1 MUSIC BUILDS COVERAGE OF THE RIO 2016 PARALYMPIC GAMES IS PROUDLY BROUGHT TO YOU BY... 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 GOOD EVENING FROM RIO. WELL, IT WAS A BIG ASK FOR OUR PARALYMPIC TEAM TO BACK UP SUCH A HUGE DAY AS THEY HAD YESTERDAY, BUT THE MEDALS HAVE KEPT COMING. IN THE JAVELIN, HOLLY ROBINSON BROKE THE OLD WORLD RECORD ON HER WAY TO CLAIMING SILVER. SILVER, TOO, FOR SOPHIE PASCOE, AS OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL PARALYMPIAN MADE HER FINAL APPEARANCE IN THE POOL. BUT NZ'S EIGHT GOLD MEDAL ` AND HER FIRST ` WENT TO YOUNG NIKITA HOWARTH. BEFORE WE HEAD TO THE POOL, THIS IS HER STORY. SO, I STARTED WHEN I WAS REALLY YOUNG. MUM, LIKE, CHUCKED US IN THE POOL, BASICALLY, AND SAID, 'YOU GUYS HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO SWIM.' NO POINT IN HAVING A KID SITTING ON THE SIDELINE, REALLY. AND SO WE, SORT OF, ENTERED HER IN THE ODD RACE. AND THEN AFTER A WHILE, I DECIDED I WANTED TO GET INTO CLUB SWIMMING. EVEN AT THE WAIKATO INTER-SCHOOLS FOR INTERMEDIATE SHE WAS ACTUALLY COMING SECOND OR THIRD IN THE 50-METRES BREASTSTROKE, SO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T COMPLAIN WITH THAT WHEN YOU'VE GOT NO HANDS. SHE WAS THE YOUNGEST EVER PARALYMPIAN. SHE'D ONLY JUST TURNED 13, AND SHE'S 17 NOW. OBVIOUSLY, YOU LOOK AT AN ATHLETE AND WHAT THEIR ABILITY IS, UM, AND THEN YOU'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT. NOW, WITH NIKITA, THE BEST PART OF IT IS GONNA BE LEG DRIVE, LEG DRIVE OFF THE BLOCK, SO WORKING UP TO 40% OF HER PROGRAMME IS KICK ` VERY VERY HARD KICK ` AND USUALLY UP TO 2000M A SESSION. SHE'S WORLD NUMBER ONE IN BOTH THE 50-METRE BUTTERFLY AND THE 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY. SHE'S THE REIGNING WORLD CHAMPION IN BOTH EVENTS. YEAH, I GUESS, WORLD RECORDS DO BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE UP, CONSIDERING YOU'RE THE BEST IN THE WORLD AT SOMETHING. SO, LIKE, YOU DO GAIN A BIT OF CONFIDENCE, BUT, THEN AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO, LIKE, KNOCK IT BACK DOWN AND JUST THINK WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO DO IN PREPARATION TO BE THE BEST THAT YOU CAN BE. AND TODAY SHE IS THE BEST. LET'S GO TO THE AQUATIC CENTRE NOW FOR NIKITA'S 200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY. PAULA TESORIERO WAS THERE WATCHING ON. TODAY 17-YEAR-OLD NIKITA HOWARTH WAS DETERMINED TO PUT HER MARK ON THESE GAMES. REMEMBER, YESTERDAY SHE QUALIFIED THE FASTEST IN HER EVENT BUT THEN COULDN'T QUITE HOLD ON TO IT IN THE FINAL, INSTEAD WINNING BRONZE. BUT TODAY SHE'D NOT ONLY QUALIFIED THE FASTEST THIS MORNING, BUT TONIGHT SHE HELD ON TO THAT, BLITZED THE FIELD AND TOOK GOLD. AND NIKITA HOWARTH, THE OUTRIGHT FAVOURITE TO WIN GOLD IN THIS EVENT. 17 YEARS OF AGE. SHE HAS A BRONZE IN THE 50M BUTTERFLY. SHE WAS SIXTH IN THIS EVENT IN LONDON WHEN SHE WAS A VERY YOUNG MEMBER OF THE NZ TEAM. AND SHE WON THE 2015 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, SO SHE IS A WORLD CHAMPION IN THIS EVENT. SHE WILL SWIM FROM FOUR. THE WOMEN'S 200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY SM7 CLASSIFICATION. WORLD RECORD TIME IS 248.43, SET WAY BACK IN 2010 BY MALLORY WEGGEMANN FROM THE UNITED STATES. THE PARALYMPIC RECORD HAS STOOD FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS FROM JACQUELINE FRENEY FROM AUSTRALIA. EVEN ACROSS THE POOL, WITH HOWARTH, JORDAN AND MEHAIN IN FOUR, THREE AND TWO RESPECTIVELY. SO NZ, USA AND CANADA LOOKING TO TAKE THE EARLY LEAD AT THE FIRST 50M SPLIT. GREAT REACTION TIME THERE FROM NIKITA HOWARTH. WE KNOW` WE'VE SEEN HER SWIMMING SO QUICKLY OFF THE BLOCKS, AND SHE'S CAPITALISING NOW, SO SETTLING IN NICELY WITH THE DIFFICULT BUTTERFLY LEG. SUCH A GRUELLING ENDURANCE EVENT, THE 200M IM, AND IT'S EVEN ACROSS THE POOL WITH HOWARTH, JORDAN AND MEHAIN IN FOUR, THREE AND TWO RESPECTIVELY. SO NZ, USA AND CANADA IN THE LEAD AT THE FIRST 50M SPLIT. WELL, I DON'T THINK NIKITA HOWARTH OR CORTNEY JORDAN SHOULD AT ANY STAGE BE DISCOUNTED, BUT NEITHER SHOULD SARAH MEHAIN. SHE'S STRONG IN THE FLY. SHE'S A BRONZE MEDALLIST AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE 50 FLY, AND SHE'S GOT A VERY STRONG BACKSTROKE, AND SHE'S GOT THE ENDURANCE. SHE'S OFTEN DOING CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING. HER YOUNGER SISTERS HANNAH AND HEATHER ARE ACTUALLY COMPETITIVE, COMPETED INTERNATIONALLY. THE BATTLE FOR FIRST PLACE WILL BE, YOU IMAGINE, BETWEEN JORDAN AND NIKITA HOWARTH. THE BRONZE MEDALLIST IN THE FLY IS WORLD CHAMPION OVER THIS DISTANCE IN 2013 AND 2015 AND NIKITA HOWARTH WANTS TO MAKE THIS RACE COUNT. SHE WANTS TO CLAIM HER FIRST PARALYMPIC GOLD MEDAL, AND SHE WANTS TO DO IT IN AN EVENT IN WHICH SHE IS THE WORLD CHAMPION. AT THE MOMENT, THERE'S NOT A