1 FESTIVE MUSIC MUSIC SWELLS CAPTIONS BY ABLE. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016 MUSIC CONTINUES HELLO, AND WELCOME TO RIO, WHERE THE TONE HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE SUBDUED FOR THE NZ TEAM AFTER A SENSATIONAL WEEK. FOLLOWING A SWAG OF GOLD FROM THE POOL, RAYLENE BATES' ATHLETICS TEAM TOOK OUT THE BATON TODAY WITH JESS HAMILL COMPETING IN THE SHOT PUT. WE'LL SEE HOW SHE WENT SHORTLY, BUT FIRST LET'S MEET THE ATHLETE. UPLIFTING MUSIC FUN MUSIC JESS IS A FREE SPIRIT. SHE HAS THAT ATTITUDE THAT 'I'M GONNA PROVE THE WORLD WRONG. 'I CAN DO THIS.' SO, SEATED THROWER USE A SEAT TO THROW THE SHOT PUT FROM. THE SEAT IS A CERTAIN SPECIFICATION. THERE ARE RULES AND REGULATIONS ABOUT HOW HIGH THAT IS. THEY'RE ALSO ALLOWED TO USE A POLE TO HANG ON TO. JESS IS ATTENDING HER SECOND PARALYMPICS. SHE FINISHED OUTSIDE THE MEDALS IN BEIJING IN 2008. THEY'VE REDESIGNED HER THROWING FRAME, AND SHE ACHIEVED SILVER AT THE IPC ATHLETIC WORLD CHAMPS LAST YEAR. SO, JESS HAD A FRAME MADE, UH, HERE IN DUNEDIN, SPECIFICALLY FOR HER. SHE ACTUALLY IMPROVED HER PB BY CLOSE TO A METRE, WHICH IS HUGE IN SHOT PUT. GREAT TO SEE AN ATHLETE FROM MY HOME TOWN, INVERCARGILL. NOW LET'S GO TO THE ATHLETICS STADIUM, WHERE JESS IS IN ACTION. NOW THE WOMEN'S SHOT PUT COMPETITION, AND THIS IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ARENA. AND THIS IS THE F34 FINAL, SEATED THROWING. AND FROM NZ, JESSICA HAMILL, 26 YEARS OF AGE. HER LIFETIME BEST IS 7.84M. INDISTINCT PA AND THAT IS CERTAINLY HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WON'T BE 7.84, I DON'T FANCY, BUT IT'S A GOOD START TO THE COMPETITION. AND SHE'S PRETTY HAPPY WITH HERSELF AT THE MOMENT. SO THE ATHLETES GET THREE THROWS IN A ROW. AND 7.54. 7.54, AND THAT TO MY RECKONING PUTS HER JUST ABOUT IN THE LEAD, THOUGH JUST CHASING KORNOBYS FROM POLAND, SO SECOND PLACE FOR HAMILL AND NEEDS TO THROW ANOTHER 46CM OR SO TO GET NEAR THE POLISH ATHLETE. SO JESSICA HAMILL. NEXT ONE. YOU'LL FIND THAT WAS A RED FLAG. YES, IT WAS. SO A FOUL THERE FOR HAMILL, A NO-THROW. JUST SEEKING CLARIFICATION FROM THE OFFICIALS. NOW SHE'S NICE AND FIRED UP FOR HER THIRD THROW, HER LAST OF THREE IN THIS SECTION OF THE COMPETITION. CAN SHE MATCH OR BETTER 7.54? AND TO THE NAKED EYE, I DON'T THINK SO. A SHAKE OF THE HEAD AS WELL. (CHUCKLES) HER BODY LANGUAGE WOULD SUGGEST THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE 7.54, AND IT ISN'T 7.38. SHE KNOWS. 7.38. STILL IN SECOND POSITION. SHE HAS TO FEND OFF SAIDA AMOUDI, THOUGH, FROM MAURITIUS, WHO HAS THROWN SO FAR 7.46. SO JESSICA HAMILL IN SILVER-MEDAL POSITION. ZOU LIJUAN'S ALREADY DONE THE DOUBLE AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS LAST YEAR. DID THE SAME AT THE ASIAN GAMES THE YEAR PREVIOUS. (SHOUTS) THE JAVELIN PARALYMPIC CHAMPION FOR RIO 2016. HER VERY FIRST ATTEMPT GOING OUT BEYOND THE WORLD RECORD MARK. 8.75, AND THAT MORE THAN GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE GOLD. SHE HAD TWO MORE THROWS THAT WOULD'VE DONE IT IN THEIR OWN RIGHT ` 8.50 AND 8.48. BUT IT'S A WORLD RECORD AND A GOLD FOR CHINA FOR ZOU LIJUAN ` 8.75. WELL, JESS, WHAT ARE THE EMOTIONS AFTER THAT ONE? WELL, I'M VERY HAPPY TO TAKE AWAY A BRONZE MEDAL. IT WAS VERY HARD OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY AFTER MY NO-THROW. YOU KNOW, I WAS A BIT SHAKEN UP BY THAT. BUT I CAME BACK AGAIN, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT DIDN'T BEAT` BEAT SILVER, BUT, HEY, I'M TAKING HOME A MEDAL, SO, YEAH, REALLY HAPPY. WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED ON THAT NO-THROW? IT WAS MY POLE THAT WAS HOLDING ON TO. HE SAID IT BENT A WEE BIT, YOU KNOW, AND I WAS A BIT SHOCKED BECAUSE IT IS PRETTY SOLID. BUT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, ALL THE OTHER ATHLETES HAD THAT AS WELL. THEY'RE PRETTY STRICT ON IT, SO, YEAH. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN OUT THERE, THOUGH, YEAH. YEAH, WHAT WAS THE ATMOSPHERE LIKE, THE WHOLE RIO EXPERIENCE? WELL, THE CROWD WAS A LITTLE BIT SMALL, BUT BY THE TIME I THREW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE MUSIC WAS PLAYING, THE CROWD WAS CHEERING. IT WAS JUST AN AWESOME BUZZ. DO YOU NOTICE THE CROWD MUCH WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE? A WEE BIT WHILE I'M WAITING, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF WAITING AROUND AND STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT ONCE I'M IN THE FRAME, I'M KIND OF IN MY ZONE AND, YEAH, SO... WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND AS WELL WHEN YOU'RE WAITING BETWEEN YOUR FIRST SET OF SHOTS AND THEN THE SECOND SET OF SHOTS? IT IS A LONG WAIT, ISN'T IT, SO YOU'VE GOTTA, LIKE, LEARN HOW TO MAINTAIN THAT EXCITEMENT IN IT, YOU KNOW, SO KIND OF RELAX FOR A FEW PEOPLE AND GO BACK UP AGAIN AND, YEAH, SO... BUT