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 MUSIC INTENSIFIES HELLO, AND WELCOME TO RIO, WHERE THE DAY BELONGED TO THE BOY FROM STOKE. LIAM MALONE'S FINAL APPEARANCE AT THESE GAMES IN THE 400M WAS ANOTHER TRIUMPH. WE SHOULD WARN YOU THAT HIS INTERVIEW VEERS INTO UNCHARTERED TERRITORIES BUT STAYS VERY MUCH IN CHARACTER WITH THE COLOURFUL PERSONALITY WE'RE GETTING TO KNOW. HERE'S KIMBERLEE DOWNS AT THE STADIUM. HE'S BEEN THE FAIRY-TALE STORY OF THESE PARALYMPIC GAMES SO FAR, AND TODAY LIAM MALONE'S CAMPAIGN CAME TO THE MOST FITTING END ` BACKING UP SILVER AND GOLD IN THE SHORTER DISTANCES ` TO WIN ANOTHER GOLD, THIS TIME IN THE 400M, AND IT WAS AN EXCEPTIONALLY CLOSE RACE. WE'LL HAVE ALL HIS REACTION SHORTLY. BUT FIRST HERE'S HOW THE RACE UNFOLDED. 22-YEAR-OLD LIAM MALONE FROM NZ, WINNER OF THE 200M HERE. DAVID BEHRE WAS IMPRESSIVE IN HIS HEAT. THIRD IN THE 200M HERE IN RIO. HE'S ALREADY WON A GOLD MEDAL IN THE 4 X 100. HERE IS THE 200 CHAMPION, LIAM MALONE. SILVER MEDALLIST IN THE 100 HERE AS WELL. WAS A JUNIOR PARALYMPIAN AT THE AGE OF 14. HUNTER WOODHALL, RUNNER-UP IN THE 200M HERE. WON THE RELAY BUT GOT DISQUALIFIED. SET, AND AWAY. WOODHALL GOT A PRETTY GOOD START. SO TOO MALONE IN LANE NUMBER SEVEN. IT IS HETTIARACHCHI WHO WAS AWAY. BEING PASSED NOW BY MALONE AND ALSO ROGERS IN LANE FIVE. DIGBY GOT A GOOD START IN LANE NUMBER EIGHT. HEADS DOWN THE BACK OF THE 250 WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A MARGIN AT THIS STAGE. BUT BEHRE IS SHOWING PLENTY OF PACE IN LANE NUMBER SIX, AND MALONE IS COMING THROUGH AS WELL AS THEY RUN OFF THE BACK SECTION. SO, IT'S DIGBY, BUT THEY'RE REALLY INTO THE STAGGER NOW. BEHRE COMES THROUGH WITH MALONE AND WOODHALL. THE THREE CHANCES ARE RIGHT UP THERE! INSIDE TO OUTSIDE AT THE 100. WOODHALL MOVES UP TO MALONE, WHO HAS TO RESPOND, THEN BEHRE AT THE OUTSIDE. 70 TO GO. WOODHALL. NOW MALONE DIGS IN, LOOKS FOR THE DOUBLE, MOVES UP, TAKES WOODHALL. BEHRE'S POWERING HOME. MALONE IN FRONT. BEHRE'S A DANGER! MALONE. BEHRE DIVES AT HIM! OH, IT'S TIGHT! TIGHT. PARALYMPIC RECORD. 46.21. IT MIGHT BE MALONE, BUT IT'S A PHOTO FINISH! MALONE THROWS HIMSELF DOWN AFTER THE LINE. HE'S THROWN EVERYTHING INTO IT. HE'S DONE THE DOUBLE, I SUGGEST. THE 200, 400. WHAT A RACE. BEHRE CAME AT HIM. BRONZE MEDAL TO WOODHALL. MALONE GETS THERE. 46.2 ` PARALYMPIC RECORD. BEHRE ` 46.23. EUROPEAN RECORD. SECOND PLACE. AND THEN IT WAS A BRONZE TO HUNTER WOODHALL, ADDING TO HIS SLIVER MEDAL IN THE 200M. HOW EXCITING WAS THAT? THE THREE CHANCES THAT WE MENTIONED BEFORE THE RACE FROM RIGHT TO LEFT WERE RIGHT THERE IN THE HUNT, AND AT EVERY STAGE UP THE STRAIGHT, IT LOOKED LIKE WE'D HAVE A DIFFERENT WINNER. WHAT A MAN LIAM MALONE IS. A BRILLIANT FINISH. HE JUST HELD ON AHEAD OF DAVID BEHRE, THE REIGNING WORLD CHAMPION. MALONE HAD FINISHED OUTSIDE THE MEDALS IN DOHA, BUT THIS IS HIS SECOND TITLE, AND WOODHALL WAS TRYING TO RUN THEM BOTH DOWN, COMING THROUGH IN THIRD PLACE. THE TOP SIX HAVE ALL RUN LIFETIME BESTS. PARALYMPIC RECORD. I MAKE IT FOUR CONTINENTAL RECORDS AS WELL ALONG THE WAY, BUT MALONE WON THE MOST IMPORTANT BATTLE OF THEM ALL. HE'S BEEN A GREAT CAMPAIGNER, ENTERTAINER, WARRIOR ALL THE WAY TOO. WOODHALL JUST HAD THE NOD BY THIS STAGE. THEN MALONE FIGHTING BACK ` THE RESOLVE THAT SAW HIM WIN THE GOLD IN THE 200M. BUT THEN LOOK AT BEHRE COME OUT OF THIRD PLACE FOR GERMANY, RUNNING MALONE DOWN AND JUST BEING PIPPED ON THE LINE. THEY BOTH DIPPED FOR IT. THREE HUNDREDTHS OF A SECOND BETWEEN THEM, AND IN THE END, WOODHALL WAS WELL OUT