GREAT DEAL IN IT BECAUSE A FANTASTIC SWIM FROM ZHANG YING GOING IN LANE SIX SEES HER BACK INTO CONTENTION AT THE HALFWAY MARK. WELL, WE KNEW THAT ZHANG YING WAS GONNA TO HAVE A STRONG BACKSTROKE, AND IT'S CERTAINLY PROVED TO BE THE CASE. IT WAS ENOUGH TO PUT HER INTO SECOND POSITION. HOWARTH, THOUGH, WAS FANTASTIC OFF THE WALL. SHE HAD A GREAT TURN, TIMED IT PERFECTLY, AND PUSHED OFF INTO HER BREASTSTROKE, AND, AS A RESULT, HAS GROWN HER ADVANTAGE TO WHAT COULD WELL BE ABOUT FOUR BODY LENGTHS AT THIS STAGE. SHE'S IN FRONT OF JORDAN, WHO'S SWIMMING WELL IN LANE THREE. BUT IF SHE'S NOT CAREFUL, SHE'S GOING TO DROP RIGHT OUT OF GOLD-MEDAL CONTENTION. THE SILVER MEDAL BATTLE, HOWEVER, IS GOING TO BE EXTREMELY ENTICING, AS HOWARTH SWIMS INTO THE WALL FROM THE 150 SPLIT. SHE'S GONNA BE FEELING FANTASTIC. SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE'S DOING IT EASILY, AND SHE'LL ALMOST CERTAINLY BE ABLE TO BRING HOME GOLD FROM HERE. WELL, THIS IS A VERY VERY GOOD SWIM. THE BREASTSTROKE LEG BY NIKITA HOWARTH WAS THOROUGHLY IMPRESSIVE. AND CERTAINLY THE NZER IS LOOKING WELL SET TO CLAIM THE TITLE IN THE WOMEN'S 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY. THE BATTLE FOR SILVER HAS NOW SEEN TESS ROUTLIFFE MAKE A CHARGE FOR IT. THE NZ-BORN TESS ROUTLIFFE MIGHT MAKE IT A NZ-BORN ONE, TWO, BUT TESS ROUTLIFFE HAS MADE A BIG CHALLENGE HERE. NIKITA HOWARTH BRINGING IT HOME STRONGLY. SHE'LL BE OUTSIDE HER BEST, I BELIEVE, BUT SHE'S HAD A WONDERFUL SWIM. NIKITA HOWARTH, YOUR SECOND MEDAL OF THE GAMES. BRONZE LAST NIGHT BUT TONIGHT WAS THE NIGHT. GOLD MEDAL. CONGRATULATIONS. WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO THAT RACE? UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST` I'M SO STOKED, EH. ALL OF THAT HARD WORK HAS GONE INTO ONE RACE, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL PAID OFF AND NOW I'VE GOT A GOLD MEDAL. OHHH, IT FEELS SO NICE, YEAH. THIS MORNING YOU ABSOLUTELY BLITZED THE FIELD IN YOUR QUALIFYING ROUND. HOW DID YOU DO THAT AGAIN TONIGHT? I GUESS JUST RECOVERY AFTER MY SWIM, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TO THINK ABOUT ONE RACE AFTER THE OTHER. YOU CAN'T THINK ABOUT THEM ALL AT ONCE. SO TAKE ONE BY ONE, AND THEN HOPEFULLY IT ALL GOES YOUR WAY AND SWIM REALLY FAST. YOU KNOW, YOU SWUM REALLY WELL LAST NIGHT TO BRING HOME A BRONZE MEDAL, BUT I KNOW LAST NIGHT IT WASN'T QUITE WHAT YOU WANTED. DID YOU GET UP THIS MORNING AND THINK, 'I'M JUST GONNA STAMP MY MARK ON THIS ONE TODAY'? UH, YEAH, PRETTY MUCH. I WAS JUST, LIKE, 'I'M TOP OF THE WORLD AND I DON'T WANNA LOSE THIS ONE 'AND PLUS I'M FAR AWAY FROM THE OTHER COMPETITORS, SO HOPEFULLY THIS ONE GOES WELL TONIGHT.' AND THEN IT DID, SO NOW IT FEELS GREAT. SO, THIS IS YOUR SECOND GAMES, AND YOU WERE OUR YOUNGEST COMPETITOR FOR NZ AT THE LONDON GAME, AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT MORE SWIMMING IN YOU, BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME PEOPLE, THEY'VE GOT THEIR GOLD MEDAL AT THE PARALYMPIC GAMES, AND FOR SOME PEOPLE, THAT MIGHT BE IT. OR DOES THIS MAKE YOU HUNGRY FOR EVEN MORE GOLD? I GUESS IT'S KINDA BOTH. LIKE, I'VE BEEN TO TWO PARALYMPICS NOW FOR SWIMMING, BUT, I MEAN, WINNING A GOLD IS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE, SO YOU JUST WANT TO DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN. SO I DON'T KNOW. WE'LL SEE WHAT WILL COME. WELL, NIKITA, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. GOLD MEDAL FOR NZ. FANTASTIC EFFORT. RECOVER WELL AND ENJOY THE MEDAL CEREMONY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOLD MEDALLIST AND PARALYMPIC CHAMPION, REPRESENTING NZ ` (REPEATS IN PORTUGUESE) NIKITA HOWARTH! WELL, HERE SHE IS, AND WHAT A BRIGHT FUTURE SHE HAS, THE 17-YEAR-OLD NIKITA HOWARTH. FOUR YEARS AGO IN LONDON, SHE BECAME NZ'S YOUNGEST EVER PARALYMPIAN, AND NOW THE CAREER THAT'S TRANSPIRED IS ONE THAT SHOES SUCCESS ALREADY, BUT ALSO A LOT OF PROMISE FOR THE FUTURE. SHE ALREADY HAS A BRONZE AS WELL, BUT THIS GOLD WILL BE A VERY VERY SWEET VICTORY. ON TOP OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS THAT SHE WON IN THE 2015 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY. COACHED BY STEVE HAY AT CLUB LEVEL AND JOHN SHAW AT NATIONAL LEVEL, AND HER SISTER, ASTRID, HAS PLAYED FOOTBALL FOR THE CAMBRIDGE WOMEN'S A-TEAM IN NZ ` A SPORTY FAMILY INDEED. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE ANTHEM OF NZ. (REPEATS IN PORTUGUESE) GOD DEFEND NEW ZEALAND PLAYS (MOUTHS) (MOUTHS) CROWD CHEERS WE WATCHED HER GET GOLD IN GLASGOW, BUT TO COME HERE AFTER FOUR YEARS OF REAL HARD WORKING AND ACTUALLY GET A GOLD AT THE PARAS IS... AWESOME. (LAUGHS) I CAN'T HELP MYSELF. DAD, I UNDERSTAND YOU SHED A FEW TEARS TONIGHT. OH, YES, DEFINITELY, YEAH. WHAT IS IT ABOUT NIKITA THAT CAN, YOU KNOW` SHE CAME OUT THIS MORNING AND ABSOLUTELY BLITZED IN HER QUALIFYING ROUND, AND THEN TONIGHT BLITZES THE FIELD AGAIN. WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT HER? UH, DETERMINATION AND GUTS. JUST GETS THERE AND DOES IT. DOESN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHAT SHE HASN'T GOT. SHE JUST DOES IT. AND IT'S JUST AWESOME. MUM, YOU KNOW, MUMS AND DAUGHTERS HAVE A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP. IS THIS SOMETHING WHEN NIKITA WAS A LOT YOUNGER, GROWING UP, DID YOU THINK YOU'D BE STANDING HERE TONIGHT WITNESSING THIS? NOT TO START OFF WITH, BUT WHEN WE DID START SWIMMING ` I STARTED HER AT THE CAMBRIDGE SWIM CLUB WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE, AND I SWAM THERE AS WELL ` I HAD ASPIRATIONS, ESPECIALLY AFTER SHE CAME HOME AFTER SARAH ULMER HAD VISITED OUR SCHOOL AFTER BEIJING, I BELIEVE IT WAS, AND NIKITA CAME HOME AND SAID, 'I WANNA WIN A GOLD MEDAL. I WANT TO WIN A MEDAL.' AND IT JUST, SORT OF, WENT FROM THERE. HOW IMPORTANT WAS IT FOR YOU TO BE HERE AND WATCH NIKITA'S RACES? OH, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. I WENT TO LONDON, AND I WASN'T GOING TO MISS THIS ONE FOR THE WORLD. SO, NO, I TRY TO BE THERE FOR SPECIAL MOMENTS, AND THIS WAS MORE THAN SPECIAL. A GREAT RESULT FOR NIKITA AND HER FAMILY AND THE NZ TEAM. NEXT UP ` FLAGBEARER HOLLY ROBINSON THROWS HER WAY TO A MEDAL IN THE JAVELIN. 1 IT'S BEEN ANOTHER BIG DAY FOR NZ'S FLAGBEARER AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, HOLLY ROBINSON. TODAY SHE LINED UP IN THE JAVELIN AT THE ATHLETICS STADIUM. BUT JUST BEFORE WE SEE HER IN ACTION, LET'S GET TO KNOW HER A LITTLE BETTER. GENTLE MUSIC WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I WANTED TO BE GOOD AT SOMETHING. I GUESS I HAD THAT DREAM OF BEING, ONE DAY, THE BEST IN THE WORLD AT SOMETHING, UM, AND I GUESS I SORT OF FOUND THAT IN ATHLETICS. I WAS GOOD AT IT, UM, AND I KNEW THAT IT WOULD BE A PATHWAY FOR ME TO GET TO THE TOP AND SORT OF REACH THAT DREAM. INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC SHE LEFT THE WEST COAST AT THE AGE OF 16 TO PURSUE HER DREAM OF BEING A PARALYMPIAN, AND THE GROWTH THAT THERE HAS BEEN IN HER IN THE LAST SIX YEARS HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. SHE'S AN EXTREMELY HARD TRAINER. SHE DOES EVERYTHING WITHIN HER CAPACITY TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S NO STONE LEFT UNTURNED. I'M AN ARM AMPUTEE ` HAVE BEEN FROM BIRTH. AND WHEN I CAME TO DUNEDIN, I DIDN'T HAVE A PROSTHETIC. I DIDN'T LIKE IT. I GOT ONE WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID AND JUST HATED IT. I REMEMBER, LIKE, BURYING IT IN THE BACKYARD OR` OR PUTTING IT SOMEWHERE, AND WE'VE NEVER FOUND IT AGAIN. (CHUCKLES) JAVELIN IS A VERY TECHNICAL THROW, AND ALIGNMENT IS A HUGE THING, SO HAVING A PROSTHETIC ACTUALLY ALLOWS ME TO HAVE A BETTER ALIGNMENT COMING INTO MY THROW. HOLLY THREW AT THE LONDON GAMES. THAT WAS ABOUT GAINING EXPERIENCE. THIS TIME, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MEDAL. LONDON ` I WAS VERY YOUNG. I'D ONLY JUST TURNED 16, SO FOR ME, IT WAS A HUGE LEARNING EXPERIENCE. I LEARNT A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT MYSELF AS AN ATHLETE AND GAVE ME THAT MOTIVATION AS WELL TO KEEP PUSHING HARDER, KEEP GETTING BETTER. FOR RIO, IT'S DEFINITELY ABOUT THE RESULTS. I'M SITTING IN A GOOD PLACE AT THE MOMENT ` NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD ` AND MY GOALS ARE DEFINITELY TO BE ON THE PODIUM. WELL, HOLLY WAS IN TOP FORM COMING INTO THESE GAMES, AND TODAY IT WAS TIME TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER. KIMBERLEE DOWNS WAS THERE. IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE SCORCHER HERE AT THE ATHLETICS IN RIO TODAY, TEMPERATURES SOARING TO ABOUT 35 DEGREES. YOU CERTAINLY DON'T ENVY THE ATHLETES HAVING TO PERFORM OUT THERE ON THE TRACK AND FIELD, AND THAT INCLUDES OUR VERY OWN FLAGBEARER AND F46 JAVELIN THROWER HOLLY ROBINSON. SO, HOLLY ROBINSON FROM DUNEDIN IN NZ. 41.22... HER BEST SO FAR. SHE'S GONE PAST THE OLD WORLD RECORD. WHAT HAVE YOU GOT FOR US NOW, HOLLY? THAT'S ANOTHER GOOD ONE. IT'S AROUND 40M. BUT ROBINSON, HOW WELL SHE'S DONE TO GET UP TO THE SILVER MEDAL POSITION TODAY. ROBINSON'S SILVER-MEDAL-WINNING THROW ACTUALLY WOULD HAVE BEATEN THE WORLD RECORD AS IT STOOD BEFORE COMPETITION STARTED. THERE'S ONLY ONE PROBLEM ` GREAT BRITAIN'S HOLLIE ARNOLD ENDED UP SMASHING THAT RECORD, BEATING IT BY NEARLY 2M. AND HERE COMES OUR CHAMPION. HOLLIE ARNOLD GETTING IT OUT. GETTING IT WELL OUT! AGAIN, IT'S BEYOND THE OLD WORLD-RECORD MARK. HOLLIE ARNOLD ` 41.68 IN THE SECOND ROUND. THAT FOR A NEW WORLD RECORD, AND SHE MIGHT HAVE PRODUCED SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL HERE. IT'S GONE WAY BEYOND. SURELY