ALWAYS ON EDGE AND, YEAH, GEARING UP FOR THE NEXT ONE, SO... YEAH, WAS IT A BIT TENSE MENTALLY WAITING FOR THE OTHERS TO GO THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAD GOT THAT MEDAL? YEAH, IT WAS. BUT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT WAS OUT OF MY CONTROL, AND I WAS TRYING TO CONCENTRATE ON THE NEXT SET OF THROWS AND MYSELF TO IMPROVE THAT I COULD GET ALL LEGAL THROWS, YEAH, SO... SO, AT THE END OF THE DAY, I'M TAKING HOME A MEDAL AND I TRIED MY VERY BEST, SO, YEAH. WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE TO BE UP ON THAT PODIUM TOMORROW? I CAN'T WAIT, YEAH. WELL, AT THE END OF IT, EVERY ATHLETE'S DREAM WOULD BE TO BE UP ON THAT PODIUM. AND IF IT'S A BRONZE, WELL, I TRIED MY BEST, AND I'M HAPPY WITH THAT, YEAH. IT WAS HARD TODAY, YEAH. YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. WONDERFUL BRONZE EFFORT. YEAH, THANK YOU. A GREAT EFFORT FROM JESS. WHEN WE COME BACK ` HE ALREADY HAS A SILVER AND A GOLD; NOW IT'S TIME FOR LIAM MALONE'S FAVOURITE EVENT, THE 400M. 1 LIAM MALONE'S BECOME A HOUSEHOLD NAME IN THE WEEK, AND NOT JUST AT HOME. THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ARE LOVING HIS SPEED AND HIS SHOWMANSHIP. BUT FIRST, HERE'S LIAM IN THE HEATS OF WHAT GOING INTO THESE GAMES WAS HIS FAVOURED DISTANCE ` THE 400M. ALREADY A GOLD MEDALLIST HERE. WOULD LOVE TO DO THE DOUBLE. A PB OF 48.28. AND THAT IS THE SECOND FASTEST PB OF THE RACE. AJ DIGBY FROM THE USA ` HE FINISHED FIFTH IN THE 200 FINAL HERE IN LANE NUMBER SIX ` HAS THAT HONOUR. THIS RACE ALSO WAS MEANT TO HAVE ALAN OLIVEIRA FROM BRAZIL. THE MAN WHO DETHRONED PISTORIUS IN LONDON, BUT HE'S NOT STARTING. WE HAVE A VACANT LANE ` LANE NUMBER THREE. SO, READY TO GO. BANG! HEAT NUMBER TWO. WOODHALL WON THE FIRST HEAT IN 48.82. AND MALONE OFF TO A PRETTY STEADY START. QUICK START FROM DIGBY IN LANE NUMBER SIX. ALREADY MOVING UP TOWARDS BEHRE. AS THEY HEAD DOWN THE BACK, THEY'RE A LONG GAP IN FRONT AT THE MOMENT. THEN NEXT IN THE FIELD IS CASAS. AND ALSO SEITIS IS PICKING UP SOME GROUND, PASSING CASAS AT THE MOMENT. ON THE INSIDE IS MALONE. SO THEY RUN OFF THE BACK. BEHRE STILL HAS A LITTLE MARGIN, BUT DIGBY'S RIGHT THERE. NOW MALONE. STILL HAS A LITTLE BIT OF WORK TO DO. AS THEY COME AROUND THE HOME TURN, IT IS BEHRE IN FRONT, FROM IN SECOND PLACE, WE'VE GOT DIGBY, AND THEN ALONG THE INSIDE, MALONE. HE LOOKS TO HIS LEFT, BEHRE. HE'S GONNA TAKE IT COMFORTABLY. NOW, REMEMBER THE FIRST HEAT WAS 48.82. THIS WILL BE QUICKER. 47.75 TO DAVID BEHRE. AND IT WAS MALONE IN SECOND PLACE, AUTOMATICALLY QUALIFYING, 48.34. AND DIGBY, WHO SET A CRACKING TEMPO EARLY, 48.90. THEY WILL AUTOMATICALLY QUALIFY THERE IN THE SECOND HEAT. YEAH, BEHRE KNEW HIS BEARINGS QUITE WELL. A LITTLE GLANCE ACROSS TO SEE WHERE MALONE WAS. AND MALONE COMFORTABLE IN SECOND PLACE. DIGBY IN THIRD. LIAM, CAN YOU START TALKING THROUGH THAT RACE? WAS THAT IN YOUR MIND JUST ABOUT QUALIFYING, GETTING THAT DONE? OR WAS THAT ABOUT GOING AS HARD`? YEAH, YOU KNOW, I WAS TALKING TO THE BOYS BEFORE, AND I'M LIKE, 'LET'S JUST RELAX. LIKE... 'WE'VE GOT TO PULL UP AGAIN TOMORROW AT 11.40 OR SOMETHING. 'LET'S NOT BE CRAZY.' AND THEN THE BOYS TOOK OFF AWFULLY FAST. I THOUGHT, 'OH, HERE WE GO.' THEY WANTED TO WALK FROM THE START, AND I JUST... YEAH, I JUST WAS JUST CHILLING THE WHOLE WAY. BUT DAVID STILL RAN FAST, AND I WAS WATCHING THE REPLAY, AND IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS JUST JOGGING TOO, SO... WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS TOMORROW. I'M NOT PULLING UP TOO WELL AFTER THE 200. BUT, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY I'LL BE BETTER BY TOMORROW. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE VERY SHORT TURNAROUND BETWEEN THIS RACE AND THE FINAL TOMORROW? IT'S CRAZY. I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S NOT HOW YOU GET WORLD RECORDS BROKEN. YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF DAYS WOULD'VE BEEN NICE, BUT... IT IS WHAT IT IS. SO, A RACE LIKE TODAY, WHEN IT'S KIND OF, I GUESS, EVERYONE PLAYING A BIT OF MIND GAMES, DOES IT TELL YOU MUCH ABOUT WHAT THE COMPETITION'S GOING TO BE LIKE TOMORROW? OH, THE COMPETITION'S ALWAYS TOUGH AMONGST US GUYS. I MEAN, THEY'RE ALL SUPER TALENTED. AND HUNTER WOODHALL ` HE'S 17, HE'S A BEAST. I FEEL LIKE I'M AT THE TOP AT THE MOMENT AND THEY'RE ALL COMING TO GET ME, SO IT'S GONNA BE TOUGH TOMORROW. I'LL DO MY BEST. THE 100, THE 200. PULLING UP AFTER THEM AND REFOCUSING ` HOW MUCH OF A CHALLENGE HAS THAT BEEN? OH, YEAH, I'M JUST... I GUESS FOCUSING IS TOUGH. I MEAN, MY SLEEP HASN'T BEEN VERY GOOD. I FEEL LIKE I'M RUNNING AT ABOUT 40%. UM... BUT, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY AT THE MOMENT. I'M SO SORRY. I'M JUST SO TIRED. