, LAURA, IN ACTION TODAY. THEY WERE SECOND-FASTEST IN QUALIFYING AND LINED UP AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN IN THE GOLD MEDAL RACE. BEEP! SO, REPEATING THOSE QUALIFICATION ROUND TIMES ` TURNHAM WAS 3.27.4. SHE'S ON THE NEAR SIDE. FAR SIDE IS FOY FROM NZ, AND HER QUALIFICATION TIME WAS 3.28.5, SO THERE IS ONLY 1.1 IN IT AS FAR AS THE QUALIFICATION ROUND IS CONCERNED. AT THIS EARLY STAGE, FOY HAS STOLEN A LITTLE BIT OF A MARCH, AND NOW, IN THE NEXT HALF OF THAT LAP, TURNHAM TURNED ON THE POWER AND LEADS FOY. BUT IT'S EARLY DOORS. YES, IT IS. AND 3000M CAN SEEM AN EXTRAORDINARILY LONG DISTANCE WHEN, UH, YOU'VE ALREADY COMPETED IN SEVERAL EVENTS AT THESE GAMES AND STILL HAVE A COUPLE YET TO COME. SO FOY OFF THE PACE AT THIS STAGE, ABOUT 1.3 SECONDS BEHIND. YES, SO IT LOOKS AS THOUGH EMMA FOY HAS SOME WORK TO DO. THIS IS BASICALLY THE DEFICIT WHERE THEY FINISHED IN THEIR QUALIFICATION HEAT. HAS EMMA FOY SHOT HER BOLT ALREADY? OR CAN SHE FIND SOMETHING HERE WITH HER PILOT, LAURA THOMPSON? LORA TURNHAM IS GOING GREAT GUNS AT THE MOMENT. SHE'S IN PARALYMPIC RECORD FORM ` WE ALREADY KNOW THAT. CAN SHE BEAT HER OWN RECORD IN THE SAME SESSION? BUT FOY IS JUST STARTING TO KICK BACK ` 1.1 IN IT AS THEY REACH THE 1000 MARKER. YES, WELL, FOY WAS IN DANGER OF LOSING TOUCH WITH TURNHAM, BUT IT CERTAINLY ISN'T THE CASE NOW. THERE'S ONLY JUST OVER A SECOND IN IT. YES, IT WAS 1.12.01 FOR TURNHAM AT THE 1000M MARK. FOR FOY, IT WAS 1.13.171. AND STILL A SECOND IN IT, BUT GRADUALLY, AND THERE'S STILL HALF A RACE TO GO FOR FOY. WELL, THIS IS SHAPING UP TO BE AN EXCELLENT BATTLE HERE, AND TURNHAM... LOOKING COMFORTABLE, BUT... HAVE THEY GONE OUT A LITTLE TOO HARD? THEY'RE STILL IN THE LEAD, BUT BY LESS THAN A SECOND NOW. IT'S SHAPING UP TO BE VERY VERY INTERESTING INDEED. SO EMMA FOY, WHO WAS JUST OUTSIDE THE MEDALS IN THE 1000M TIME TRIAL, SHE'D BE SO KEEN TO DRAPE A GOLD MEDAL ROUND HER NECK HERE. THIS IS MORE HER FORTE, BUT SHE'S ABOUT A SECOND OFF THE PACE AT THE MOMENT FROM TURNHAM. TURNHAM IN PARALYMPIC RECORD FORM, COMING AROUND THE HOME TURN NOW. THEY'LL HAVE THE 2000M MARK IN SIGHT. THE TIME FOR TURNHAM ` 2.19.934. FOR FOY ` 2.21.102. THAT'S 1.2 SECONDS. BUT THIS IS THE GRUELLING PART. THEY'VE HAD TO DO THIS TWICE IN ONE SESSION. SO THIS IS WHERE THE LEGS BURN. THIS IS WHERE THE LUNGS SCREECH. THIS IS GONNA BE TOUGH. WELL, YES, WE'VE JUST SEEN THE NZ PAIR DROPPING BACK EVER SO SLIGHTLY, THAT DEFICIT NOW OUT TO 1.4 SECONDS. THEY'RE REALLY GONNA NEED TO DIG DEEP HERE FOR THE FINAL TWO LAPS. AND IT'S DROPPING AGAIN. BUT, GEE, FULL CREDIT TO TURNHAM. SHE'S REALLY FINDING SOME FORM HERE AFTER A SENSATIONAL RIDE EARLIER IN THE SESSION. SO IT IS` NOW WITH TWO LAPS TO GO, LORA TURNHAM LOOKS SET TO TAKE THE GOLD MEDAL. AND IT'S NOW 2.2, SO IT WILL BE A GOLD MEDAL TO LORA TURNHAM. NOW, ALL EYES ON THE CLOCK. THE PARALYMPIC RECORD IS 3.27.46. AND CAN SHE DO IT TWICE IN THE SPACE OF A COUPLE OF HOURS AS SHE POWERS DOWN THE BACK STRAIGHT WITH CORRINE HALL, HER PILOT? THEY COME AROUND THE TURN, AND IT IS A TIME OF 3.28.050. IT'S ABOUT 0.6 OFF THEIR OWN RECORD. AND THE TIME FOR FOY IS 3.31.569. GOLD MEDAL FOR GREAT ` THEIR SEVENTH DURING THE RIO 2016 CYCLING PROGRAMME. SILVER MEDAL NZ. EMMA AND LAURA, CONGRATULATIONS. SILVER MEDAL FOR NZ. THAT WAS A` A REALLY TENSE RACE TO WATCH. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF MOMENTS WHERE THE GB TEAM WERE AHEAD, AND THEN YOU CLOSED THE GAP. THEN THEY RACED AHEAD AGAIN, AND YOU CLOSED THE GAP. TELL US WHAT IT WAS LIKE OUT THERE FOR YOU, EMMA. UM, YEAH, EVERY PEDAL STROKE WAS HARD TODAY. SO, UM, I MEAN, THEY HAD A REALLY GOOD PERFORMANCE. WE WERE HOPING FOR GOLD. WE DIDN'T GET IT. UM, BUT WE'VE GOT TWO MORE EVENTS. UM, AND YEAH, TODAY JUST WASN'T OUR DAY. LAURA, THIS IS THE SECOND GAMES YOU'VE BEEN TO, SO TELL ME ABOUT THE PARALYMPIC SPIRIT HERE. UM, WELL, I THINK THIS GAMES COMPARED TO LONDON ` THE STANDARD OF COMPETITION HAS JUST BEEN OUTSTANDING. LIKE, SOME OF THE TIMES IN KATE'S 500 LAST NIGHT, THEY WERE AS GOOD AS ANY SPRINTER, ABLE-BODIED OR NOT. SO, YEAH, IT'S BEEN PRETTY AWESOME TO WATCH. I'VE REALLY ENJOYED IT. SO, YOU KNOW, TODAY'S BEEN A TOUGH DAY FOR YOU BOTH. YOU HAD TO RACE FOR THE QUALIFYING ROUND AND THEN, YOU KNOW, PUT IT ALL OUT THERE IN THE FINAL. EMMA, YOU'RE A PSYCHOLOGY GRADUATE. HOW DO YOU DRAW ON THAT TO PREPARE BETWEEN THE TWO RACES? UH, I GUESS YOU JUST HAVE TO FOCUS ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING AT THAT MOMENT AND NOT THINK TOO FAR AHEAD, OTHERWISE THAT CAN BE QUITE DAUNTING, KNOWING THAT YOU'RE JUST RACING A HEAT AND THEN YOU'VE GOT A FINAL IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS. UM, IT'S A HARD TASK. WE DON'T NORMALLY DO IT THAT CLOSE. BUT, YEAH, JUST FOCUSING ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING AT THE MOMENT. FANTASTIC. WELL, I SPOKE TO YOUR MUM UP IN THE CROWD BEFORE,... OH, REALLY? AND SOME OF YOUR SUPPORTERS. SO IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO SAY TO THEM AND THE OTHER KIWI SUPPORTERS AT HOME? UM, YEAH, IT'S PRETTY AMAZING THAT WE HAVE OUR FAMILIES, ALL OUR PARENTS ARE HERE, ALL THE TANDEM GIRLS. AND ALSO JUST KNOWING THAT THERE'S SUPPORT BACK IN NZ AND THAT THERE'S COVERAGE FOR EVERYONE TO WATCH ` IT'S PRETTY AMAZING. AND I'D LIKE TO SAY HI TO EVERYONE THAT SUPPORTED US, MY FAMILY AND MY GRAN. (LAUGHS) FANTASTIC. WELL, RECOVER WELL AND GOOD LUCK FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF EVENTS. AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SILVER MEDAL AGAIN. BOTH: THANK YOU. ANNOUNCER: EMMA FOY AND LAURA THOMPSON! TRIUMPHANT MUSIC PLAYS BIG SMILE THERE FROM EMMA FOY. YES, WELL,... IT WAS A... A FINE PERFORMANCE TO BRING HOME THE SILVER. AND HER WORLD RECORD FROM 2014 WILL REMAIN, PERHAPS UNTIL THESE CYCLISTS MEET AGAIN NEXT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. HOW WERE THE NERVES? OH, TOTALLY NERVE-RACKING EXPERIENCE. I` I HAVEN'T BEEN THIS NERVOUS ABOUT ANYTHING, I DON'T THINK. AND DAD, HOW WAS IT FOR YOU? OH, I` I THOUGHT THEY'D BEEN TRAINING WELL, AND I THOUGHT... THEY'D COME HERE FOR GOLD. AND THEY GOT SILVER. THEY'VE DONE WELL. BUT GOLD WOULD HAVE BEEN PREFERRED. IT WOULD'VE, BUT, YOU KNOW, SILVER AT THE PARALYMPIC GAMES IS A PHENOMENAL ACHIEVEMENT. SO` SO CONGRATULATIONS. THEY SET THEIR STANDARD SO HIGH, AND THEY REALLY WANTED GOLD. BUT STILL A GREAT RESULT WITH SILVER FOR EMMA AND LAURA. COMING UP, LIAM