SHE'S DONE IT. SHE THINKS SHE HAS. THE CROWD'S GONE WILD. HOLLIE ARNOLD FROM GREAT BRITAIN ` SHE'S GOT THE GOLD. OH, LOOK AT THAT! 43.01 ` IT'S ANOTHER WORLD RECORD! IT'S NEW FRONTIERS, AN UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY FOR HOLLIE ARNOLD, THE PARALYMPIC CHAMPION ` 43.01. AND SHE GETS THE GOLD. SO, THE 21-YEAR-OLD FROM NZ, THE SILVER MEDALLIST. A BRILLIANT RESULT FOR HER. FINISHED IN SEVENTH PLACE AT HER FIRST PARALYMPIC GAMES IN LONDON. IS THE FLAGBEARER FOR NZ HERE IN RIO AT THAT BRILLIANT OPENING CEREMONY. A GREAT RESULT, TAKING HOME A SILVER MEDAL. OH, CONGRATULATIONS! THANK YOU. OH, HOLLY, HOW DOES IT FEEL TO HAVE A SILVER MEDAL HANGING AROUND YOUR NECK? OH, I MEAN, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. IT WAS AN AWESOME DAY. I LOVED IT OUT THERE. THE CROWD IN BRAZIL IS SO COOL, AND I'M SO HAPPY. YOU KNOW, I CAME AWAY WITH A PB. THAT'S WHAT I WENT OUT TO DO, AND I GOT IT. AND I GOT A SILVER MEDAL, YOU KNOW, AND I CAN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING ELSE. WHEN YOU MADE THAT THROW ` YOUR BIG ONE, YOUR 41M ` I MEAN, COULD YOU FEEL IT COMING? YEAH, YOU KNOW, I WARMED UP REALLY WELL, AND MY THROWS WERE REALLY GOOD. I STARTED OFF WITH PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST THROWS OF THE COMPETITION I'VE HAD. MY SERIES WAS GREAT, AND, YOU KNOW, I KNEW IT WAS COMING. IT WAS THERE AND POPPED IT OUT I THINK IT WAS FOURTH OR FIFTH ROUND. YEAH, I'M JUST SUPER HAPPY. LOVED IT OUT THERE, AND, OH, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. (LAUGHS) WHAT WAS IT LIKE COMPETING IN THAT HEAT? 35 DEGREES I THINK IT WAS. YEAH, I MEAN, IT WAS A STRUGGLE. IT WAS PRETTY HOT OUT THERE. (LAUGHS) VERY HOT, BUT IT'S JUST A SPORT AND IT WAS REALLY COOL. AT LEAST IT WASN'T RAINING OR ANYTHING, I GUESS. (LAUGHS) BUT IT WAS A BIT DIFFICULT. IT ADDED AN EXTRA ELEMENT, THE HEAT, BUT IT WAS STILL REALLY COOL. AND WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN HOLLIE ARNOLD HIT FIRST OF ALL THAT WORLD RECORD ON HER FIRST ATTEMPT AND THEN THE 43M ON HER LAST? YEAH, YOU KNOW, HANDS DOWN TO HER. SHE HAD AN AMAZING DAY. SHE THREW SO WELL. AND COMING SECOND TO A PERSON WHO BREAKS A WORLD RECORD TWICE, YOU KNOW, IT'S AWESOME. IT'S AWESOME FOR OUR EVENT. IT'S AWESOME THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ADVANCING IN DISTANCES AS WELL. SO CONGRATS TO HER. SHE HAD AN AWESOME DAY, AND, YEAH, IT WAS COOL TO SEE, AND IT MADE THE COMPETITION MORE LIKE, YEAH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS IT; THIS IS REAL. AND EVEN THIRD AND FOURTH AND FIFTH, WE WERE ALL REALLY CLOSE, SO IT WAS A GREAT COMPETITION, AND I LOVED IT OUT THERE. WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO STAND UP ON THAT PODIUM? IT WAS SO COOL, YOU KNOW. I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT. IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS SINCE LONDON, AND I'VE WORKED MY BUTT OFF TO GET HERE, YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS JUST SUCH A COOL MOMENT TO STAND UP THERE, GET THE MEDAL PRESENTED TO ME, AND, YEAH, IT WAS REALLY COOL. AWESOME. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, HOLLY, A PARALYMPIC SILVER MEDALLIST. WELL DONE. ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY BACK HOME? YEAH, I'D JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE TO THANK ALL THE SUPPORT THAT'S COMING OUT OF NZ. IT'S BEEN GREAT. YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD HUGE SUPPORT BEHIND THE PARALYMPICS, AND I'VE HAD HUGE SUPPORT FROM MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY, HOKITIKA AND DUNEDIN AND ALSO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, AND IT'S REALLY REALLY AWESOME, SO I THANK YOU FROM, YOU KNOW, THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PUT BEHIND US, SO THANK YOU. WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THAT PERFORMANCE? OH, OUTSTANDING. I MEAN, IT WAS A VERY TOUGH COMPETITION. EVERY COMPETITION'S BEEN REALLY TOUGH, BUT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE FIELD EVENTS, IT'S JUST BEEN CENTIMETRES IN IT, AND THAT'S WHAT IT WAS AGAIN TODAY, SO OUR AIM WAS TO BREAK THE WORLD RECORD. WE BROKE THE OLD WORLD RECORD. HOLLIE WENT` HOLLIE ARNOLD WENT AND BROKE IT AGAIN WITH AN OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE. BUT THE TOP FIVE, ANY ONE OF THE TOP FIVE COULD HAVE WON THAT TODAY, SO VERY VERY HAPPY. WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR HEAD WHEN SHE MADE THAT 41M EFFORT? WELL, I MEAN, IT WAS JUST RELIEF, REALLY. I MEAN, YOU KNOW HOW MUCH ALL OF THE ATHLETES HAVE WORKED, ALL THE ATHLETES HAVE DONE, AND THEY'VE ALL WORKED EXTREMELY HARD AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN TRAINING, SO IT'S REALLY PLEASING TO SEE THESE RESULTS COMING OUT IN THE PERFORMANCES AS THE OUTCOME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU DO THE HARD WORK, YOU DO THE 'HOW', AND IT ACTUALLY DOES END UP IN AN OUTCOME. SO IT WAS JUST RELIEF. IT ABSOLUTELY WAS RELIEF, YEAH. RELIEF FOR THE COACH AND DELIGHT FOR US TO SEE HOLLY DELIVER ON HER POTENTIAL. AFTER THE BREAK ` SOPHIE PASCOE BRINGS HER OUTSTANDING CAMPAIGN TO A CLOSE IN STYLE. 