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE CAN FORGIVE YOU. BACK TO EARTH, THOUGH. LIAM'S GOT HIS WORK CUT OUT IN TOMORROW'S FINAL. ANOTHER FRONT RUNNER IS AMERICAN HUNTER WOODHALL, WHO MADE EASY WORK OF THE SECOND HEAT TODAY. FIRST THREE TO QUALIFY FOR THE FINAL. BANG! SO, AWAY THEY GO, AND WOODHALL AWAY VERY VERY WELL. KYAW WIN RIGHT ALONGSIDE, BUT WILL HE WIN TONIGHT? DI MARINO, FOR ITALY, WENT OUT IN THE SEMI-FINALS OF THE 200M. AND HERE GOES WOODHALL. HE'S TAKING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FOR GRANTED HERE. HE IS AWAY. HIS AMERICAN COLLEAGUE NICK ROGERS ALSO GOING WELL IN TWO. THEY'RE LOOKING TO SET THE STALL UP VERY WELL. WOODHALL ` DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE END IN THAT RELAY, LOSING THE WORLD RECORD AND THE GOLD MEDAL DUE TO THE DISQUALIFICATION IN THE CHANGEOVER. BUT SILVER IN THE 200M. IT SET HIM UP VERY WELL FOR THIS. ROGERS BEHIND HIM IN SECOND PLACE. AND THE REST ARE ABOUT 50M BEHIND. THIS IS AN AMAZING RUN BY WOODHALL. HE CAN PUSH IT IF HE WANTS TO, BUT HE DOESN'T. WOODHALL TAKES IT. ROGERS SECOND. 48.83 THE WINNING TIME. BIG RACE FOR THIRD. AND DI MARINO WILL TAKE IT FOR ITALY. AHEAD OF KYAW WIN AND HETTIARACHCHI OF MYANMAR AND SRI LANKA RESPECTIVELY. AND WOODHALL JUST WENT AWAY AND STAYED AWAY. HE WAS HALF A SECOND CLEAR OF ROGERS IN SECOND PLACE AND FULL SEVEN SECONDS AWAY FROM DI MARINO IN THIRD. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PERSONAL BESTS BEHIND HIM. AND WOODHALL ` 47.63 ` HIS RUN THIS YEAR. IT'S HIS LIFETIME BEST. BEING FROM NZ, I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT LIAM MALONE AND WHAT YOU MAKE OF HIM. YEAH, UH, OFF THE TRACK, HE'S A GREAT GUY; WE'RE GREAT FRIENDS. UH, I GOT TO TRAIN BACK WITH HIM FOR A WEEK OR TWO IN CALIFORNIA WHEN WE WENT TO CHULA VISTA. I MEAN, ON THE TRACK HE'S AN ANIMAL. OBVIOUSLY WE SAW TWO DAYS AGO IN THE 200. I'M EXCITED FOR THE 400. WE'RE GONNA TEAR IT UP, PUT ON A SHOW. < HAS HE SURPRISED YOU? UM, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, COMING FROM WORLDS, OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T PERFORM HOW HE WANTED, HE HAD SOME BROKEN LEGS, UM, BUT I THINK HE SURPRISED EVERYBODY. BUT I KNEW WHAT HE WAS CAPABLE OF FROM TRAINING WITH HIM JUST A WEEK BEFORE THE GAMES. SO, I MEAN, I WAS READY FOR IT, BUT IT WAS OBVIOUSLY A PLEASANT SURPRISE. < KNOWING HIM AS YOU DO, WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS ABOUT HIM THAT MAKES HIM SUCH AN IMPRESSIVE ATHLETE? HE'S A HARD WORKER, HE'S HUMBLE, HE KEEPS EVERYTHING INSIDE, AND THEN HE'S JUST, YOU KNOW, AN AMAZING ATHLETE OVERALL GENETICALLY, SO... IS HE QUITE A POPULAR GUY IN THE RUNNING SCENE? HE IS. I MEAN, HOW CAN YOU NOT BE? YOU'RE A GOLD MEDALLIST IN THE 200M. HE'S FUN TO BE AROUND. LIKE I SAID, HE'S A COOL GUY, SO DEFINITELY, ABSOLUTELY. LOOKS LIKE YOU'LL BE RACING HIM AGAIN TOMORROW. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE MATCH-UP? I'M EXCITED. OBVIOUSLY, HE'S A GOOD COMPETITOR, AND IT'S GONNA BE A FUN RACE, FOR SURE. AWESOME. HEY, THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, HUNTER. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. ALL THE BEST FOR THE FINAL TOMORROW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. A FINAL TO LOOK FORWARD TO. AFTER THE BREAK, THE KIWI CYCLISTS HIT THE ROAD FOR THE TIME TRIAL. THERE WERE HIGH HOPES FOR OUR CYCLISTS AT THESE GAMES ON THE TRACK. SO HIGH, THEY WERE NOT HAPPY WITH THEIR SINGLE SILVER. TODAY, MOST OF THE TEAM TURNED OUT FOR ANOTHER SHOT. THIS TIME, IT WAS IN THE TIME TRIAL ON THE ROAD. PAULA TESOREIRO WAS THERE. WELL, IT'S BEEN A BIT OF A DISAPPOINTING DAY HERE TODAY IN PONTAO FOR THE KIWI CYCLING TEAM. THERE WERE HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR EMMA FOY AND LAURA THOMPSON TO MEDAL, BUT THEY JUST MISSED OUT, INSTEAD COMING IN FOURTH PLACE. EMMA AND LAURA, FOURTH PLACE IN THE EVENT. WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? WELL, FOURTH SUCKS. ALL LAUGH BUT, I MEAN, YOU PUT IT ALL OUT THERE, YOU DO YOUR BEST. THAT'S ALL YOU CAN DO. WE LIKE BOTH RODE EVERY SINGLE PART AS HARD AS WE COULD, AND THAT'S WHERE WE WERE TODAY, SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. IT WASN'T SO MUCH LIKE OUR PURSUIT, WHERE WE HAD A TERRIBLE DAY. I THINK WE ACTUALLY` WE RODE WELL TODAY. IT'S JUST THE OTHER BIKES WENT QUICKER THAN US, AND THAT'S BIKE RACING, I SUPPOSE. EMMA, WAS IT THE SORT OF COURSE THAT SUITED YOUR STRENGTHS? UM, I GUESS, YEAH, DOING` AT THE PARALYMPICS WE'RE DOING TRACK AND ROAD, SO IF ANYTHING, THE FLAT COURSE WOULD BE THE BEST IN TERMS OF CONVERTING TRACK TRAINING TO ROAD. SO YEAH, IT WAS THE` WE HAD A GOOD SHOT. WAS THERE A LOT OF SUPPORT OUT THERE, EMMA, ON THE COURSE? YEP. WE COULD HEAR NZ, I COULD HEAR LAURA'S MUM, SO 9LAUGHS). MY MUM'S ALWAYS THE LOUDEST. HOW DO YOU THINK YOU` YOU PULLED UP FROM YOUR RECOVERY ON THE TRACK? DID YOU FEEL STRONG GOING IN TODAY OR..? WELL, I THINK