MALONE PUTS ON A SHOW. YOU JUST HAVE TO SEE HOW HE RUNS HIS NEXT RACE. THIS NZ TEAM HAS SOME EXCITING NEW MEMBERS HERE IN RIO. LONG-JUMPER ANNA GRIMALDI HAS ALREADY SECURED GOLD ON THE VERY FIRST DAY OF COMPETITION, AND SPRINTER LIAM MALONE'S MADE A BIG IMPRESSION WITH HIS SPEED AND HIS POWER AND HIS SHOWMANSHIP. BEFORE HE LEFT FOR THE GAMES, WE CAUGHT UP WITH THE BOY FROM NELSON. RISING MUSIC I GREW UP PLAYING RUGBY AND CRICKET, AND OBVIOUSLY I COMPETED AT SCHOOL ATHLETICS. AND IN THAT SENSE, I WAS NEVER REALLY ANY DIFFERENT TO ANY OTHER KIWI KID, GROWING UP. I PUT ON LEGS IN THE MORNING; THEY PUT ON SHOES. THERE WERE BAD EXPERIENCES RUNNING AS A KID, UH, COMING LAST IN CROSS-COUNTRY, ET CETERA. BUT IT WAS MORE TO DO WITH A LIMITATION IN TECHNOLOGY AS OPPOSED TO WHAT I WAS ABLE TO DO, UH, WITH MY NATURAL ABILITIES OR TALENT. RISING MUSIC CONTINUES YOU KNOW, MY DAD ALWAYS EMPHASISED DOWN THE LINE THAT SOMEONE'S GONNA BUILD LEGS THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO RUN FASTER THAN MY FRIENDS. IN 2013, HIS HOME TOWN OF NELSON STARTED A CAMPAIGN AND RAISED $20,000 TO BUY LIAM RUNNING BLADES. HE WANTS A MEDAL TO REPAY THAT SUPPORT. MUSIC SWELLS THE RUNNING BLADE IS WAY, WAY DIFFERENT TO THE EVERYDAY LEG, AND I GET QUITE EXCITED ABOUT IT COS IT'S JUST AN AWESOME BIT OF TECHNOLOGY. THIS BLADE HERE STARTS AT THE BACK OF THE LEG, AND IT CURVES ALL THE WAY AROUND, AND THEN THERE'S A REALLY SMALL AMOUNT OF SURFACE AREA THAT TOUCHES THE GROUND AT ONE POINT. IT MAKES IT REALLY HARD TO BALANCE ON JUST STANDING STILL, BUT ONCE YOU'RE UP AND RUNNING, IT ALLOWS YOU TO RUN. A LOT OF FACTORS COME INTO IT. THE STIFFNESS OF THE BLADE ` THAT MEANS THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ENERGY LOST AND THEY BASICALLY JUST BOUNCE OFF THE TRACK. SWELLING MUSIC ALTHOUGH HE'S BEEN IN ATHLETICS FOR QUITE A NUMBER OF YEARS, IT'S PROBABLY ONLY BEEN THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS HE'S REALLY GOT QUITE SERIOUS ABOUT HIS ATHLETICS. AND CERTAINLY SINCE HAVING THE SUPPORT OF THE NZ PUBLIC TO PURCHASE THOSE BLADES, IT HAS GIVEN HIM A BIT OF CONFIDENCE TO REALISE THAT HE CAN ACTUALLY BE A REAL INTERNATIONAL ATHLETE. SO, MY GOAL FOR THE PARALYMPICS IS TO WIN THE 400M EVENT IN THE T43, T44 CLASS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF US THAT CAN WIN IT ON THE DAY, BUT I'M DEFINITELY AIMING FOR GOLD. HE HAS THE 100M SILVER IN THE BAG ALREADY, BUT WITH HIS TOP-END SPEED, LIAM PREFERS THE LONGER DISTANCES. TONIGHT HE LINED UP IN THE 200M HEATS, AND THE FINISH HAS SHADES OF USAIN BOLT. ONE MORE RACE ON THE TRACK TONIGHT. IT'S THE MEN'S 200M T44 SECOND HEAT. IT FEATURES THE SILVER MEDALLIST FROM THE 100M. IT ALSO FEATURES THE REIGNING PARALYMPIC CHAMPION. THE BLADES ARE SO GOOD TO WATCH. I JUST LOVE THEM, SEEING THEM, TAKING SUCH POWER OUT OF THE TRACK. HERE IS THE PARALYMPIC CHAMPION FROM LONDON 2012 WHEN HE WAS 20 YEARS OLD, ALAN OLIVEIRA OF BRAZIL. WORLD CHAMPION OVER THE 100, THE 200 AND 400 IN LYON IN 2013 AND THE PAN AM CHAMPION NOW OVER 200M. LIAM MALONE ` SILVER IN THE 100. APPARENTLY GAVE SOME GREAT INTERVIEWS AFTER THAT SUCCESS BEHIND JONNIE PEACOCK IN THE 100M FINAL. PEACOCK'S SPECIALITY IS THE 100. LIAM MALONE, LET'S