3 YESTERDAY, SHE BECAME OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL PARALYMPIAN EVER; TODAY, SOPHIE PASCOE SHOWED SHE STILL HAD SOMETHING LEFT IN THE TANK. THE 100M FREESTYLE IS NOT HER BEST EVENT, BUT SHE FOUGHT HARD TO UPSET THE FORM BOOK. THE FINAL NOW OF THE WOMEN'S 100M FREESTYLE ` S10. GOING IN LANE FIVE, AIMING FOR A FOURTH GOLD MEDAL IN FOUR DAYS, SOPHIE PASCOE, WHO WON THE TITLE FOUR YEARS AGO IN LONDON, GOES IN LANE FIVE. BUT THE FRIENDLY RIVALRY BETWEEN PASCOE AND RIVARD CONTINUES HERE, BECAUSE THE WORLD CHAMPION, AURELIE RIVARD, OF CANADA, GOES IN LANE FOUR. SHE FINISHED OUTSIDE THE MEDALS IN LONDON ` SHE TOUCHED FOURTH ` BUT NOW VASTLY MORE EXPERIENCED AS A 20-YEAR-OLD, RETURNS AND HAS ALREADY CLAIMED GOLD IN THE 50 FREE AND IS LOOKING TO ROUND OUT THE 50 AND 100 FREE DOUBLE. SHE'S THE WORLD RECORD HOLDER. SHE SET A PARALYMPIC RECORD IN QUALIFYING AS THE ONLY SWIMMER TO GO SUB-60 SECONDS IN THE HEATS. THE FINAL OF THE WOMEN'S 100 FREESTYLE ` S10. EAGERLY ANTICIPATED. TAKE YOUR MARKS. BUZZ! RIVARD, SUCH QUICK REACTION TIME. SOPHIE PASCOE A LITTLE LESS DISTANCE OFF THE STARTING BLOCK, BUT QUICKLY INTO HER STROKE. IT IS RIVARD WHO IS LOOKING TO DOMINATE, HERE, WHILE LORANDI OF FRANCE GOES STRONG IN LANE THREE BUT IS JUST LOSING A LITTLE PACE. GOING STRONG IN LANE TWO, THOUGH, IS CHEN YI, THE 15-YEAR-OLD FROM CHINA, BUT MUCH WILL DEPEND ON HER TURN. WHILE MAKING A CHARGE FROM THE OPENING LANE` THE FIRST LANE, OOSTERHUIS OF THE NETHERLANDS, BUT RIGHT NOW IT IS RIVARD, AHEAD OF PASCOE, AHEAD OF LORANDI. WELL, LET'S SEE HOW THEY COME OFF THE WALL. AND RIVARD'S HAD A REALLY GOOD TURN, BUT SHE STILL HASN'T MANAGED TO EXTEND THE LEAD OVER PASCOE. IN FACT, THEY'RE GONNA BE GOING PRETTY MUCH STROKE BY STROKE AS THEY ENTER THE FINAL 25. THE CHINESE ATHLETE JUST STARTING TO DROP OFF A LITTLE ` CHEN YI. SHE HAD A GREAT FIRST 50. TIRING A LITTLE. WELL, SOPHIE PASCOE IS CHASING RIVARD, BUT RIVARD IS STARTING TO PULL AWAY. SHE'S JUST OFF HER OWN WORLD-RECORD PACE. SHE'S GOING TO GO SUB-60 SECONDS, THOUGH. RIVARD IS GOING TO BEAT OUT A CLOSING PASCOE. RIVARD TAKES GOLD, PASCOE TAKES SILVER AND BRONZE GOES TO LORANDI, THE SILVER MEDALLIST OF FOUR YEARS AGO. FRANCE WITH A RARE SWIMMING MEDAL AT RIO 2016. BUT RIVARD DOES NOT DISAPPOINT ` SHE COMPLETES THE 50 AND 100 FREE DOUBLE. THE WORLD RECORD HOLDER SETS A NEW PARALYMPIC RECORD IN 59.31, AND FIRST TO CONGRATULATE HER IS SOPHIE PASCOE. WORDS FOR ONE ANOTHER. A VERY HEALTHY RIVALRY BETWEEN THEM. SOPHIE PASCOE ` SO MUCH WOULD HAVE DEPENDED ON HER RECOVERY. SHE HAS BEEN SWIMMING IN FIVE CONSECUTIVE DAYS, AND ICE BATHS AND MASSAGES NEEDED TO KEEP HER GOING. HELLO. IT'S NOT EVEN 24 HOURS, AND HERE I AM AGAIN CONGRATULATING YOU ON ANOTHER GREAT RACE. IT LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE REALLY CLOSING THE GAP IN THE FINAL STAGES OF THE RACE. HOW DID IT FEEL OUT THERE TO YOU? LAUGHS: BLOODY TOUGH. UM... OH GOD, I'M GONNA GET ALL EMOTIONAL AGAIN. (LAUGHS, CRIES) THANK GOD THE WEEK'S OVER. UM... IT'S BEEN SUCH A HARD WEEK ` 10 RACES IN FIVE DAYS ` AND, UM, YEAH, IT'S... A HARD YEAR ` HARD FOUR YEARS ` AND I'M JUST GLAD THAT IT'S OVER. (SNIFFLES) YOU KNOW, IT REALLY HAS BEEN A RELENTLESS SCHEDULE FOR YOU, AND` AND YOU SAID THAT LAST NIGHT, AND IT'S CLEAR FROM THE PROGRAMME THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HAD TO JUST RACE BACK TO BACK EVERY DAY. HOW HAVE YOU DONE THAT? IT HAS BEEN TOUGH, UH, GETTING BACK UP EACH DAY, AND ESPECIALLY MY LAST FOUR MAJOR RACES, UH, ALL IN ONE GO. AND THAT WAS` WE KNEW THAT WAS CHALLENGE COMING IN HERE, THAT WE WEREN'T ONLY JUST TAKING ON THE CHALLENGES OF EACH RACE; WE WERE TAKING ON THE BIGGER CHALLENGE OF TAKING ON 10 IN FIVE DAYS, AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE DONE THAT. I'VE COME OUT WITH THREE GOLDS AND TWO SILVERS, AND I` I CAN'T COMPLAIN WITH THAT. YOU KNOW, I'VE LEFT EVERYTHING OUT THERE TODAY` LEFT EVERYTHING IN THE POOL, AND I THINK, UH, I'D LIKE` YEAH, I'D LIKE TO SAY IT'S BEEN A SUCCESSFUL GAMES. SO WITH THESE GAMES IT'S YOUR THIRD PARALYMPIC GAMES. HOW DO THESE ONES RATE? (CHUCKLES) LIKE I SAID, EACH GAMES WAS DIFFERENT. EVERY GAMES HAS ITS OWN MEMORIES, AND YEAH, COMING INTO THIS GAMES, I'M OLDER AND WISER. I'M ONE OF THE SENIOR MEMBERS IN THE TEAM NOW. AND BEING ABLE TO WITNESS THE LIKES OF OUR WEE NIKITA, WHO'S JUST WON GOLD, IS INCREDIBLE FROM A SENIOR POINT OF VIEW, TO SEE THAT SHE'S GROWN TO THIS POINT AS WELL IN HER LIFE, AND THEY'RE MOMENTS YOU'LL ALWAYS CHERISH. AND I'VE GOT A MEMORY FROM EVERY SINGLE RACE. I'VE GOT THE FEELING FROM EVERY SINGLE RACE. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN PLAY BACK THE FOOTAGE TO ME AND I CAN TELL YOU HOW EACH STROKE, PRETTY MUCH, FELT. SO YEAH, IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE GAMES. IT'S JUST AMAZING TO HAVE SO MUCH SUPPORT HERE, AND THE AMAZING COVERAGE WE'RE GETTING BACK AT HOME WITH THE INUNDATED MESSAGES THAT ARE JUST COMING THROUGH ON OUR CELL PHONES AND EMAILS. AND IT'S JUST` IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING GAMES. RIO'S PUT ON A GOOD GAMES. I KNOW THAT THERE'S ONE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT LADY BACK AT HOME WHO HAS BEEN WATCHING YOUR RACES, AND THAT'S NAN. AND I KNOW SHE'S SPECIAL TO YOU, BUT TELL US ABOUT HER. YEAH, I GOT TO SEE NAN ON SKYPE LAST NIGHT THROUGH MY MEDAL CEREMONY, SO THAT WAS REALLY COOL TO HAVE HER THERE WITNESSING WITH MY FAMILY AND SHARING THAT MOMENT WITH HER. AND YEAH, SHE'S AN AMAZING LADY. UM... (CRIES) (SNIFFLES, SOBS) UM, YOU KNOW, I MADE THAT PROMISE TO HER AND GRANDAD THAT I WAS GONNA WIN A GOLD MEDAL, AND NOW, (SOBS) NINE LATER, IT'S` IT'S A PRETTY INCREDIBLE FEELING TO KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE MY FAMILY PROUD FROM WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN CLASSED AS A NEGATIVE IN MANY FAMILIES TO GROW UP WITH A CHILD WHO HAS A DISABILITY AND, YOU KNOW, THEY BROUGHT ME UP LIKE MY OLDER SISTER, REBECCA, AND THEY ALWAYS MADE SURE THAT I WAS CHALLENGING MYSELF, AND THAT'S EXACTLY THE REASON WHY I'M HERE TODAY, IS BECAUSE OF THEM. SO I CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH. WELL, SOPH, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. IT'S JUST BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE AND SEE YOU RACE AND GET TO TALK TO YOU AFTER PRETTY MUCH ALL OF YOUR RACES. SO RECOVER WELL, AND REFLECT ON WHAT A WONDERFUL GAMES IT'S BEEN. SO CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN,... THANK YOU SO MUCH. ...AND THANK YOU. SILVER MEDALLIST ` REPRESENTING NZ, SOPHIE PASCOE! THE SILVER MEDALLIST, SOPHIE PASCOE, WHO HAS WON FIVE MEDALS IN RIO HERE IN 2016. IN 2008, SHE WAS THE YOUNGEST NZER TO WIN A PARALYMPIC MEDAL. NOW SHE HAS THREE GOLD MEDALS TO HER NAME AND TWO SILVER MEDALS TO ROUND OUT A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMME AT THE RIO 2016 PARALYMPIC GAMES. SHE'S IN A CLASS OF HER OWN, SOPHIE, AND SHE HAD A GREAT TEAM BEHIND HER, INCLUDING LONG-TIME COACH ROLY CRICHTON. EARLIER, WE TALKED TO HIM ABOUT HOW THE RELATIONSHIP WORKS. FIVE. READY? BEEP! EVERY TIME YOU TRAIN, YOU HAVE TO BRING IT. YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE AN OFF DAY. AND THAT DOES HAPPEN, BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH HUMAN BEINGS. INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONIC MUSIC MY ALARM'S SET AT 5.30 IN THE MORNING, AND IF I WAS TO MISS A SESSION, GOD KNOWS WHAT CONSEQUENCES I'D HAVE. (LAUGHS) READY. I THINK BEING A WHEELCHAIR COACHING IS GREAT FOR THE LIKES OF ME. I COACH IN THE ARENA WHERE EVERYONE ELSE IS ABLE-BODIED. IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE, REALLY, BECAUSE COACHING'S ABOUT REPETITION, REPETITION, REPETITION. IT SOUNDS BORING, AND IT IS, BUT IT'S DOING THOSE MINUTE THINGS BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE. READY. BEEP! AS SOON AS I SEE ROLY AND THEN I DIVE IN THE POOL, AND I REMEMBER WHY I'M HERE ` BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I'VE GOT SOMEONE ELSE WHO'S SUPPORTING ME AND, YOU KNOW, SO GOAL-DRIVEN, AND WANTING, YOU KNOW` WANTING THE BEST OUT OF HIS ATHLETE. YES, A PARALYMPIC MEDALLIST HIMSELF, ROLY, PASSING ON A PHENOMENAL WORK ETHIC TO HIS STUDENT. NEXT UP, A NAME YOU MAY NOT KNOW YET, BUT YOU SOON WILL. HE'S A STAR IN THE MAKING. HAMISH MCLEAN HAS HIS 400M FINAL. 1 HAMISH MCLEAN IS A WANAKA SCHOOL BOY, MAKING HIS FIRST APPEARANCE AT THE PARALYMPICS. HE'S SHOWED ENOUGH PROMISE FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE SPORT NZ TO PUT HIM IN THE 'PATHWAY TO PODIUM' PROGRAMME FOR PROMISING ATHLETES. TODAY, HAMISH LINED UP IN THE 400M FREESTYLE S6 EVENT. 