FOR US, A LOT OF IT WAS MENTALLY GETTING BACK IN THE GAME AND PUTTING OUR SILVER MEDAL` WELL, ALTHOUGH IT WAS GREAT TO WIN SILVER, IT'S NOT WHAT WE CAME HERE FOR, SO I GUESS WE HAD TO SORT OF PROCESS THAT AND TRY AND MOVE ON AND HAVE ANOTHER REALLY GOOD RACE TODAY, WHICH I DO ACTUALLY THINK WE DID; WE JUST DIDN'T GET THE RESULT TODAY, SO YEAH. THAT'S THAT. OTHER RESULTS FOR THE DAY WERE OUR OTHER TANDEM, AMANDA CAMERON AND HANNAH VAN KAMPEN PLACING NINTH. LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE GIVEN IT EVERYTHING. TALK US THROUGH THE RIDE. UM, YEAH, IT WAS GOOD. LIKE, WE HAVEN'T, UM, TT'D TOO MUCH TOGETHER, SO IT WAS` IT WAS GOOD. IT WAS REAL GOOD. WE SORT OF FOUND A GOOD RHYTHM ON THE WAY OUT, AND, UH, I THINK WE MATCHED EACH OTHER QUITE WELL, SO GOTTA BE HAPPY WITH THAT. THERE WAS PRETTY STRONG WIND OUT THERE, AND PLUS THE HEAT DID MAKE IT QUITE HARD. BUT PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD, AND IT WORKED FOR US PERSONALLY, TIME TRIALLING. SO YEAH, I THINK IT SUITED US QUITE WELL. I WATCHED YOU AT THE START LINE. WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND? UM, JUST KIND OF TRYING TO STAY CALM AND NOT HIT IT TOO HARD FROM THE GUN. JUST GET DOWN THAT RAMP, GET ROUND THE TECHNICAL BIT AND CRACK INTO IT. TWO NEW CYCLISTS, STEVEN HILLS AND FRASER SHARP, BOTH PLACING EIGHTH IN THEIR EVENT. SO, STEVEN, THIS IS YOUR FIRST GAMES, AND DOES THAT SPUR YOU ON TO WANNA GO TO TOKYO? IT SURE DOES. UM, YEAH, SO IT WAS JUST WATCHING THE CORNERS GET ON THE` ON THE STRAIGHT, AND THEN HEAD DOWN, BUM UP, AND JUST YEAH, GIVE IT ALL I HAD. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S 30 K'S, SO YOU'VE GOT GOTTA LAST. I KNOW I CAN DO A LOT BETTER THAN WHAT I HAD DONE. I GAVE IT EVERYTHING WHAT I COULD TODAY, BUT I KNOW THERE'S A LOT MORE IN ME. UM, YOU KNOW, YEAH, I'M 40, SO TOKYO'S GONNA BE` I'LL BE 44, 45, AND, UM, YEAH, MY COACH BELIEVES IN ME AND OTHER PEOPLE BELIEVE IN ME, SO ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE. THE CYCLING TALLY FOR THE KIWI TEAM STANDS AT ONE SILVER. THERE'S STILL SOME HOPE ON THE ROAD RACING, WHICH BEGINS ON FRIDAY, WHERE ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. RETURNING TO THE AQUATIC CENTRE NOW, IT WAS A QUIET DAY AFTER THE GOLD RUSH. REBECCA DUBBER WAS LOOKING TO ADD TO HER BRONZE FROM DAY ONE. WOMAN: THERE'S REBECCA DUBBER, 23 YEARS OF AGE. SHE WAS A BRONZE MEDALLIST IN THE 100 BACKSTROKE, FIFTH IN THIS EVENT IN LONDON, SO ANOTHER YOUNGSTER LOOKING TO MOVE INTO THE MEDAL TALLIES. 5.25.34. WE'D LIKE TO THINK HER PROSPECTS ARE QUITE GOOD TO MEDAL. TAKE YOUR MARKS. BEEP! SLOW OFF THE BLOCKS IN LANE TWO FROM THE CHINESE ATHLETE HUANG YAJING. AND MACKENZIE COAN, SWIMMING IN FOUR, LOOKING GOOD EARLY. IN FACT, SHE'S GONNA TOUCH IN EASILY WHEN WE ROUND TO THE FIRST 50M-TURN. MAN: COAN IS TAKING A SIGNIFICANT LEAD OVER JORDAN ROGERS, JUST DROPPING BACK AFTER AN IMPRESSIVE START. WELL, MACKENZIE COAN HAS SHOWN SUPREME CONSISTENCY OVER THOSE PAST THREE 50S. SHORTISH, CHOPPY-ISH KIND OF STROKE BUT THIS BEAUTIFUL RHYTHM, AND SHE SITS IN THE WATER SO NICELY. SHE IS (CHUCKLES) JUST SO FAR IN FRONT NOW. AND WE'LL HAVE A LOOK AT THIS TIME AT LEAST. MACKENZIE COAN, SHE'S NOW ALMOST HALF A POOL LENGTH IN FRONT OF THE REST OF THE FIELD. AND MACKENZIE COAN, SHE'S GOING TO BE CROWNED THE PARALYMPIC CHAMPION. CHEERING, APPLAUSE IT'S GONNA BE A HANDY TIME TOO. MACKENZIE COAN, THE GOLD MEDALLIST. USA, ONE, TWO. AND SUSANNAH RODGERS FROM GREAT BRITAIN HAS HAD A FANTASTIC SWIM TO TAKE THE BRONZE MEDAL, THE DECISIVE BRONZE AS WELL. NZ'S REBECCA DUBBER WILL TOUCH IN AT FOURTH POSITION. REBECCA, TOUGH SWIM OUT THERE. IT WAS ONE OF THOSE RACES WHERE THE FIELD WAS JUST SO INCREDIBLY SPREAD OUT. WHAT'S YOUR REACTION TO THAT? UH, DISAPPOINTMENT, OBVIOUSLY. I WAS REALLY GOING OUT THERE TO SWIM MY PB TONIGHT. HAD A GREAT WARM-UP, EVERYTHING WAS FEELING GREAT, AND, UMM, YOU KNOW, WAS REALLY CONFIDENT ABOUT IT ALL. BUT JUST IN THE MOMENT, DIDN'T QUITE COME TOGETHER, AND I NEED TO GO BACK AND EVALUATE WHAT HAPPENED. BUT RIGHT NOW, I'M, YEAH, A BIT OVERWHELMED. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE COULD SEE WAS THE GOLD MEDALLIST FROM THAT EVENT WAS IN THE LANE NEXT TO YOU. WERE YOU AWARE OF HOW FAR AHEAD SHE WAS FROM THE REST OF THE FIELD, FROM WHAT YOU COULD SEE? YEAH. I MEAN, SHE CAME IN WITH A REALLY FAST PB AND WE ALL KNEW SHE WAS GONNA BE TOUGH TO BEAT. BUT, UM,... YEAH, I MEAN, CONGRATULATIONS TO HER. IT WAS A GREAT SWIM. SO I KNOW THERE'S SOME FOOTAGE TO WATCH AND DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COACH. ANYTHING THAT SORT OF IMMEDIATELY COMES TO MIND ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'D TAKE FROM THAT RACE FOR THE` FOR THE NEXT TIME YOU RACE THAT SAME EVENT? UH, AT THE MOMENT, I CAN'T REALLY PUT THINGS INTO WORDS AS TO WHAT WE NEED