OF IT IN THIRD PLACE. WELL, LIAM, WHAT ARE YOUR EMOTIONS RIGHT NOW? WELL, AS NZ'S NEW CYBORG OVERLORD, UH, I'M FEELING PRETTY HAPPY RIGHT NOW. AND I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING TO THE PUB WITH MY FRIENDS AND TOASTING A DRINK TO THE NZ PEOPLE AND TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED ME. SO, IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD, AND SPECIAL SHOUT-OUT TO HIGH PERFORMANCE NZ, PARALYMPICS NZ, ATHLETICS NZ. YOU KNOW, THEY'VE HELPED ME GET HERE A LOT, SO... WHAT WAS THAT NEW TERM YOU JUST USED? CYBORG? NZ'S NEW CYBORG OVERLORD. I THINK THAT'S FITTING. IS THAT A TITLE YOU'RE HOPING PICKS UP, TRENDS? OH, I JUST DECLARE MYSELF AS THAT, SO... (CHUCKLES) MAYBE. TALK ME THROUGH THAT RACE ` WELL, START TO FINISH ` BUT PARTICULARLY THE LAST 100M. I HATE THE 400M, SO I WAS TIRING UP. BUT I SPENT TWO YEARS BUILDING THE GAS TANK. I SPENT THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS BUILDING THE ACCELERATOR, SO I JUST PUT THE GAS DOWN IN THAT LAST 100, AND IT WORKED OUT ALL RIGHT. DID YOU FEEL DAVE COMING UP BESIDE YOU AT ALL? NOT REALLY. I COULD HEAR HUNTER. I COULD HEAR HIM ON MY LEFT. HE'S A TALL BOY, SO I THOUGHT HE MIGHT STRIDE PAST ME, BUT I JUST DUG IN, DUG DEEP, AND I CAME AWAY WITH THE WIN. DID YOU KNOW WHEN YOU CROSSED THE LINE THAT YOU HAD IT? IT WAS BY SUCH A MARGINAL AMOUNT. NO, NO. I HAD A FEELING DAVE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THERE, BUT I COULDN'T HEAR HIM AND I COULDN'T SEE HIM. I WAS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT HUNTER. BUT, YEAH, DAVE PULLED UP AND GOT SECOND, SO... COULD YOU HAVE IMAGINED EVEN TWO WEEKS AGO BEING WHERE YOU ARE NOW ` TWO GOLDS AND A SILVER AFTER YOUR PARALYMPICS? YEAH, I DEFINITELY` I'M NOT A SERIOUS GUY, BUT I'M SERIOUS ABOUT DREAMING BIG AND BELIEVING IN YOURSELF, AND I 100% BELIEVED THAT I COULD DO IT. WHEN I LOOKED AT THE TIMES COMING INTO RIO, YOU KNOW, I HAD MY DOUBTS AS MUCH AS ANYONE. BUT YOU JUST HAVE TO GO INTO THESE THINGS BEING AS BRAVE AS POSSIBLE. YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT SO MUCH EXPERIENCE, LOOKING BACK. WATCHED MY MUM GO THROUGH CANCER FOR SIX YEARS AND WATCHING HER BATTLE THAT. I TELL YOU WHAT ` THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PAIN THAT COULD BE PUT ON ME FOR THE 400 THAT WOULD COMPARE TO WHAT SHE WENT THROUGH, SO I JUST PULLED UP AND DID MY BEST. NOTICED AS WELL YOU'RE WEARING A POUNAMU WHEN YOU RUN. IT'S MY MUM'S, YEAH. GOOD-LUCK CHARM. DO YOU WEAR THAT ALWAYS WHEN YOU RACE? YEP. 100% OF THE TIME. I ACTUALLY LEFT IT IN NZ. I ARRIVED IN AUSTRALIA. SOMETHING WAS WRONG IN MY HEAD AND I WAS PANICKING AND I REALISED I DIDN'T HAVE IT, SO I HAD TO RING DAD, AND HE HAD TO GO TO AUCKLAND TO GET IT COS IT WAS IN MY CAR UP IN AUCKLAND, SO LUCKY HE DID THAT. IT LOOKED LIKE YOU GUYS HAD A BIT OF A MOMENT AFTER THE RACE. WHAT WERE YOU SAYING TO EACH OTHER? UH, HE TOLD ME, JUST, LIKE, 'YOU'RE GOOD, MAN. YOU'RE YOUNG. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BIG FUTURE TOGETHER.' UM, LIKE I SAID, WE'VE TRAINED TOGETHER FOR A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THE GAMES. UM, HE'S A GREAT GUY, GREAT COMPETITOR, SO IT WAS JUST KIND OF THAT RESPECT AND BOND FOR EACH OTHER, AND IT WAS A SPECIAL MOMENT. FANTASTIC. THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. CONGRATS AGAIN. AWESOME EFFORT. LIAM NOW TELLS ME HE'D LIKE TO BE KNOWN AS NZ'S NEW CYBORG OVERLORD. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT TITLE? I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT MEANS. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? A WHAT? NEW CYBORG OVERLORD. HEAVENS. THAT'S VERY UNUSUAL. WELL, MURRAY, WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR YOU WHEN YOUR SON CROSSED THAT FINISH LINE FIRST. AMAZING. UM, AN AMAZING FEELING. ALL CHEER I WASN'T QUITE SURE HE WAS GOING TO WIN THIS ONE. I KNEW HE HAD THE TENACITY, BUT, YEAH, IT WAS JUST AN AMAZING FEELING. YEAH. WE'RE EXHAUSTED. WE'RE AS DRAINED AS HIM, I THINK. UM, FANTASTIC. YEP. WE WERE TALKING BEFORE ABOUT THE TEXT HE SENT THIS MORNING. CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THAT? WELL, LIAM HASN'T BEEN SLEEPING WELL, AND, YOU KNOW, HE'S BEEN QUITE STRESSED ABOUT NOT SLEEPING, AND, UM, SO LAST NIGHT WE STOPPED TO HAVE ONE BEER, QUICK BEER. I SAID TO THE BOYS WE'LL GET HOME EARLY. WE ENDED UP HAVING 30, AND THEN I COULDN'T SLEEP AND I GET THIS TEXT FROM HIM THIS MORNING. IT SAID, 'BUY ME A BRAZILIAN FLAG.' AND I THOUGHT, 'NAH, HE'S UP TO IT.' HE SPOKE ABOUT HIS MUM AND EVERYTHING SHE'S BEEN THROUGH. WHAT DO YOU THINK SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN THINKING IF SHE COULD HAVE BEEN HERE? TRUDI WOULD BE IMMENSELY PROUD. SHE LOVED HER BOY. YEAH. PA: LIAM MALONE. HE'S ONE OF THE BREAKOUT STARS OF THIS PARALYMPIC GAMES. A DOUBLE OVER 200 AND 400 FOR LIAM MALONE. 22 YEARS OLD. LIAM MALONE PICKS UP HIS THIRD MEDAL OF RIO 2016. 'GOD DEFEND NZ' PLAYS ANTHEM FINISHES, CROWD CHEERS INDISTINCT PA ANNOUNCEMENT HE'S A BIT OF A PERFORMER, ISN'T HE? HE IS BOWING TO THE NZ CONTINGENT. THEY'RE DELIGHTED. SUNG WITH GUSTO BY THEM, GOD DEFEND NZ. LIAM MALONE IS THE CHAMPION. BEHRE WITH THE SILVER AND WOODHALL WITH THE BRONZE. WHAT A WAY TO WRAP UP YOUR DEBUT PARALYMPIC GAMES. LIAM MALONE FINISHED WITH TWO GOLDS AND A SILVER ` NOT TO MENTION A COUPLE OF PARALYMPIC RECORDS TO BOOT. BUT WHILE HIS GAMES MAY HAVE ENDED, YOU DO SUSPECT THAT HIS TIME IN THE SPOTLIGHT HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN. WHEN YOU CAN RUN LIKE THAT, YOU CAN CALL YOURSELF PRETTY MUCH WHATEVER YOU WANT. LATER, WHAT INTERNATIONAL MEDIA THINK OF LIAM MALONE AND WHAT HE THINKS ABOUT HIS FUTURE. * POWERFUL RISING MUSIC COVERAGE OF THE RIO 2016 PARALYMPIC GAMES IS PROUDLY BROUGHT TO YOU BY... GOLD MEDALLIST MARY FISHER WAS BACK IN THE POOL THIS EVENING IN THE 100M FREESTYLE. LET'S GO STRAIGHT TO THE POOL FOR THE START. NOW FOR THE WOMEN'S 100M FREESTYLE FINAL, S11. GOING IN LANE 2. SLOW IN QUALIFYING BY HER INCREDIBLY HIGH STANDARDS ` THE TWO-TIME REIGNING WORLD CHAMPION, MARY FISHER OF NZ. SILVER IN 2012, GOLD IN THE 100 BACK. MOST MEDALS IN THE 50 AND 400 FREE. INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT BUZZ! GETTING AWAY QUICKLY IN LANE 4, LIESETTE BRUINSMA, NOT DISAPPOINTING OFF THE STARTERS' BLOCKS, BUT IT'S IN LANE 2, MARY FISHER, THAT TRADITIONAL, VERY GOOD, EXPLOSIVE REACTION OFF THE BLOCKS AS WELL. AND LI GUIZHI IS QUICKLY INTO HER STROKE. AND ALTHOUGH JUST HUGGING THE LANE ROPE, GOING IN LANE 3, LOOKING VERY STRONG. BUT AT THE MOMENT THERE'S ONLY TWO SWIMMERS WHO ARE FADING JUST A LITTLE, AND INTRIGUINGLY, IT'S XIE AND CAMELLINI WHO ARE NOT REALLY UP IN A LINE. THIS IS GONNA BE VERY CLOSE AT THE 50 SPLIT. WELL, THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S BEEN ALMOST A SOLID LINE ACROSS THE POOL AMONGST FIVE SWIMMERS, WOULD YOU BELIEVE? LI GUIZHI HAS TOUCHED IN FIRST. 