16-YEAR-OLD HAMISH MCLEAN. AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS LAST YEAR, HE WAS THE YOUNGEST PARA-SWIMMER FOR NZ IN GLASGOW HE MISSED OUT ON MEDALS IN THE 200 IM AND THE 50 FREE FINALS. HE WAS EIGHTH IN THE 2015 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, THOUGH. SWAM A 5:38 TO FINISH EIGHTH IN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS LAST YEAR. HE'S GOING SUBSTANTIALLY FASTER ALREADY. BUZZER BEEPS GET UNDERWAY VERY VERY QUICKLY, ESPECIALLY IN LANE SIX. PEREZ GOT OFF TO A STORMING START, BUT ALREADY HAS BEEN CAUGHT BY THE SWIMMERS AROUND HIM. MCLEAN BEING LEFT BEHIND. THE NZ SWIMMER GOING IN LANE SEVEN. BUT IT'S NOT ABOUT WHERE YOU TOUCH AT THE OPENING 50; IT'S ABOUT TOUCHING AT THE 400. THIS RACE EIGHT LENGTHS OF THIS OLYMPIC POOL. IT'S ABOUT PACING YOURSELF, FINDING YOUR RHYTHM, GETTING YOUR TEMPO RIGHT THROUGHOUT THE STROKE, AND FINDING A COMFORTABLE STROKE. SO, AT THE SPLIT, IT IS VAN HOFWEEGEN WHO LEADS BY LESS THAN THREE-TENTHS OF A SECOND FROM PEREZ. AND BOCCIARDO NOW STARTING TO MAKE A MOVE. NOW ALMOST NECK AND NECK WITH VAN HOFWEEGEN, BUT IT IS BOCCIARDO WHO TOUCHES TWO SECONDS IN FRONT AT THE 150 SPLIT. BOCCIARDO REALLY UNTOUCHABLE AT THE MOMENT. OPENING UP TWO TO THREE BODY LENGTHS ON THE REST OF THE FIELD, AS HE COMES THROUGH TO THE 200 SPLIT. CERTAINLY NOT ON WORLD-RECORD PACE AT THE MOMENT, BOCCIARDO, BUT HE TURNS IN 2:25.33. AND HE'S LEADING BY A VERY COMFORTABLE MARGIN NOW ` FOUR AND A HALF SECONDS, VIRTUALLY. UH, PEREZ TOUCHES THIRD QUICKEST AND IS STILL VERY CLOSE, ON THE SHOULDER OF VAN HOFWEEGEN. BUT IT WAS THE TURN THAT CHANGED IT FOR VAN HOFWEEGEN. PEREZ IS CERTAINLY TIRED, AND COMING INTO THE 250, HE'LL BE HOPING TO STAY EASILY IN BRONZE POSITION. BUT DON'T FORGET THE CHINESE ATHLETE. LUO JINBIAO, IS STAYING IN TOUCH THERE. HE'S HANGING TOUGH. BUT FIRST AT THE TURN AT 300, IT'S BOCCIARDO AHEAD OF VAN HOFWEEGEN, WITH PEREZ STILL HOLDING ON TO THAT THIRD PLACE. GLOCK TOUCHES NOW FOURTH, AHEAD OF LUO. AND IT LOOKS LIKE HAMISH MCLEAN OF NZ IS GONNA TOUCH FOR SEVENTH, AFTER HAANAPPEL TOUCHED IN 4:04.49 AT THE 300. GLOCK REALLY MADE HIS MOVE BETWEEN THE 300 AND 350 MARK. CHEERING AND YOU CAN HEAR THE CROWD WILLING HIM ON INTO THAT BRONZE MEDAL POSITION. PEREZ WILL BE VERY AWARE OF IT. HE KNOWS THAT HE'S TIRING. HE KNOWS THAT HE'S DROPPING BACK AND HAS SUDDENLY GONE FROM 39s TO 42s. BOCCIARDO, THOUGH, IS THE FOCUS OF THE ATTENTION RIGHT NOW. BOCCIARDO WILL TAKE THE GOLD. IT'LL BE OUTSIDE THE PERSONAL BEST AND WELL OUTSIDE THE FIVE-MINUTE MARK. VAN HOFWEEGEN OF THE NETHERLANDS COMES IN TO CLAIM HIS FIRST PARALYMPIC GAMES MEDAL, WHILE PEREZ IS JUST GOING TO HOLD ON AHEAD OF A FAST-CLOSING GLOCK. PEREZ TAKES THIRD. THE BRONZE MEDAL TO CUBA. CHEERING GLOCK GETS APPLAUDED FOR HIS FOURTH PLACE. LUO OF CHINA WILL FINISH FIFTH. BUT THE ITALIANS ARE CELEBRATING ANOTHER GOLD MEDAL IN THE POOL. HAANAPPEL TOUCHES FOR SIXTH. MCLEAN TOUCHES FOR SEVENTH FOR NZ. AND YANG HONG OF PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA HOME IN A 5:33.71. HAMISH, CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT RACE. IT LOOKED, TO US, LIKE IT WAS A REALLY, REALLY HARD BATTLE OUT THERE, WITH THE FIELD INCREDIBLY SPREAD, AND YOU LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE HAVING YOUR OWN PRIVATE BATTLE WITH THE GUY IN THE LANE NEXT DOOR. HOW DID IT FEEL OUT THERE TO YOU? YEAH, IT WAS GOOD. I MEAN, IT'S GREAT COMPETITION, UM, IN THAT RACE, SO GOTTA HAND IT TO THOSE GUYS. THEY SWAM EXTREMELY WELL. I'M REALLY HAPPY WITH MY RACE. UM, NOT EXACTLY WHAT I WAS HOPING, BUT STILL I'M HAPPY. GOOD EXPERIENCE TO BE OUT HERE AND LEARNING WHAT EVERYONE DOES AND HOW IT ALL WORKS AROUND HERE. UM, BUT, YEAH, GOOD EXPERIENCE AND ALL. BUT YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE COMING HERE AND ONE OF YOUR BIG GOALS WAS TO MAKE A FINAL. WELL, YOU DID THAT, AND SO CONGRATULATIONS, YOU KNOW. HOW DO YOU`? HOW DOES THAT FEEL TO YOU? YEAH, EXTREMELY PROUD. UM, DID A GREAT PB THIS MORNING. UM, REALLY STOKED WITH THAT. BUT, YEAH, LIFE-LONG GOAL TO BE AT THE PARALYMPICS IN THE FINAL WITH ALL THE BIG FAST PEOPLE, AND, LIKE, DOING EXTREMELY WELL. UM, BUT, YEAH, JUST REALLY STOKED TO BE HERE AND MAKE MY GOAL. HAMISH MCLEAN ` A PROMISING TALENT AND A GREAT TALKER TOO. LET'S TAKE A LOOK NOW AT SOME WHEELCHAIR TENNIS. THE BALL'S ALLOWED TO BOUNCE TWICE, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S JUST LIKE ORDINARY TENNIS. IN THIS DOUBLES MATCH, WE FOUND AMERICAN NICK TAYLOR'S ABILITY TO SERVE QUITE OUTSTANDING. VERY VERY EFFECTIVE. MARKED, AND HE GOT THERE AND MADE THE SHOT, WAGNER, BUT JUST COULDN'T CONTROL IT. WOMAN CHANTS: COME ON, AUSSIE. COME ON! GREAT EFFORT TO GET THERE. AND JUST PUSHING IT LONG. YEAH, WELL PLAYED. CHEERING WAGNER POSITIONED PERFECTLY TO MAKE THE HIGH FOREHAND OVERHEAD. CROWD CHEERS NO, THAT'S OUT. APPLAUSE WAGNER: COME ON, NICK. TAYLOR: LET'S GO! OH, FRUSTRATION FOR ALCOTT THERE. INAUDIBLE SPEECH HAD A DECENT SHOT AT IT, BUT JUST OVERHIT THE BASELINE. MORE THAN JUST, ACTUALLY. YEAH. CHEERING ALCOTT FORCING WAGNER TO TURN ON TO HIS WEAKER SIDE. AND THEN COMING IN TO MAKE THE PUT-AWAY. DEUCE. COME ON. CHEERING, APPLAUSE WAGNER DRAGGING ALCOTT ACROSS THE COURT. AND COULDN'T MAKE A CLEAN BACKHAND. OH, YOU JUST GET THE FEELING THIS