TO WORK ON. THAT'S A DISCUSSION I NEED TO HAVE WITH MY COACH AT A LATER TIME. YOU STARTED OUT THESE GAMES WITH A BRONZE MEDAL, UM, AT YOUR SECOND PARALYMPIC GAMES. > IT WAS A FANTASTIC SWIM. AND, YOU KNOW, THE REST OF THE NZ TEAM HAVE COME OUT HERE IN THIS POOL AND CONTINUED TO PERFORM AND` AND BUILD ON THAT INITIAL MEDAL THAT YOU WON. HAS THE SUCCESS OF THE NZ TEAM ADDED PRESSURE, DO YOU THINK, FOR THOSE SWIMMING IN THE LAST RACES OR HAS THAT REALLY MOTIVATED YOU? UH, FOR ME IT'S COMPLETELY INSPIRED ME TO GO OUT AND BE A BETTER SWIMMER AND TO TRY AND MATCH THEM, UH, ON THE FIELD. I CAN'T SAY THAT IT ADDED ANY MORE PRESSURE TO MY SWIM TONIGHT. BUT, UH, DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY INSPIRING SWIMS BY THE REST OF MY TEAMMATES. WHAT'S YOUR OVERALL TAKEOUT FROM THESE GAMES? UH... I MEAN, RIO'S BEEN GREAT, SO DIFFERENT TO LONDON. UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE GROWN UP SO MUCH MORE SINCE THE LONDON GAMES FOUR YEARS AGO, AND TO BE ABLE TO APPLY SOME OF THAT TO MY SWIMS HERE IN RIO HAS BEEN REALLY GREAT. WHAT'S NEXT FOR REBECCA DUBBER? UH, (CHUCKLES) TO BE CONTINUED. UM, WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD DISCUSSIONS AROUND THAT YET. AGAIN, SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT AND THINK ABOUT WHEN I GET BACK HOME. ALL RIGHT. WELL, RECOVER WELL. THANK YOU. ALSO IN THE POOL, JUST A DAY AFTER WINNING GOLD, 17-YEAR-OLD NIKITA HOWARTH WAS BACK FOR A 100M BREASTSTROKE FINAL. MAN: THIS IS THE WOMEN'S 100M BREASTSTROKE SB8. NIKITA HOWARTH OF NZ, 17-YEAR-OLD. GOLD IN THE 200M, BRONZE IN THE 50-FLY. SHE GOES IN LANE ONE IN WHAT IS NOT ONE OF HER STRONGER EVENTS, IT MUST BE MENTIONED. BUT SHE'S GOT A STRONG START. IT MIGHT BE BUOYED BY PERFORMANCES ALREADY HERE. HOWARTH, CALADO, WOZNIAK, ROXON, KEANE, CASHMORE, XU AND HAASE QUIROS AS THEY GET UNDERWAY. TAKE YOUR MARKS. CHEERING, APPLAUSE GOING IN LANE SIX, IT IS CASHMORE WHO GETS OFF TO THE BEST OF THE STARTS. FIRST TO BREAK WATER, THOUGH, IS ROXON AND QUICKLY INTO A STROKE. ELLEN KEANE ALONGSIDE HER IN LANE FIVE IS NOT ALLOWING HER TO GET AWAY. BUT ABSOLUTELY FLYING OUT HERE IS CASHMORE, GOING IN LANE SIX. WELL, THIS SHE REGARDS AS PERHAPS HER FAVOURITE EVENT. BUT SOMEBODY WHO IS DESPERATE FOR THE GOLD MEDAL IN THIS EVENT WITH THE, UH, WORLD-RECORD HOLDER NOT ELIGIBLE TO COMPETE. BUT THE COMEBACK FROM ROXON NOT QUITE COMPLETE, BUT SHE'S CERTAINLY LAUNCHING A LITTLE BIT OF A FIGHT BACK AS THEY EDGE TOWARDS THE 50. ROXON IS SURGING TOWARDS THE WALL. I SUSPECT SHE'S CONSERVED JUST A LITTLE IN THAT FIRST 25M. BUT CASHMORE'S HAD A BRILLIANT FIRST 50, TOUCHES IN AT 32:37:02. SHE'S HOLDING OFF THE CHALLENGE FROM ROXON AT THIS STAGE, BUT ROXON IS COMING AT HER. AND DON'T FORGET KEANE, WHO'S SANDWICHED IN BETWEEN THE TWO LEADERS AT THE MOMENT. BUT NOW IT'S ALMOST LEVEL BETWEEN CASHMORE AND ROXON. IT'S DOWN TO ROXON AND CASHMORE! THEY ARE OFF THE WORLD-RECORD TIME, CERTAINLY, BUT ROXON WANTS IT DESPERATELY, CASHMORE WANTS IT JUST AS DESPERATELY! BUT I THINK IT'S ROXON WHO'S GOT THE STRONGER FINISH HERE! CANADA MIGHT HAVE YET ANOTHER MEDAL! IT IS ROXON WHO'S SURGING TO THE FRONT. CASHMORE WILL BE DENIED THE GOLD SHE DOES SO DEARLY DESERVE! ROXON TAKE GOLD. CASHMORE TAKES THE SILVER. AND INDEED IT IS KEANE OF IRELAND WHO MEDALS. AT FOURTH PLACE FOR WOZNIAK OF POLAND. FIFTH TO CALADO OF PORTUGAL. SIXTH TO XU, SEVENTH TO HOWARTH OF NZ, AND HAASE QUIROS OF COSTA RICA STILL TO COME TO THE WALL. BUT OVERCOME BY THE EMOTION OF CLAIMING GOLD. THAT LOOKED INCREDIBLY HARD OUT THERE. YOU HELD ON, BUT THEN THEY GOT AWAY ON YOU. HOW HARD WAS THAT RACE? IT WAS PRETTY HARD CONSIDERING YESTERDAY, YOU KNOW, I'D JUST WON A GOLD MEDAL, AND MY LEGS ARE STUFFED. SO I WAS PRETTY HAPPY WITH THAT TIME. HAS THE GOLD MEDAL FROM LAST NIGHT SUNK IN YET? NOT YET, NO. (LAUGHS) WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS AT THE START LINE TONIGHT, KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD ONE GOAL LAST NIGHT? WAS IT HARDER OR EASIER AT THE START LINE TONIGHT? THE START LINE TONIGHT WAS EASY. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT REALLY MY GREATEST RACE. I WAS JUST SORT OF CHILLING OUT AND SEE WHAT TIME I GOT, YEAH. SO REFLECTING NOT JUST ON LAST NIGHT BUT EARLIER IN THE WEEK AS WELL, HOW DO THESE GAMES RATE FOR YOU? PRETTY HIGH, EH. THEY'RE PRETTY AMAZING. I DIDN'T REALLY EXPECT TO COME AWAY WITH SUCH ACHIEVEMENTS, AND, YOU KNOW, I AM, SO I CANNOT BE HAPPIER, YEAH. THERE'S MORE SWIMMING TO COME IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, BUT WHAT A WEEK IT'S BEEN ALREADY. JUST AHEAD ` WE GET OUR FIRST LOOK AT WHEELCHAIR RUGBY. 