31.84 IS THE FIRST. SHE WASN'T FAR AHEAD OF MARY FISHER, WHO TOUCHED IN A 32.12, AND AGAIN IT'S GONNA BE A VERY CLOSE FINAL 50. WELL, THIS IS A REAL CHARGE BEING MADE BY FISHER, BUT I THINK SHE'S PULLING ALONG LI GUIZHI AD BRUINSMA AS WELL. FISHER HAS COME OUT HARD. THEY'RE ALL CHASING DOWN FAST TIMES. MAYBE NOT GONNA BE A WORLD RECORD TIME, BUT CERTAINLY LI GUIZHI IS PUSHING FOR THE GOLD MEDAL HERE. CLOSING FASTEST THOUGH IS GOING IN LANE 6. A REAL PUSH FROM XIE QING. WILL IT BE XIE QING? OR WILL IT BE HER COMPATRIOT, LI? BRUINSMA WILL TOUCH OUT OF FIRST POSITION. IT IS A CHINA ONE-TWO! OH, WELL, FOURTH PLACE. HOW ARE YOU FEELING AFTER THAT ONE? I'M REALLY HAPPY WITH HOW I SWAM THE RACE. I JUST WENT OUT SO HARD, AND THE COACHES TOLD ME I WAS SECOND AT THE HALFWAY POINT, AND I JUST COULDN'T QUITE... HAVE THE LAST 10M. BUT IF I DIDN'T TRY TO GO THAT FAST, I WOULDN'T HAVE GOT SUCH A GOOD TIME. SO I THINK IT'S MY SECOND BEST EVER TIME FOR THAT EVENT. UM, SO I'M HAPPY. IT WOULD'VE BEEN AWESOME TO GET THAT BRONZE, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER GIRLS ARE DOING GREAT, AND IT'S JUST WHOEVER'S BEST ON THE DAY. AND THE 200IM TOMORROW, OBVIOUSLY ` HOW MUCH HAVE YOU GOT LEFT IN THE TANK FOR THAT? I'M GONNA GO JUMP IN THE ICE BATH RIGHT NOW AND THEN DO EVERY SINGLE THING I CAN TO SWIM WELL TOMORROW. IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD END TO THE WEEK. KIND OF ONE OF MY FAVOURITE EVENTS. AND ALL THE BEST TO MARY FOR THAT LAST RACE. BUT WE TURN TO SAILING NOW, WITH OUR THREE-MAN CREW COMPETING IN THE SONAR CLASS. WE CHECK ON THEIR PROGRESS SHORTLY, BUT FIRST, LET'S MEET RICK DODSON, ANDREW MAY AND CHRIS SHARP. MY DISABILITY ` I'M A... I'M A SAILOR AND A T3 INCOMPLETE PARAPLEGIC. RICHARD DODSON, AND I'VE... POWERFUL MUSIC DODS IS A FORMER AMERICA'S CUP SAILOR ` PART OF THE TROPHY-WINNING CREW OF 2000. HE DEVELOPED MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS DURING THAT CAMPAIGN. WHEN I WAS TOLD ABOUT THE MS, I WAS DOING THE AMERICA'S CUP, AND I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT FOR A... FROM WEEK TO WEEK. NO THOUGHTS. BUT THEN IT, UH, SUDDENLY IMPACTED MY BALANCE. IT'S IN YOUR EYES. AND YOU'VE DOUBLE VISION. AND YOUR SPEECH IS A LITTLE BIT SLURRED. WE DO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER, WHERE COMMUNICATION SOMETIMES CAN JUST BE GRUNTS AND GROANS. (CHUCKLES) AND TACK IN WHEN THE WIND'S GONE. STRAIGHT IN FOR... OK, THREE, TWO, ONE, TACK. THEY'RE RACING IN THE SONAR. CLASSIFICATION IN THE SONAR CLASS IS A FAIRLY COMPREHENSIVE PROCESS BECAUSE IT HAS TO ENCOMPASS A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENT DISABILITIES INTO THE ONE CLASS. ONCE THAT'S DONE, WE ARE THEN SAILING AS EQUAL BOATS. OVERALL, WE LOOK AND ACT EXACTLY LIKE ABLE-BODIED SAILORS WHEN WE'RE IN A YACHT. THE LACK OF WALKING DISAPPEARS; YOU CANNOT SEE THAT WHEN WE'RE SAILING. POWERFUL MUSIC THIS WAS DODS AT THE AMERICA'S CUP IN 2000. THAT'S THE TYPE OF GLORY THIS TEAM WANTS TO REPEAT. WE'RE PARA-SAILORS. AND SOME WILL BE LIKE, 'I CAN'T DO THIS, I CAN'T DO THAT.' WELL, YOU CAN. YOU'VE GOTTA MAKE IT WORK. AND MAKE IT WORK THEY DO. BUT TODAY WAS A TOUGH ONE, WITH A 10TH AND A SIXTH PLACING. THEY'VE SLIPPED FROM THIRD TO SIXTH OVERALL. AFTERWARDS THEY TALKED TO PAULA TESORIERO. TODAY WAS FRUSTRATING, AND WE DIDN'T GET ON TOP OF THE SHIFTS IN THE WEATHER THAT WAS THERE, SO TONIGHT I THINK IT'S JUST A RESET. LET'S JUST CLEAR THE MIND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GET THAT` THE NEGATIVITY YOU KIND OF GET IN, YOU KNOW` WHEN YOU GET FRUSTRATED, GET THAT OUT, HAVE A GOOD SLEEP, HAVE A GOOD FEED AND RESTART TOMORROW. ANDREW, THE MOST SUCCESS THAT NZ'S HAD IN PARALYMPIC SAILING WAS YOUR SIXTH PLACE IN SYDNEY. IS THAT MOTIVATING THE CREW HERE TO BRING HOME A MEDAL FOR NZ? OH, ABSOLUTELY. I'M NOT THAT KEEN ON GETTING ANOTHER SIXTH. AND TO DO BETTER THAN THAT WOULD` IS ABSOLUTELY MOTIVATING ME. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. IT FELT LIKE UNFINISHED BUSINESS, COS IT WAS ACTUALLY TWO SIXTHS. THERE WAS A SIXTH IN '96 AND 2000. SO ABSOLUTELY TO BEAT THAT AND OBVIOUSLY TO MEDAL. I MEAN, THE PRESSURE` THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE COME HERE TO DO IS TO GET UP THERE ON THE PODIUM AND GET A MEDAL. CHRIS, YOU HAD YOUR ACCIDENT FOUR YEARS AGO. HOW IMPORTANT HAS SAILING BEEN TO YOUR REHABILITATION? INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. IT'S TAKEN ME FROM A POSITION WHERE I THOUGHT I HAD ACTUALLY RECUPERATED AND RECOVERED, BUT, IN ACTUAL FACT, THIS HAS TAKEN ME WAY BEYOND IT. I'M NOW BACK FAR, FAR CLOSER TO MY NORMAL SELF. SO WITHOUT THE CHALLENGES THAT THIS IS THROWING IN MY FACE EVERY SINGLE DAY, I WOULDN'T HAVE GROWN TO WHERE I AM NOW. SO THE TRUTH IS THAT SAILING HAS BECOME THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN MY RECOVERY. IT'S WHAT'S MAKING ME GET BETTER. THIS GROUP THAT WE'RE HERE WITH ARE PHENOMENAL SAILORS. YOU LOOK OUT THERE, AND THE LEAD IS CHANGING ALL THE TIME, AND YOU'RE WORKING SO HARD TO GET THERE. WITH ALL THE DISABILITIES THAT THIS GROUP COVERS, THE ACTUAL LEVEL PLAYING FIELD IS ONE WHERE EVERYONE IS LEVEL, AND WE ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO WIN. SO TO BE IN THAT GROUP IS, AS I SAY, IT'S ACTUALLY THE MOST POWERFUL THING, REALLY, AND WE DON'T LOOK AT ANYONE AND THINK THAT THEY'RE BETTER THAN US. WE NEVER DO. WE LOOK AT THEM AND THINK, YOU KNOW, LIKE, 'IF WE'RE ON FORM, WE CAN BEAT THEM.' THE THREE OF US TOGETHER HAVE WORKED OUT TO BE INCREDIBLY FORMIDABLE. HERE THERE'S SO MUCH VARIATION. THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT FACTORS INVOLVED ` THE TIDE AND WIND AND THE GEOGRAPHY, WHICH IS SPECTACULAR, BUT IT WAS ALSO` CREATES QUITE AN INTERESTING KIND OF A WIND PHENOMENON AND SO FORTH. SO IT'S` IT'S A PLACE THAT YOU'VE GOTTA KEEP THINKING. AND IT'S PROBABLY ACTUALLY MENTALLY MORE DRAINING THAN IT IS PHYSICALLY, ESPECIALLY FOR US. TO OUR SUPPORTERS BACK HOME IN NZ, MY HAT COMES OFF TO YOU. YOU'VE ENABLED US TO BECOME NZ'S AMBASSADORS IN PARA-SAILING, AND FOR THAT WE CAN'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH. A SPECIAL BIG THANK YOU TO DAVID BARNES FROM ME BECAUSE HE WAS THE ONE WHO BROUGHT ME INTO IT AND HE WAS, YOU KNOW` HE WAS THE ONE WHO REALLY WAS THERE AT THE BEGINNING AND STARTED IT ALL. AS THE STRATEGIST FOR THE TEAM, WHAT WAS THE PLAN COMING OUT FOR TODAY'S RACING? WELL, THE PLAN IS WE` JUST TO ENJOY IT. BECAUSE IF YOU'RE HAVING FUN, YOU DON'T PUT TOO MUCH STRESS ON YOURSELF. AND WITH THE COURSE, IN BY (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) AND IN BY THE BEACH, VERY SHIFTY, AND YOU GET QUITE FRUSTRATED WITH EACH OTHER. BUT SO YOU JUST TRY AND ENJOY IT. AND WE'VE GOT A PROUD HISTORY OF SAILING IN NZ, AND, YOU KNOW, PARA-SAILING IS STARTING TO TAKE OFF. AND THE CREW HERE IN RIO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, I GUESS, REALLY INSPIRE OTHER SAILORS, AND IN PARTICULAR SAILORS WITH A DISABILITY. WHAT WOULD BE YOUR KEY MESSAGE FOR THEM? WELL, YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT. WE ARE A GOOD` WE'RE VERY GOOD AT OLYMPICS. WE'RE GOOD AT AMERICA'S CUPS. WE'RE GOOD AT BLIND SAILING; WE'RE