SET IS GONNA BE SO TIGHT ALL THE WAY THROUGH. COME ON! CHEERING HAVING SAID THAT, THE UNITED STATES TAKE THE EARLY INITIATIVE WITH A 2-LOVE LEAD. BUT, AS WE KNOW, POTENTIALLY THAT COULD BE NEGATED IN THIS VERY NEXT GAME, BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENED IN THE SECOND SET. AUSTRALIA GOING ON TO WIN THAT ONE. TOMORROW, WE'LL HAVE WHEELCHAIR RUGBY. NEXT, THOUGH, WE MEET SOME OF SOPHIE PASCOE'S CREW CHEERING HER ON IN RIO. . THERE ARE MORE THAN 200 KIWI SUPPORTERS HERE IN RIO, AND IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT ONE OF THE LARGEST GROUPS CALLS ITSELF TEAM PASCOE. PAULA TALKED TO THEM AFTER SOPHIE'S FINAL RACE OF THE GAMES. I'M STANDING HERE, OUTSIDE THE POOL IN RIO WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS OF SOPHIE PASCOE. YOU CAN SEE FROM THE T-SHIRTS THAT THIS ALL ABOUT TEAM PASCOE. AND YOU GUYS HAVE NOT JUST BEEN SUPPORTING SOPHIE; I'VE SEEN YOU CHEERING FOR ALL THE KIWI ATHLETES. YES, DEFINITELY. WE'RE SO PROUD. YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF INTERVIEWING SOPHIE FOR ALL BUT ONE OF HER RACES HERE, AND SHE'S MADE ME CRY EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. BUT HOW IS IT FOR YOU IN THE AUDIENCE, YOU KNOW? YOU'RE BEST FRIEND CHRIS, HOW IS IT? IT'S SO COOL. IT'S NUTS. IT'S RIDICULOUS. I HAVEN'T SEEN HER SWIM IN YEARS, AND THIS IS AMAZING. AND, TOM, I JUST WANNA REACH THROUGH TO YOU AND ASK YOU ` AS SOPHIE'S PARTNER, WHAT SUPPORT DOES SHE LOOK TO YOU AT A GAMES LIKE THIS? I'M JUST MERELY THE GUY IN THE BACKGROUND ` ANOTHER SET OF EYES AND EARS, I SUPPOSE. YOU KNOW, SHE KNOWS I'M HERE IF I'M NEEDED, BUT, YOU KNOW, SHE'S MORE THAN CAPABLE OF DOING IT, AND SHE'S PROVEN THAT, SO, YEAH, IT'S PRETTY SPECIAL. LEE, SPECIAL LADY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD WHO WE KNOW HAS BEEN WATCHING, AND THAT'S NAN. I'VE READ LOTS ABOUT NAN. BUT, YOU KNOW` YEAH, TELL ME ABOUT NANA. OH, I MEAN, LIKE` LAST NIGHT, I ACTUALLY HAD MY CELL PHONE, AND I WAS FILMING EVERYTHING ON MY CELL PHONE, AND AS SOPHIE WAS COMING UP THE RAMP, I WAS HOLDING THE CELL PHONE TO SOPHIE, SO SHE COULD SEE THAT NANA WAS WITH US, BECAUSE SHE WAS WITH US IN LONDON, AND WE REALLY REALLY DO MISS HER SO MUCH NOW. WE LOVE YOU, MUM. WHAT ARE SOME WORDS OF WISDOM THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO OTHER MUMS BACK HOME WHO ARE RAISING A CHILD WITH A DISABILITY. YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE SOME PEARLS OF WISDOM? UM, WELL TO ME, SHE HASN'T GOT A DISABILITY. SO YOU JUST TREAT THEM AS IF THEY WERE ANYBODY JUST NORMAL. AND JUST SUPPORT THEM NO MATTER WHAT AND ENCOURAGE THEM IN WHATEVER THEY DO, WHETHER IT'S SPORT, WHETHER IT'S ACADEMIC OR WHATEVER, BUT... SHE HASN'T GOT A DISABILITY AT ALL. ALL RIGHT, WELL, TEAM PASCOE, IT'S BEEN FANTASTIC TO HAVE EVERYONE HERE AND CELEBRATE WITH YOU AND GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO SOPHIE AFTER ALL OF HER RACES, SO MAYBE WE COULD PUT A BIG` MAYBE WE COULD PUT A BIG CHEER OUT FOR THE SUPPORTERS BACK HOME? ALL CHEER YAY, NZ! SUPPORT MAKES SUCH A DIFFERENCE AWAY FROM HOME. TOMORROW WE'LL BE OUT ON THE ROADS CYCLING, WHERE OUR TWO TANDEM TEAMS ARE BACK IN ACTION, THIS TIME IN THE WOMEN'S TIME TRIAL. LIAM MALONE'S IN THE 400-METRE HEATS, AND JESSICA HAMILL FOR SHOT PUT. WHILE GREG REID'S BACK ON THE SHOOTING RANGE. OUR SAILORS ARE HOPEFULLY RACING AFTER TODAY'S POSTPONEMENT DUE TO LACK OF WIND. SCOTT MARTLEW STARTS IN THE 200-METRE KAYAK SPRINT, AND IN THE POOL, NIKITA HOWARTH'S BACK ALONG WITH REBECCA DUBBER. TIME TO CHECK THE MEDAL TALLY, WHERE NZ IS LYING IN SIXTH PLACE, NOW AHEAD OF AUSTRALIA. CHINA RETAINS THE TOP WITH TWICE AS MANY GOLDS AS GREAT BRITAIN. UKRAINE STILL IN THIRD. LIVE COVERAGE OF SWIMMING RESUMES ON DUKE TOMORROW MORNING FROM 25 PAST MIDNIGHT, AND WE'LL BE BACK WITH HIGHLIGHTS HERE AT 9.40 TOMORROW NIGHT. THAT'S IT FROM US, AND WE'LL LEAVE YOU WITH SOME IMAGES OF THE DAY. GOOD NIGHT. OH, SUCH QUICK REACTION TIMES. SOPHIE PASCOE A LITTLE LESS DISTANCE OFF THE STARTING BLOCK, BUT QUICKLY INTO HER STROKE. BUT RIGHT NOW IT IS RIVARD, AHEAD OF PASCOE, AHEAD OF LORANDI. RIVARD IS GOING TO BEAT OUT A CLOSING PASCOE. RIVARD TAKES GOLD. PASCOE TAKES SILVER. AND BRONZE GOES TO LORANDI. # LONG WHITE CLOUD, # YOUR CHILD OF PEACE. GREAT REACTION TIME THERE FROM NIKITA HOWARTH. WE KNOW WE'VE SEEN HER SWIMMING SO QUICKLY 200-METRES I.M., AND IT'S EVEN ACROSS THE POOL WITH HOWARTH, JORDAN AND MEHAIN. # YOU'LL ALWAYS BE # YOU'LL ALWAYS BE NIKITA HOWARTH BRINGING IT HOME STRONGLY. SHE'LL BE OUTSIDE HER BEST, I BELIEVE, BUT SHE'S HAD A WONDERFUL SWIM. # GUIDING ME HOME. # COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016 COVERAGE OF THE RIO 2016 PARALYMPIC GAMES IS PROUDLY BROUGHT TO YOU BY ACC SPORTSMART AND NZ ON AIR.