1 TIME NOW TO CHECK ON THE OTHER NZERS COMPETING TODAY. GREG REID, THE LAST OF OUR SHOOTERS, FINISHED OUTSIDE THE MEDALS IN HIS FINAL EVENT, BUT OUR SONAR SAILORS HAD A GOOD DAY. IN THREE RACES, THE FINISHED FOURTH, SIXTH AND FOURTH TO LAND THIRD PLACE OVERALL AFTER SIX RACES. NOW, WHEN THE RUSSIANS WERE BANNED FROM THE PARALYMPICS, IT CREATED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PARA-CANOEIST SCOTT MARTLEW. TODAY IN THE SPRINT HEATS SCOTT JUSTIFIED THE LATE CALL-UP BY QUALIFYING FOR TOMORROW'S FINAL. IT WENT PRETTY WELL FOR ME. I STUCK TO THE GAME PLAN AND JUST TOOK IT OUT STRONG AND FAST AND THEN JUST HUNG ON FOR DEAR LIFE AT THE END, WHICH WAS PRETTY EXHAUSTING, BUT IT GOT THERE. SO WHAT'S IT BEEN LIKE WITH A LATE CALL-UP TO THE PARALYMPICS? UH, IT'S BEEN PRETTY CRAZY WITH THE` I WAS SAYING, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I WAS SITTING AT MY DESK, NOT EVEN QUALIFIED FOR THE PARALYMPICS, AND TODAY I'VE JUST MADE THE PARALYMPIC FINAL, WHICH IS CRAZY TO THINK ABOUT. NOW, IF ANYONE YOU KNOW OF MIGHT BE LOOKING TO GET INTO PARA-SPORT, A GREAT PLACE TO START IS WITH YOUR LOCAL PARAFED. PARAFEDS RUN COMMUNITY SPORTS PROGRAMMES FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES AND VISUAL IMPAIRMENT. WE SPENT SOME TIME FINDING OUT ABOUT THE WAIKATO PARAFED. HOLD UP YOUR ELBOW ON THIS SIDE AS WELL. THAT'S GOOD. PUSH IT OUT NICE AND STRAIGHT. YEAH, THAT'S GOOD WORK. YEP. THAT ONE, YEAH. ARM OUT. ARM TO THE SIDE. HOLD ON THERE. (LAUGHS) DAVE KLINKHAMER BECAME PARALYSED IN A MOTORBIKE ACCIDENT WHEN HE WAS 17. THESE DAYS HE'S THE ONE PASSING ON WISDOM TO OLD BLOKES LIKE JACK. DAVE WORKS FOR A SPORT ORGANISATION CALLED PARAFED THAT SUPPORTS REHABILITATION. IT'S ALSO A TALENT SCOUT FOR PARALYMPICS NZ. 2001 I HAD A MOTOCROSS ACCIDENT. PRETTY SOON AFTER THAT, I GOT INVOLVED IN WHEELCHAIR RUGBY. PARAFED WAS THERE TO SUPPORT ME. THEY HAD THE TRAININGS THERE, AND THE EQUIPMENT. SO I CAME ALONG, GOT INVOLVED, PLAYED FOR THE WAIKATO TEAM FOR A FEW YEARS, THEN GOT INTO THE NZ TEAM AND TRAVELLED THE WORLD PLAYING RUGBY. I COMPETED AT THE PARALYMPICS. SPORT CHANGED HIS LIFE POST-ACCIDENT. THAT LIVED EXPERIENCE GIVES DAVE CLOUT WHEN MOTIVATING OTHERS WHO ARE NEWLY DISABLED. WHEN YOU'VE CAUGHT YOUR BREATH, WE'LL GO AGAIN ON THE OTHER SIDE. OK. OK? HAVE A LITTLE REST FOR A MINUTE, THOUGH. AND EVERY NOW AND THEN, ONE OF THE NATIONAL PARAFEDS UNCOVERS HOT TALENT WHO THEY DIRECT TO PARALYMPICS NZ. WE HAVE SOME OF OUR JUNIOR ATHLETES WHO ARE NOW PARALYMPIANS THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME COMPETING IN RIO. WE HAVE PEOPLE LIKE NIKITA HOWARTH, WHO'S COMPETING IN SWIMMING, JESSE REYNOLDS, WHO'S ALSO A SWIMMER, AND JACOB PHILLIPS COMPETING IN ATHLETICS. THESE GUYS HAVE COME FROM LITTLE KIDS COMPETING WITH US TO NOW HIGH-PERFORMANCE ATHLETES COMPETING ON THE BIG STAGE. DAVE COMPETED IN WHEELCHAIR RUGBY AT THE BEIJING PARALYMPICS AND IT'S RUGBY WE'RE GOING TO NOW, WITH COMPETITION STARTING TODAY. DESPITE A STRONG HISTORY IN THE SPORT, THE WHEEL BLACKS DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR RIO, KNOCKED OUT BY FRANCE EARLIER THIS YEAR. TODAY, THAT FRENCH TEAM TOOK ON WORLD NUMBER ONE SIDE, THE USA. BUT THEY ARE BACK AND UNDERWAY AGAIN NOW, ARE FRANCE. SO FRANCE WINS THAT THIRD QUARTER 14-12. IT'S THE OPENING TWO THAT THEY CONCEDE, THOUGH ` 14-9 AND 12-8 ` AND THIS IS BETTER AS THEY JUST NOSE AHEAD IN THE SCORELINE IN THIS FOURTH QUARTER, BUT STILL, IT'S A SIX-POINT DIFFERENTIAL. THIS IS A BIT ABOUT THE RANGE. JUST WHILE THEY'RE CELEBRATING, AOKI HAS GONE ALL THE WAY, BUT HE CAN'T CONTROL IT. IT JUST GOT AWAY FROM HIM. AND NOW FRANCE COULD HEM THEM BACK TO FIVE. IT'S A SIX-POINT DIFFERENTIAL AND THIS IS A BIT ABOUT THE RANGE. HE'S PRETTY CALM OVER THERE, BUT YOU SEE HIM ASSERTING HIMSELF. THE NUMBERS THAT I WAS JUST RELAYING. BUT THIS` FOR FRANCE, IF THEY CAN GET IT TO FIVE, IT STARTS TO BECOME REALISTIC. HIVERNAT HAS BEEN GREAT IN THIS MATCH-UP. HE'S BEEN CONSISTENTLY MANAGING THE SCOREBOARD. HIS POSSESSIONS ` HE'S GOT 15 NOW. HE'S THE OVERALL TOP SCORER IN THIS MATCH BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES. THE TOP FOR THE AMERICANS IS AOKI, BUT THEY JUST HAVE SO MANY OTHER SCORERS. ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT DIFFERENT SCORERS FOR THE UNITED STATES AND THEN AOKI COMES RIGHT BACK AND THERE'S SIX FOR FRANCE. AND THEY HAVEN'T GOT A 0.5, SO THAT'S WHY` WELL, THEY DO. THEY HAVE ADRIEN CHALMIN, WHO'S A 0.5, AND THEN A 1.0 ` IT WOULD BE PABLO NEUMAN, BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN HIM YET. IT'S THE ONLY WAY ` YOU COULD GET THOSE TWO OUT THERE TOGETHER TO TRY AND MUTE THIS AMERICAN ATTACK, BUT EVERY TIME THEY LOOK AS THOUGH THEY'VE BROUGHT IT WITHIN RANGE, AOKI JUST SEEMS TO FIND A WAY JUST TO OPEN THINGS UP. AND THIS WILL GO ACROSS FOR THE SCORE. SO TURNED OVER AND THEN CONVERTED. SO EIGHT POINTS IS THE MAXIMUM. IF THEY HAVE A FEMALE ON THE FIELD OF PLAY, THEY CAN HAVE 8.5. WE'VE SEEN` WE HAVE THE BRITS WITH A FEMALE PLAYER. GOAL! AND THAT'S