SEE HOW YOU DO IN THE 200 HERE FOR NZ. FROM AUCKLAND. OLIVEIRA WITH A LOT OF FOCUS ON HIM IN LONDON WHEN HE DETHRONED OSCAR PISTORIUS. HE'S THE CHAMPION HERE AND THE MAN THAT MALONE WANTS TO DETHRONE. AND THE REST ARE AIMING FOR THE SAME. KNOCKED OUT IN THE SEMI-FINALS OF THE 100. IT'S MALONE IN THREE, ALAN OLIVEIRA IN FOUR, WOODHALL IN FIVE, DIMARINO IN SIX, FLOORS IN SEVEN, SEITIS IN EIGHT. THE TOP THREE GO THROUGH. OH, A BRILLIANT START BY WOODHALL. OLIVEIRA LEFT BEHIND A LITTLE BIT. AND LIAM MALONE IS SLOWING AS WELL FOR NZ OUT OF THREE. WOODHALL'S GOING BRILLIANTLY. WOODHALL AS THEY HIT THE STRAIGHT. WOODHALL FOR THE USA. MALONE FOR NZ. AND MALONE'S GOING TO TAKE THIS FOR NZ. LITTLE CHAT BETWEEN THE TWO. AND 21.34 ` VERY FAST. LIAM MALONE WINS IT. SECOND PLACE ` HUNTER WOODHALL. LOOKED TO BE FLOORS IN THIRD FOR GERMANY. AND ALAN OLIVEIRA IN A PRECARIOUS POSITION. MIGHT NOT HAVE REACHED THE FINAL. IT'S AN OCEANIA RECORD FOR LIAM MALONE. 21.33. LIAM MALONE WAS DOING SOMETHING DOWN THE HOME STRAIGHT THAT YOU'RE TOLD YOU SHOULDN'T DO IN JUNIOR ATHLETICS ` LOOKING AROUND, SEEING WHERE YOUR RIVALS ARE. BUT HE KNEW WHERE HE WAS, AND HE KNEW WHERE WOODHALL WAS, AND THERE'S A BIT OF GAMESMANSHIP PERHAPS GOING ON. OR PERHAPS THEY'RE JUST DOING AS SIR PHILIP CRAVEN ASKED THEM TO DO AND THAT'S ENJOY YOURSELF. HE GOT AWAY TO A GREAT START, LIAM MALONE, ON THE INSIDE. QUICKLY UP BESIDE OLIVEIRA. AND THEN IT WAS A QUESTION OF HOW HE AND WOODHALL WOULD SORT IT OUT DOWN THE STRAIGHT. SO AS WE WATCH MALONE. THERE'S ONE LOOK. WAIT ` THERE'S ANOTHER ONE COMING. THERE'S ANOTHER, AND HE LOOKS BACK. WOODHALL LOOKS LEFT AND RIGHT. AND IT'S ALL FINE AND IT'S ALL FUN. IT'S ALL OVER. IF BOLT AND DE GRASSE CAN DO IT, THESE TWO CAN AS WELL. THAT MAY BE WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING TO EMULATE. BOTH THROUGH. NO PROBLEMS THERE. FLOORS IS THROUGH AS WELL. ALAN OLIVEIRA WAS FIFTH IN 22.63, AND I DON'T THINK HE'S MADE THE FINAL. WOODHALL WAS LEADING AND THEN MALONE HITTING THE FRONT, AND IT WAS VAUDEVILLE FROM THERE ALL THE WAY. LITTLE GLANCE, LITTLE WORD AND... (CHUCKLES) MALONE'S JUST HAVING A FINE OLD TIME HERE. HE'S A CONFIDENT BOYO. HE'S A SHOWMAN, AND THAT'S WHAT THE CROWD AND THE MAJORITY OF US ABSOLUTELY LOVE. LOOKING PROMISING FOR TOMORROW NIGHT'S FINAL AND ALSO FOR HIS FAVOURITE EVENT, THE 400M, LATER IN THE GAMES. LIAM HAD A COUPLE OF TEAMMATES ON THE TRACK TODAY. HERE'S ANNA GRIMALDI IN HER 100M FINAL. HERE'S ANNA GRIMALDI WHO SO FAMOUSLY WON GOLD IN THE LONG JUMP HERE RIGHT AT THE END. THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN CELEBRATING WIDELY IN DUNEDIN, AND MAYBE THEY WILL BE AGAIN. STARTER GUN FIRES THEY'RE AWAY! CASTILLO LIVING UP TO HER NICKNAME. OH, SHE'S GONE! CASTILLO'S GONE! DEJA YOUNG, THE WORLD CHAMPION TAKES OVER! DEJA YOUNG'S GOING TO BE THE PARALYMPIC CHAMPION! SHE'S GONNA DO IT IN 12.16. YOUNG WITH THE GOLD! FIODOROW WITH THE SILVER, SANTOS FOR THE BRONZE. MIGHT JUST HAVE BEATEN TSUJI IN THE END. BUT JUST AS HAPPENED IN DOHA IN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL, YUNDIS CASTILLO HAS HAD A MASSIVE PROBLEM. SHE PULLED UP BARELY AT HALFWAY, AND SHE'S GOING TO WALK AWAY ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. A