THE BEST IN THE WORLD. PARA-SAILING, WE DON'T REALLY EXIST, AND SO FOR ME I WANTED TO GIVE THIS PARA-SAILING REALLY OUT IN THE` SO WE CAN SEE. YOU CAN GO AND DO IT AGAIN. NOW, FOR ME, MY AGE AND MY DISABILITY, MS, UM, I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE, BUT THIS IS GOOD. I LIKE IT. I LOVE IT. THE GUYS ARE GREAT ADVOCATES FOR PARA-SAILING AND SAY ANYONE WITH A DISABILITY INTERESTED IN SAILING SHOULD CONTACT THEIR LOCAL SAILABILITY ORGANISATION. COMING UP ` OUR GOLDEN GIRL FROM THE START OF THE GAMES ` ANNA GRIMALDI IS BACK ON THE TRACK. * RETURNING TO THE ATHLETICS STADIUM NOW, WHERE ANNA GRIMALDI LONG-JUMP GOLD MEDALLIST WAS RUNNING IN A 200M HEAT. AND THAT IS ANNA GRIMALDI FROM NZ, CLOSEST TO THE CAMERA. 19 YEARS OF AGE. A PERSONAL BEST OF 26.73, BUT SHE'S FOUND HERSELF IN A HOT HEAT. SET. READY TO GO. BANG! AND AWAY THEY GO. LI LU OUT FAR. LOOK AT YOUNG. OH, BRILLIANT START FROM YOUNG. AND MOVES UP IMMEDIATELY TO LI LU AND RUNS STRAIGHT BY HER. GRIMALDI ON THE OUTSIDE IS FIGHTING HARD. AND THEY WERE FOLLOWED BY LANZA FROM FRANCE. BUT RACING AWAY, DEJA YOUNG. NOW, HER PB IS 25.08. 24.45 IS THE PARALYMPIC RECORD. AND IT'S ALL YOUNG RACING CLEAR TO WIN IT. NOW, SECOND, IT'LL BE LANZA FROM FRANCE AHEAD OF GRIMALDI. AND LI LU HAS GOT THE STITCH LATE AND FINISHED IN FOURTH PLACE. SO A BIG WIN BY DEJA YOUNG. THE TIME OF 25.58... IN THIS T47 CLASSIFICATION. WHAT ABOUT THE SPEED IN THE FIRST, I'D SAY, 75M? IT WAS A COOKING PACE AND HAS JUST STEAMED PAST THEM AND LEFT THEM IN HER WAKE. YOUNG EXCELLENT AT 25.58, AND THE LONG JUMP PARALYMPIC CHAMPION BASED IN DUNEDIN, FOR NZ, ANNA GRIMALDI ALSO GOING THROUGH IN THIRD PLACE. ANNA LOOKING LIKE SHE QUALIFIED FOR THE FINAL, BUT IT WAS NOT TO BE. SHE WAS DISQUALIFIED FOR A LANE INFRINGEMENT. BUT THANKS TO LIAM MALONE, IT WAS A HUGE DAY FOR THE NZ TEAM. AND AS KIM FOUND OUT, HIS COMBINATION OF TALENT AND SHOWMANSHIP HAVE MADE HIM A FAVOURITE WITH THE FOREIGN MEDIA TOO. LIAM MALONE'S UNDOUBTEDLY BECOME A NATIONAL SPORTING STAR OVER THE COURSE OF THESE GAMES, BUT IT'S NOT JUST NZ WHERE HIS SKILL AND PERSONALITY ARE BEING APPRECIATED. HE'S ALSO BECOME SOMEWHAT OF A DARLING IN THE UK AFTER SOME INTERVIEWS WITH HOST BROADCASTER CHANNEL 4. I CAUGHT UP WITH THEIR ATHLETICS PRESENTER TO CHECK IN ON THE UK AND MALONE MANIA. WHAT HAS THE REACTION TO LIAM BEEN LIKE IN THE UK? UM, HUGE! (LAUGHS) UM, JUST FROM THE VERY FIRST INTERVIEW HE DID ON CHANNEL 4, WHO WERE THE HOST BROADCASTERS OF THE PARALYMPICS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, HE HAS JUST TOTALLY CAPTURED THE PUBLIC'S IMAGINATION, BECAUSE HE'S JUST SUCH A BREATH OF FRESH AIR. HE KIND OF WALTZES THROUGH; HE TEARS UP THE SCRIPT IN TERMS OF HOW ATHLETES ARE SUPPOSED TO BEHAVE. LIAM, JUST DESCRIBE YOUR EMOTIONS RIGHT NOW AS YOU STAND HERE DRAPED IN THE NZ FLAG AS A PARALYMPIC SILVER MEDALLIST. I'M FILLED WITH ABSOLUTE GRATITUDE. I LOST MY MUM FOUR YEARS AGO, AND IN NZ TIME, IT WOULD BE HER BIRTHDAY TODAY. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MUM. SO HE'S JUST VERY REAL. HE'S A DUDE, ISN'T HE? HE'S A DUDE, AND, UM, THE UK PUBLIC LOVE HIM. THEY CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF HIM. HOW DOES IT KIND OF COMPARE TO REACTION YOU NORMALLY HAVE? COS I IMAGINE MOST OF YOUR FOCUS IS ON GB ATHLETES. DO YOU GET A REACTION LIKE THIS TO MANY OTHER INTERNATIONAL ATHLETES? NO. (LAUGHS) IN ALL HONESTY. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT ATHLETES LIKE TATYANA MCFADDEN OR BRENT LAKATOS - THE WHEELCHAIR RACER FROM CANADA ` YOU KNOW, FANTASTIC PARALYMPIANS, YOU KNOW, WHO HAVE BROKEN WORLD RECORDS AND WON GOLD MEDALS. BUT NOBODY, IN MY EXPERIENCE, HAS RESONATED IN THE WAY THAT LIAM MALONE HAS. I MEAN, I LOOK AT MY TWITTER FEED, AND IT'S THE COMMENTS HE'S GETTING ON THERE. YOU KNOW, 'LIAM MALONE IS A LEGEND.' 'I LOVE LIAM MALONE.' UM, HE IS TURNING INTO A TOTAL SUPERSTAR. I THINK I WOULD GO AS FAR AS SAYING YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE FUTURE FACE OF PARALYMPIC SPORT, NO QUESTION. NO SURPRISE THAT LIAM ALSO HAS A BIG SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWING. BUT WITH SO MUCH POTENTIAL, WHERE DOES HE HIMSELF SEE HIS FUTURE? HERE'S KIM AGAIN. WELL, WHAT A WAY TO WRAP UP YOUR DEBUT PARALYMPIC GAMES. LIAM MALONE FINISHING WITH TWO GOLDS AND A SILVER, NOT TO MENTION A COUPLE OF PARALYMPIC RECORDS TO BOOT. BUT WHILE HIS GAMES MAY HAVE ENDED, YOU DO SUSPECT THAT HIS TIME IN THE SPOTLIGHT HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN. AS IT IS ABOUT COMPETING AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. TO WHEELCHAIR RUGBY NOW WITH TWO TOP TEAMS ` GREAT BRITAIN AND CANADA IN A CLASH THAT WENT RIGHT DOWN TO THE WIRE. TO REALLY PUT PRESSURE ON THESE MOMENTS IN TIME, WHERE YOU HAVE TO EXECUTE. ROBERTS GETS UPENDED. AND DID HE CALL TIMEOUT BEFORE HE'S FALLEN? AND THEY'RE SUGGESTING A CONTACT ON THE ARM. THEY'RE LEADING THIS ONE, BUT THIS IS TO JUST GET IT TO 39S APIECE. MADELL TAKES CONTROL. HE'S TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM THAT PRESSURE. HE BOUNCES IT, RELEASES IT INSIDE, AND WILL IT BE HIRSCHFIELD TO SCORE FOR CANADA. THEY'VE LINKED IT ALL THE WAY FORWARD UP TO HIRSCHFIELD, BUT CAN THEY TURN IT OVER HERE? BHUTA HAS HAD SOME GOOD SPEED HERE. ROBERTS WITH A CROSS BLOCK. TRYING TO HAND IT OFF. SO MUCH WORK. OH, ROBERTS DOES WELL TO GET INTO THE OPENING BEHIND. BUT CANADA RECOVER INTO SPACE. THE OFFLOAD. THEY'VE MOVED IT SO WELL HERE. THE BIG MAN WHITEHEAD. MADELL INSIDE, BACK TO BHUTA. BHUTA WITH A GREAT RECEIVE FROM ROBERTSON. MADELL AGAIN. HE'S GOT TRIPLE TEAM GOING THERE. THE CROSS BLOCK IS GOOD. HE WILL TRY TO TAKE IT ACROSS AND SCORE AS QUICKLY AS HE CAN. AND THAT WILL GIVE AT LEAST A DISPARITY. IF GREAT BRITAIN TRIES TO UTILISE ALL THE 40 SECONDS. NOW THEY'VE GOT A DECISION TO MAKE. DO THEY WANT TO? IN THIS POSSESSION, IT CAN ALL CHANGE. THEY'VE GOT THROUGH. IT'S ONLY BACK. IT'S MADELL. BILETSKI, THERE IN... THE BACK FLANKS. WHITEHEAD'S GONNA GO AROUND, AND THIS IS GONNA BE BALL MANAGEMENT 101. THEY'RE GONNA TRY TO JUST REDUCE THIS SCORE, AND THEN CANADA HAS TO BE PERFECT. IF THEY COULD... JUST KEEP COUNTING THIS DOWN. SO THEY HAVE 10 SECONDS, OFFICIALLY, ON THE CLOCK. HAVE THEY TRIED TO` HIRSCHFIELD GOT A TOUCH ON IT. IT'S BACK FOR ROBERTS, INSIDE NOW. AND RYAN. MADELL'S GONNA TRY AND HUNT HIM DOWN. TURNING IT OVER TO BHUTA. BHUTA WILL GET UPENDED! HE WILL GET THUMPED AT THE LAST SECOND. AND MADELL WILL DUMP HIM. AND THIS WITH 9.2 SECONDS. THEY'RE GOING TO WHITEHEAD. HE'S GOT IT. MADELL IS TRYING TO GET LOOSE. WHITEHEAD CAN GO LONG. THIS COULD BE DRAMA` IT'S GONNA BE DRAMA. CAN THEY GET IT LOOSE, THOUGH? THEY CAN'T. AS THE TIME IS GONNA RUN OUT, ALL THE WAY THE LENGTH OF THE FLOOR. AND WE WILL STAY AT 45S RIGHT TO THE END OF THE 32 MINUTES NOW. ANNOUNCEMENT IN PORTUGUESE, CROWD CHEERS SO THE DRAMA CONTINUES AS WE GO NOW TO OVERTIME NUMBER ONE. GOAL CANADA! SO CANADA ALREADY WITH AN OPENING SCORE. AND WHERE WILL WE GO FROM HERE? ROBERTS, NOW AT NUMBER NINE, DROPS IT IN. HE'LL GET MOVING