THE WAY THE SPORT IS CURRENTLY DESIGNED. THERE'S ONLY A HANDFUL IN THIS TOURNAMENT. IT'S A PRETTY ROBUST AND PHYSICAL GAME, AND OF COURSE, WOMEN CAN HANDLE THAT AS WELL. BUT FOR THE MOST, IT'S A PRETTY HEAVILY MALE-DOMINATED SPORT, IS WHEELCHAIR RUGBY. SO WHEELER'S GOT HIMSELF FIVE, AND HE SEES HIMSELF AS ONE OF THOSE SECONDARY PLAYERS PROVIDING THE OFFENCE. HE'S DONE THAT CONSISTENTLY. THAT GIVES HIM HIS LITTLE BIT OF RETURN FOR ALL OF HIS GOOD DEFENSIVE WORK THAT HE'S BEEN EXECUTING FOR THE UNITED STATES. THEY'VE TAKEN THEIR LEAD BACK AGAIN AND THEY'VE INCREASED IT UP TO EIGHT POINTS. THEY'VE NEVER LOST THE LEAD IN THIS ONE, THE US. THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN IN FRONT. BUT THAT LEAD HAS CHANGED IN SIZE. I THINK THEY'VE BEEN PRETTY AGREEABLE THERE TO ALLOW THAT SCORE TO COUNT. IT'S GONNA BE ADRIEN CHALMIN. IT LOOKED POTENTIALLY AS THOUGH HE HAD HIS WHEELS GO ACROSS THAT LINE BEFORE HE RECEIVED THE BALL, BUT YOU SAW THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM THE AMERICAN PLAYER. JUST ACCEPTING THAT YES, THAT WAS THE CALL. THERE REALLY ISN'T A WHOLE LOT OF DEBATING THAT GOES ON. IT IS THE DISCRETION OF THE REFEREE AND THEY SAW IT. OTHERWISE, IT'S NOW THE AMERICANS'. SALLEM IS RIGHT INTO HIS 40S. NOT EVERYBODY AS THEY GET INTO THEIR 40S STILL HAS THE HUNGER TO WANT TO BE IN THIS SORT OF PHYSICAL CONTEST. THERE IS SALLEM. HE BASICALLY UPENDS PUDERBAUGH. PUDERBAUGH JUST DROPS THE NEEDLE. TRIES TO GET AS CLOSE TO HIM AS HE CAN, BUT HE DOESN'T HAVE THE BODY WEIGHT THAT SALLEM HAS. THAT CONTACT IS GOING TO LEAVE HIM JUST SAILING AWAY AND A FULL ROLL. SO A MINUTE AND 41. SEVEN POINTS. IT WOULD TAKE SOME REAL DOING FROM HERE. SO THIS ALL GOING ON AND WE'RE FOLLOWING SALLEM. BUT HE DOESN'T HAVE THE BALL. THE BALL IS ACTUALLY DOWN THE OTHER END OF THE FLOOR, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO JUST KEEP HIM UNDER CONTROL SO HE'S NOT ABLE TO INFLUENCE THINGS. BUT IT IS ALREADY IN A GOOD POSITION. JOSH BREWER WAS WAITING FOR SALLEM. HE KNEW THAT HE HAD THIS UNDER CONTROL, SO HE DIDN'T NEED TO REALLY PANIC MUCH. LIT THE FLAME OF PUDERBAUGH, BECAUSE HE WENT IN TO TRY TO HIT SALLEM, AND HE GOT UPENDED, SO THAT SPARKS KIND OF A DIFFERENT COMPETITION WITHIN THIS MATCH OF, CAN THESE TWO PHYSICALLY GO UP AGAINST EACH OTHER? THEY CAN'T GET TO HIM. LOOK AT THEM. HE'S A BIG BODY. HE'S AS NIMBLE AS THEY COME, THOUGH. BUT HE EFFECTIVELY THROWS THE BRAKES ON THERE AND LOCKS DOWN WITH THE A LOCKS. AND THEN HE COMES BACK AGAINST THE GRAIN, AND IT'S SALEGUI WHO'S GONNA BENEFIT FROM ALL THAT GOOD WORK. AND HERE NOW BREWER THE OTHER WAY. VERY SMOOTH, VERY COMFORTABLE. WHISTLE BLOWS SO NINE POINTS IS THE... TALLY TODAY FOR JOSH BREWER. SO ACROSS IT'S AOKI 15, THEN IT'S BREWER AT NINE, PUDERBAUGH AT EIGHT, AND WHEELER AT SIX. THEY ARE THE TOP-SCORING FOUR. AND FOR FRANCE, THE TOP-SCORING IS JONATHAN HIVERNAT. HE'S THE CAPTAIN, 16. THEN SALEGUI, 10. AND THEN RIADH SALLEM HAS NINE POINTS. AND THEN THE NEXT HIGHEST IS TWO. SO LEAVING THE FIELD OF PLAY. THAT'S THE CONTACT WITH THE MARKER THERE, AS YOU SEE. AND THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO KEEP AN EYE. YOU SEE HOW BATTERED THESE WHEELS ARE. THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE TRENCHES. THROUGH THE RUCKS, THE MAULS. IN THIS PARTICULAR SPORT, IT'S JUST CONTACT DIRECTLY FROM THE OTHER WHEELCHAIR THAT DOES MOST OF THE DAMAGE. THERE'S A HIT AND THEN A CROSS-BLOCK COMING IN. STILL GOING ON BETWEEN PUDERBAUGH AND SALLEM. SIX GOALS. OFFICIALLY THE TERM. IT'S IN. INSIDE THE LAST 10 SECONDS. IT'S THE REMAINING CHANCE. CAN THEY MAKE SOMETHING OF IT? MELTON WILL PASS IT FORWARD ON HIS OWN. AOKI WILL GET THE SCORE. IT'S ACROSS FOR OFFICIALLY A HALF CENTURY OF POINTS. IT'S 51 THAT THEY WILL FINISH ON AS A RESULT OF THAT AOKI SCORE. SO ALL BUT THE THIRD QUARTER, THE AMERICANS WIN EACH ONE OF THEM. AND THEY'LL GO AWAY IN THE END WITH A NINE-POINT WIN. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ` 51; FRANCE ` 42. THIS IS THE FIRST MATCH IN THE PRELIMINARY ROUND IN POOL B. THE US TOO GOOD THERE. WHILE THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS, AUSTRALIA, JUST HELD OUT GREAT BRITAIN IN ANOTHER POOL MATCH. NEXT UP ` LOOKING BACK ON A STELLAR WEEK FOR NZ. WE RELIVE A KIWI GOLD MEDAL FROM DAY ONE. 1 WE'RE GOING BACK TO LAST WEEK NOW TO ONCE AGAIN ENJOY THE MOMENT THAT GAVE NZ A TERRIFIC START ON THE FIRST DAY OF COMPETITION. THERE WERE HIGH HOPES FOR YOUNG ANNA GRIMALDI IN HER LONG-JUMP EVENT, AND SHE CERTAINLY DID NOT DISAPPOINT. NOW, ANNA GRIMALDI OF NZ WHO IS SITTING IN BRONZE-MEDAL POSITION, HAS AN OPPORTUNITY. BEST OF 5.45 IN THE COMPETITION SO FAR. SO, THAT IS A PERSONAL BEST FOR HER. PREVIOUSLY 5.41. SHE'S HAVING A WONDERFUL COMPETITION. GUARANTEED A MEDAL. CAN SHE IMPROVE FROM THIRD? OH, MAYBE SHE HAS! CROWD ROARS COMES UP SMILING. THIS IS A NEW PB FOR GRIMALDI! THIS COULD BE REALLY SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR THE KIWI. HITS THE BOARD JUST RIGHT. DRIFTS A LITTLE LEFT IN THE PIT, BUT THAT LOOKS BEYOND 5.5. WE'LL WAIT FOR THIS WITH SOME EXCITEMENT FOR YOUNG ANNA GRIMALDI. 