GREAT FINISH FOR ANNA. SHE'S BACK IN THE 200 LATER IN THE WEEK. AND YET ANOTHER YOUNG ATHLETE COMING THROUGH, JACOB PHILLIPS, WAS IN THE HEATS FOR MEN'S T35 200M. THE SECOND HEAT OF THE MEN'S 200M T35. SILVER IN THE 100. CROWD CHEERS, APPLAUDS NO NEED TO TELL YOU WHERE HE'S FROM, FABIO DA SILVA BORDIGNON. FORMER FOOTBALLER. TWICE A SEMI-FINALIST AT THE PARALYMPIC GAMES AND THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. FOR NZ, EIGHT IN THE 100M FINAL, JACOB PHILLIPS. ARAVENA, HOWE, PHILLIPS, DA SILVA BORDIGNON, BARRETO. STARTER GUN FIRES WELL, AWAY THEY GO! BIG SUPPORT FOR DA SILVA BORDIGNON. HE'S DOING HIS BEST NOT TO LET THEM DOWN! JORDAN HOWE ALSO OUT OF THE BLOCKS VERY WELL FOR GREAT BRITAIN! IT'S THESE TWO GOING WELL AT THE MOMENT. BARRETO FIGHTING ON THE OUTSIDE FOR ARGENTINA! BUT IT'S DA SILVA BORDIGNON, THE SILVER MEDALLIST IN THE 100M. AND HE'S LOOKING GOOD IN THE 200! HOWE AND BARRETO ARE UP THERE. THEY'LL BE IN THE TOP THREE ALSO, BUT IT'S DA SILVA BORDIGNON! 26.23. EQUALS HIS LIFETIME BEST. HE'S THE WINNER. BARRETO AND HOWE ALSO COMFORTABLY THROUGH, AND IT'S BEEN ROUNDED DOWN, SO IT'S THE FASTEST OF HIS LIFE. FOR BRAZIL, FABIO DA SILVA BORDIGNON. JACOB'S TIME WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR HIM TO GO THROUGH TO THE FINAL TOMORROW. JUST AHEAD ` PAULA TAKES US THROUGH THE BUILD-UP TO A BIG RACE. 4 WE'RE BACK WITH TRACK CYCLING NOW. BUT FIRST, PAULA HAS BEEN THERE AND DONE THAT ` WINNING GOLD AT THE BEIJING GAMES. SHE TAKES US THROUGH AN ATHLETE'S PRE-RACE ROUTINE. AS AN ATHLETE, PREPARATION FOR RACE DAY BEGINS THE MOMENT YOU WAKE UP. CYCLISTS WILL BEGIN THEIR WARM-UP EITHER ON ROLLERS OR ON THE TRACK ITSELF. YOU CAN SEE TODAY THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WARMING UP ON THE VELODROME AND SOME ARE WARMING UP OVER IN THEIR TEAM AREAS. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT QUITE A LOT OF THEM HAVE EARPHONES ON. AND THAT'S REALLY ABOUT GETTING YOURSELF INTO THE RIGHT ZONE FOR RACING. AND, YOU KNOW, ATHLETES WILL BE GIVING THEMSELVES A GOOD, YOU KNOW, PEP TALK OR RUNNING THROUGH THE EVENT ITSELF. THAT'S WHAT I USED TO DO FOR THE 500M TIME TRIAL WAS JUST RIDE EVERY INCH OF THE TRACK IN MY HEAD. THEN THEY'LL BE CALLED UP TO THE TRACK A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THEIR EVENT, AND THEIR BIKE WILL BE MEASURED AND WEIGHED TO MAKE SURE TO COMPLIES WITH THE U.C.I. RULES. AND THEN THE BIKE WILL BE TAKEN UP AND GIVEN THE ONCE-OVER LIGHTLY, PUT INTO THE STARTING GATE, AND THE ATHLETE WILL HAVE BEEN WALKED UP AND WILL BE SITTING JUST ON THE SIDE OF THE TRACK. AND THAT'S THE MOMENT WHEN YOU JUST REALISE THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO RACE THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE. SO YOU SIT THERE, NERVOUS AS ANYTHING, BUT TRYING TO REMAIN CALM. AND THEN YOU WALK TOWARDS THE BIKE, AND FOR ME, IT FELT LIKE THE LONGEST WALK OF MY LIFE. YOU'RE ON YOUR BIKE. THE CLOCK STARTS TO COUNT DOWN FROM 20 SECONDS AND AT FIVE SECONDS, YOU HEAR THE BEEP DOWN TO ONE. AND IT'S RIP-ROAR OUT OF THOSE GATES, AND OFF YOU GO. TIME NOW FOR MORE RACING. NZ'S OTHER TANDEM PAIRING, AMANDA CAMERON AND PILOT HANNAH VAN KAMPEN, WERE IN THE BRONZE MEDAL RACE FOR THE 3 K PURSUIT. HERE'S HOW IT WENT. NOW THEY'RE READY. SO IT IS CAMERON ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE TRACK. RECORDED A TIME OF 3:33:298 IN HER HEAT. AND IT WAS A TIME FOR THORNHILL OF 3:32:609. SO THERE'S ONLY, ON PAPER, 0.6 BETWEEN THEM. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A REAL BATTLE FOR THE BRONZE MEDAL RACE AS THEY COME INTO THE HOME STRAIGHT, THE TEAM FROM NZ ` AMANDA CAMERON AND HANNASH VAN KAMPEN. AND IT'S LEVEL-PEGGING AT THE MOMENT. IT SURE IS. LOOK, WE KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO BE A CLOSE ONE. AND LOOK AT THIS. THIS HAS BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY DISPLAY FROM GREAT BRITAIN. IN THE LAST LAP OF THE VELODROME, SOMETHING'S GOING AMISS DRAMATICALLY HERE WITH TEAM NZ BECAUSE GREAT BRITAIN HAVE JUST GOBBLED THEM UP HERE. AND THAT IS GOING TO BE A BRONZE MEDAL TO TEAM G.B. IT HAPPENED SO QUICKLY. WELL, I DO WONDER WHAT MAY HAVE GONE WRONG WITH THE TEAM FROM NZ BECAUSE ON PAPER, AS YOU SAID, EXTRAORDINARILY WELL MATCHED. JUST HALF A SECOND IN IT. I DON'T THINK WE CAN PUT THAT DOWN JUST TO FATIGUE EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD ONLY RACED ABOUT TWO HOURS EARLIER. THAT RACE LOOKED INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT. TELL US HOW IT WAS OUT THERE? YEAH, WE KNEW IT WAS A POSSIBILITY THAT THEY'D GO FROM THE GUN, AND WE, SORT OF, WE HAD A WORD, BUT WE'RE NOT SPRINTERS. WE'RE ENDUROES, AND WE JUST COULDN'T QUITE KEEP THE PACE. SO I GUESS ONE OF THE BIG COMPETITORS KNOWN COMING INTO THIS WAS THE JAPANESE TEAM. DID IT AFFECT THINGS AT ALL KNOWING THAT IT WAS A DIFFERENT TEAM YOU WERE RACING AGAINST OR NOT? UH, IT WAS (INDISTINCT SPEECH) THIS MORNING BEATING THE JAPS, AND THEY WERE GREAT COMPETITORS, SO, UM, WE CAN COME AWAY KNOWING THAT WE GOT A GREAT P.B. AND WE MANAGED TO BEAT THOSE COMPETITORS. SO NOT ALL IS LOST. IT'S AN INCREDIBLY HARD EVENT, ISN'T IT, THE PURSUIT, WHERE YOU'VE GOT TO COME OUT AND JUST GIVE IT EVERYTHING IN THE QUALIFYING ROUND, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT TO DO IT ALL AGAIN IN THE FINAL. HOW WAS YOUR RECOVERY, HANNAH? > UM, IT WAS REALLY GOOD. I WAS FEELING ALL RIGHT COMING INTO THAT RACE, BUT WE WENT THE DISTANCE AND THEY GOT US, SO SUCH IS LIFE. I'VE SPOKEN TO SOME OF YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AMANDA. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY TO THEM AT THE MOMENT. OH, IT'S GREAT HAVING THEM HERE, SO THANK YOU FOR COMING. IT REALLY MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE HAVING THAT SUPPORT FROM HOME HERE. CONGRATULATIONS. FOURTH PLACE. YOU KNOW, EVERYONE, OF COURSE, WAS GUNNING FOR THEM TO WIN BRONZE, BUT FOR AMANDA TO COME HERE AND BE PLACED FOURTH AT THE PARALYMPIC GAMES IS PRETTY PHENOMENAL. HOW WERE YOU FEELING WATCHING THAT? TOTALLY OVERWHELMED. I MEAN, I'VE AGED SO MUCH IN THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. BUT, YEAH, FOR HER TO HAVE COME SO FAR IN SUCH A SHORT TIME, WE'RE BLOWN AWAY. AND THE MESSAGES OF SUPPORT WE'VE HAD FROM HOME, EVEN SINCE WE'VE BEEN OVER HERE, IS JUST PHENOMENAL. SO TODAY'S THE LAST DAY OF TRACK CYCLING HERE AT THE VELODROME IN RIO. AND NZ GOT ITS FIRST MEDAL TODAY ` SILVER IN THE INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT FOR LAURA THOMPSON AND EMMA FOY ON THE TANDEM. THE REST OF OUR CYCLING RESULTS HAVE BEEN A BIT OF A MIXED BAG. MALCOLM, WHAT'S YOUR TAKE AS HIGH-PERFORMANCE MANAGER ON OUR RESULTS? YEAH. LOOK, WE, UH, CAME IN HERE WITH HIGH EXPECTATIONS. IT WAS GREAT TO GET A SILVER MEDAL TODAY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE DIDN'T QUITE MEET THOSE EXPECTATIONS. UM, HOWEVER, FOR THE FUTURE, IT LOOKS GOOD WITH THE LIKES OF BYRON RAUBENHEIMER COMING IN. HE'S A GREAT DEVELOPMENT ATHLETE FOR THE FUTURE AS IS AMANDA CAMERON WHO DID AN EIGHT-SECOND P.B. WITH HANNAH VAN KAMPEN AS HER PILOT. AN EIGHT-SECOND P.B. AND RIDING FOR A BRONZE MEDAL WAS REALLY EXCITING. ABSOLUTELY. IT WAS GREAT TO BE THERE. SO, MALCOLM, THERE IS STILL MORE TO COME IN CYCLING. TELL US WHAT'S UP NEXT FOR THE NZ TEAM. YEAH. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE GOT THE TWO WOMEN'S TANDEMS, AND THEY'LL BE IN THE TIME TRIAL AND THE PURSUIT. SORRY. THE TIME TRIAL AND THE ROAD RACE. AND THERE ARE STRONG CHANCES IN THOSE. AND WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF NEW RIDERS THAT HAVE JUST ARRIVED IN THE VILLAGE TODAY ` FRASER SHARP AND STEPHEN HILLS. AND THEY'LL HAVE A GOOD CHANCE IN THEIR EVENTS AS WELL. SO, YEAH, AN EXCITING FEW DAYS AHEAD. WELL, EXCELLENT. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE SILVER MEDAL TODAY AND ALL THE BEST FOR THE ROAD. THANK YOU. 1 BEFORE THESE PARALYMPICS BEGAN, THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT TICKET SALES AND POTENTIAL APATHY. TURNS OUT, PEOPLE HERE HAVE EMBRACED THE EVENT WITH GUSTO. PAULA TELLS US THE FANS HAVE BEEN POURING IN. (SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY) SAMBA MUSIC I'M STANDING HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF OLYMPIC PARK, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COMING TO WATCH THE DIFFERENT EVENTS AT THE GAMES. WHAT'S FANTASTIC FOR THE PARALYMPIC GAMES IS THAT BOTH YESTERDAY AND TODAY, THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 160,000 VISITORS ON EACH DAY, WHICH FAR EXCEEDS THE NUMBER ON ANY SINGLE DAY AT THE OLYMPICS. SAMBA MUSIC SO, YOU'RE FROM BRAZIL. ARE YOU FROM RIO? YES, I AM. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT RIO HOSTING THESE GAMES? OH, I THINK IT'S VERY NICE BECAUSE IT'S A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE FOR US. (SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY) DID YOU KNOW THERE ARE OVER 160,000 PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME THROUGH OLYMPIC PARK YESTERDAY AND TODAY? WHY DO YOU THINK THE PEOPLE FROM BRAZIL HAVE EMBRACED THESE GAMES SO WELL? (CHUCKLES) I THINK IT'S A FANTASTIC EVENT HERE. WE HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS HERE IN RIO, IN BRAZIL, SO WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE THIS IN OUR CITY, AND SO EVERY FAMILY WANTS TO BE HERE TODAY. SO FAR, 1.8 MILLION TICKETS HAVE BEEN SOLD TO THE PARALYMPIC GAMES, SO THEY'RE WELL ON TRACK TO MEET THE OVERALL AIM OF SELLING TWO MILLION TICKETS. NO, THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE HERE THAN THE OLYMPICS. OH? REALLY? OH, WOW. FANTASTIC. YEAH. AMAZING. WE