5.62, AND SHE'S IN GOLD MEDAL POSITION! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? SHE CAN'T. BUT THERE'S STILL ONE TO COME. IT'S NOT OVER YET. SHE'S GOT TO WAIT FOR CASTILLO TO JUMP. AND IT'S OVER TO... SHE HAS BEEN LEADING THE COMPETITION UP UNTIL A MOMENT AGO. THAT'S A FOUL INDEED, AND SO CASTILLO IS PUSHED INTO SECOND PLACE. AND GRIMALDI HAS WON IT FOR NZ. WHAT A RESULT. A PREVIOUS BEST OF 5.41. 5.62. CARLEE BEATTIE COMES OVER TO CONGRATULATE GRIMALDI, WHO HAS PULLED OUT THE COMPETITION AND THE JUMP OF HER LIFE. HOPEFULLY THEY'RE ALL AWAKE IN DUNEDIN. IF THEY'RE NOT, THEY SHOULD BE FOR THIS. THIS IS MAGNIFICENT FOR NZ. AND WHAT A GOLD-MEDAL-WINNING PERFORMANCE BY ANNA GRIMALDI! WELL, SCENES THAT WILL BE PLAYED AGAIN AND AGAIN AROUND NZ. SHE'S FROM DUNEDIN. SHE'S STUDYING SURVEYING. WELL, SURVEY THIS. GRIMALDI ` 5.62. TAKES THE GOLD FOR NZ FROM CUBA'S YUNIDIS CASTILLO, AND AUSTRALIA'S CARLEE BEATTIE GETS THE BRONZE. ANNA, CAN YOU EVEN PUT INTO WORDS WHAT YOU ARE FEELING RIGHT NOW? NO. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. IT HASN'T REALLY HIT ME YET. I JUST KINDA WAS FLOODED WITH EMOTIONS AS SOON AS IT HAPPENED, BUT NOW I'M JUST KIND OF, LIKE, 'WHOA'. 'WHAT'S HAPPENED?' I HAVE NO IDEA. YOU'RE A GOLD MEDALLIST. THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED. HOW DOES THAT TITLE SIT WITH YOU? IT'S CRAZY. I MEAN, I IMAGINED` LAST NIGHT, ESPECIALLY, GOING TO SLEEP, I IMAGINED SO MANY DIFFERENT SCENARIOS OF THIS TODAY AND THIS WAS DEFINITELY NOT EVEN ONE OF THEM, SO I'M SO EXCITED. THIS IS, YEAH, AMAZING. AND YOU MADE IT DRAMATIC. YOU LEFT IT TILL THE LAST JUMP. I HAD TO DO THAT TO EVERYBODY, DIDN'T I? WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR HEAD LEADING INTO THAT FINAL JUMP, KNOWING AS WELL THAT YOU'D FOULED THAT LAST ONE? WELL, I WAS SPEAKING TO RORY AND NICK SWEENEY, PART OF THE TEAM WHO WAS ON THE SIDELINE, AND I WAS JUST, LIKE, 'IT'S NOT HAPPENING.' LIKE, IT WASN'T GOING HOW I WANTED IT TO GO. AND WE WERE BOTH, LIKE, 'BY THE TIME YOU JUMP NEXT, YOU'LL KNOW IF YOU'VE WON BRONZE AND THEN YOU JUST NEED TO GO FOR IT. 'LIKE, TAKE YOUR MARK BACK AND JUST GO FOR IT.' AND THAT'S WHAT I DID, AND IT WORKED. IT'S CRAZY. THERE ARE THOSE FEW SECONDS AS WELL BETWEEN WHEN YOU'VE DONE YOUR JUMP AND WHEN YOUR DISTANCE COMES UP. WHAT WERE YOU DOING, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING IN THOSE SECONDS? UH, I WAS DEFINITELY THINKING THAT THAT WASN'T ANY BIGGER THAN MY LAST JUMP. I WAS JUST KINDA, LIKE, (GROANS) 'THAT WASN'T THAT GOOD.' AND RAYLENE, MY COACH, WAS JUST SAYING, 'YES, IT WAS. IT WAS BIGGER. 'JUST WAIT.' OH MY GOD. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT GOLD WAS, AND EVERYONE WAS CELEBRATING. I WAS, LIKE, 'OH MY GOD.' YEAH. COULD YOU IMAGINE THREE YEARS AGO WHEN YOU STARTED ATHLETICS THAT THIS COULD BE HAPPENING? 19 YEARS OLD, GOLD MEDALLIST RIO DE JANEIRO. I COULDN'T EVEN IMAGINE IT YESTERDAY, AND IT'S TODAY! LIKE, THREE YEARS AGO I DIDN'T EVEN THINK THAT I WOULD BE HERE IN RIO TODAY. SO TO BE TAKING HOME A GOLD MEDAL IS JUST RIDICULOUS. PA: ANNA GRIMALDI! CHEERS, APPLAUSE AND THAT LITTLE SHAKE OF THE HEAD WE SAW AS HER NAME WAS ANNOUNCED AND AGAIN, SHE CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT SHE'S DONE. SHE STEPPED OUT OF THE PIT AFTER THAT LAST JUMP AND JUST ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BURST INTO TEARS WITH THE JOY OF DELIVERING A PERSONAL BEST WHEN IT MATTERED MOST. AND IT'S BEEN GOOD ENOUGH. NZ WON SIX GOLD MEDALS IN LONDON, AND THEY'VE ALREADY GOT ONE ON DAY ONE OF COMPETITION IN RIO. A MAGIC MOMENT, AND WE'LL HAVE MORE OF THOSE HIGHLIGHTS OVER THE COMING DAYS. TIME TO CHECK THE MEDAL TALLY NOW. NZ SLIPPED BACK TO NINTH AFTER A QUIET DAY, WHILE 'TOP OF THE TABLE' CHINA'S POWERING AHEAD, LEAVING GREAT BRITAIN AND UKRAINE TRAILING WELL BACK. LOOKING AHEAD TO THE KIWIS IN ACTION TOMORROW ` ANNA GRIMALDI'S BACK IN HER 200M HEAT, AND LIAM MALONE'S LAST EVENT IS THE 400M FINAL. OUR SAILORS START THE DAY IN THIRD PLACE OVERALL IN THE SONAR CLASS. AND LAST CALL-UP SCOTT MARTLEW'S IS IN THE 200 CANOE SPRINT FINAL. GOLD MEDALLIST MARY FISHER'S BACK IN THE POOL, ALONG WITH JESSE REYNOLDS. LIVE COVERAGE RESUMES ON DUKE TOMORROW MORNING FROM 12.25AM. AND WE'LL BE BACK WITH HIGHLIGHTS HERE AT THE LATER TIME OF 9.50 TOMORROW NIGHT. BUT FOR NOW FROM RIO, GOODNIGHT. RHYTHMIC DRUM MUSIC STARTER GUN FIRES, CROWD CHEERS SOFT GUITAR MUSIC INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC BUILDS CAPTIONS BY ABLE. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016