HAVE BEEN HERE IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES, AND NOW, SEEING THE EFFORT IN THE PARALYMPIC GAMES, IT'S, UH` IT'S MORE EMOTION AND MORE FANTASTIC, I THINK, TO SEE THOSE ATHLETES. WHAT'S REALLY NICE FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY HERE IN RIO IS THAT 33,000 TICKETS HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE FAVELAS, WHICH ARE THE DISADVANTAGED AND POORER COMMUNITIES HERE IN RIO. AWESOME TURNOUT AND PACKED VENUES. NOW, POWERLIFTING IS A PARALYMPIC SPORT WHERE THE ONLY DISCIPLINE IS THE BENCH PRESS. NIGERIA IS VERY STRONG IN THIS EVENT, SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT ONE OF THE FINALS THEY FEATURE IN. ON DAY FOUR IN THE POWERLIFTING COMPETITION AT RIOCENTRO, WE SAW A FASCINATING FINAL IN THE WOMEN'S UP TO 61KG. TWO VERY STRONG ATHLETES ` THE FOUR-TIME PARALYMPIC AND WORLD CHAMPION FATMA OMAR FROM EGYPT, AND THE DOUBLE PARALYMPIC CHAMPION LUCY EJIKE FROM NIGERIA, FOUGHT FOR THE GOLD MEDAL, BREAKING THE WORLD RECORD FOUR TIMES ON THE WAY. BUT FIRST, CHINESE YANG YAN SET A NEW PARALYMPIC RECORD WITH 120KG IN THE FIRST ROUND. STRAIGHT. BUZZER BLARES THAT RECORD WAS SMASHED JUST A FEW MINUTES LATER, AS LUCY EJIKE LIFTED 136, WHICH ALSO BROKE THE WORLD RECORD. CHEERING FATMA OMAR FAILED ON 133KG WITH HER FIRST ATTEMPT, BUT SHE WAS SUCCESSFUL WITH HER SECOND. STRAIGHT. CHEERING YANG YAN HAD ALREADY WON THE BRONZE MEDAL. HOWEVER, SHE WANTED TO GO HIGHER, AND SHE MADE IT UP TO 128KG. (SQUEALS) STRAIGHT. BUZZER BLARES EJIKE SET THE BAR AT 138KG IN THE SECOND ROUND, AND THAT MADE HER THE NEW WORLD AND PARALYMPIC RECORD HOLDER. CHEERING OMAR DID NOT GIVE UP. SHE ASKED FOR THE BAR TO BE LOADED TO 140KG. AND SHE LIFTED IT ` A NEW WORLD AND PARALYMPIC RECORD FOR A THIRD TIME IN THIS FINAL. (SCREAMS) CHEERING, APPLAUSE BUT IT WASN'T THE LAST. THE NIGERIAN SET THE BAR AT 142KG ` A WEIGHT THAT WOULD GIVE HER THE RECORDS BACK, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE GOLD MEDAL. CHEERING RAUCOUS CHEERING, INDISTINCT SPEECH OVER PA LUCY EJIKE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN HER ATTEMPT, AND IT WAS EJIKE WHO WAS NOW THE PARALYMPIC CHAMPION. SILVER MEDAL FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR EGYPTIAN FATMA OMAR, BUT THE NIGERIAN WAS UNBEATABLE. TIME NOW TO CHECK THE MEDAL TALLY. AFTER FOUR DAYS OF COMPETITION, CHINA'S EXTENDED ITS LEAD OVER GREAT BRITAIN, WITH UKRAINE STILL IN THIRD PLACE. AND WITH FOUR GOLD MEDALS, NZ IS CURRENTLY 11TH ON THE TABLE. TOMORROW IS SHAPING UP TO BE A BIG DAY IN THE POOL, WITH SOPHIE PASCOE, MARY FISHER, NIKITA HOWARTH AND CAMERON LESLIE ALL RATED AS STRONG PROSPECTS. ALSO IN THE POOL, HAMISH MCLEAN AND NEWCOMER TUPOU NEIUFI. LIAM MALONE IS IN THE 200M FINAL AFTER EASING OFF IN HIS HEAT, WITH WILLIAM STEDMAN AND JACOB PHILLIPS COMPETING AS WELL. AND IN SAILING, OUR THREE-MAN SONAR CREW BEGINS THEIR CAMPAIGN. A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO. YOU CAN CATCH THE ACTION LIVE ON DUKE FROM 5 TO 1 TOMORROW MORNING, AND WE'LL BE BACK WITH THE HIGHLIGHTS HERE ON ONE AT 9.30 TOMORROW. SEE YOU THEN. DRUM MUSIC CAPTIONS BY ABLE WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016