QUICKLY. ADVANCED UP TO BHUTA. BHUTA, WHO GOT WORKED THERE AT THE LINE. HE'LL SCORE THIS OPENING TRY AND GOAL FOR GREAT BRITAIN. AND HE JUST GOT CAUGHT BY MADELL. IT REALLY WAS AN OUTSTANDING PLAY. AND WE LOOK BACK AS FAR AS ONE MOMENT OF GETTING IT DONE, ZAC MADELL REALLY LOWERED THE BOOM FOR THE CANADIANS. DOUBLE TROUBLE. ...BEING PLAYED, AND WHAT'S ON THE LINE HERE. COMING AROUND IS BHUTA FOR A SECOND WAVE OF THIS ATTACK. THE ONLY ONE BACK IS BILETSKI. AND WHITEHEAD WILL JUST CONCEDE. HE'LL LET HIM GET THIS ONE. THOUGH, EQUALLY AGAIN. A COUPLE POINTS APIECE IN THIS FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD. IT'S GONNA GO TO MADELL. THEY'LL LINK UP. RYAN DOESN'T SEE IT COMING FROM THE BACKSIDE. ROBERTS ACCEPTS THAT HE'S IN POSITION, AND HE JUST VEERS OFF. YOU JUST WATCH MADELL A LITTLE BIT. YOU WON'T SAY HE'S CASUAL, BUT HE SEEMS PRETTY RELAXED IN THESE MOMENTS. AND WITH WHAT'S AT STAKE, THAT IS IMPRESSIVE. HUNTING FROM BEHIND. TRYING TO JUST RAM HIS MAN INTO A PLACE WHERE MAYBE HE CAN CONTROL HIM. IT'S EFFECTIVELY A HAND-OFF TO THE... LAST RUNNER IN A FOUR BY ONE. THAT'S WHAT YOU JUST SAW THERE FROM RYAN INTO THE LEFT OF ROBERTS, BUT IT'S BHUTA WHO WILL RELOAD. AND NOW THE CHANT OF 'DEFENCE' COMING OUT FROM THE CANADIAN SUPPORT INSIDE CARIOCA NUMBER ONE ARENA. BHUTA HAS DONE IT WELL AGAIN ` THE CONTACT ON THE ARM. ARE THEY JUST GONNA COUNT THEM? IT LOOKS AS THOUGH, HERE IN THE MOMENT, THEY'RE JUST GONNA ALLOW THAT TO BE A SCORE. SO THEY'VE BEEN PRETTY GOOD, IN FAIRNESS, THE OFFICIALS SO FAR IN THE TOURNAMENT. AND HAVE ALLOWED THE GAME TO JUST REALLY SETTLE ITSELF AND THE TEAMS TO DO SO. THERE'S JUST GONNA BE THE... THE ONE MISTAKE IN IT HERE. THE CANADIANS AHEAD, AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE ONE POINT RIGHT NOW. SO, AS WE SAY, OVERTIME NUMBER ONE, THEY'LL BOTH HAVE A CHANCE... AS THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN SCHEDULED. AND LEAVING THE FIELD OF PLAY. IT'S A TIME OUT HAS BEEN CALLED. IT LOOKS AS THOUGH BHUTA. AND WHAT DRAMA. THE PRESSURE ON GB TO TRY AND LEVEL... BEFORE THE END OF IT. ROBERTS INTO A TIGHT PLACE. THEY'VE GOT BHUTA OPEN. SO HE PUTS IT BACK. AND WE'RE AT 49-STRONG. ANNOUNCEMENT IN PORTUGUESE, CROWD CHEERS CROWD CHANTS 'GO, GB!' SO OFFICIALLY ON OUR SYSTEM, IT'S THE OVERTIME ONE, SO THAT LOOKS TO BE ON COURSE, AS RIGHT NOW, MADELL IS HOLDING ON TO THIS BALL, AND HE ELECTS TO CALL A TIME OUT WITH 14 SECONDS ON THE SCORING CLOCK. HOPE YOU'RE ENJOYING IT, WHEREVER YOU'RE WATCHING. THIS IS REALLY AS GOOD AS IT GETS IN WHEELCHAIR RUGBY. HIRSCHFIELD INTO MADELL. ROBERTS WILL JUST GO BACK AND HOLD. HE'LL WATCH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS FORMATION. HE'S GONNA THROW THE BRAKES ON. HE KNOWS HE'S IN TROUBLE. HE'S GOT TWO BRITS ON HIM. THE FEED INSIDE TO HIRSCHFIELD. HE'LL GO ACROSS THE LINE. AND IS THAT GONNA BE THE DRAMA, THOUGH, THEY NEED? AS IT COULD BE. AS THEY SETTLE OUT, AND SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION, BUT THAT WAS HOW IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD. THERE'S A THREE-MINUTE EXTRA TIME PERIOD, AND THE CANADIANS RIGHT AT THE END FIND THE DRAMA, FIND THEIR MOMENT, AND MADELL, WHO WAS IN AND AMONGST IT, SAVES THEM FROM THE BRINK OF FAILURE BEFORE GOING INTO OVERTIME. SO GREAT BRITAIN EARLIER LOSING TO WORLD CHAMPIONS AUSTRALIA ARE NOW OUT OF MEDAL CONTENTION. THREE-TIME SILVER MEDALLIST CANADA ARE STILL IN WITH A SHOT AT GOING ONE BETTER. NEXT UP ` SOPHIE PASCOE. SHE LOOKS AHEAD AFTER A BRILLIANT WEEK IN RIO. 1 SOPHIE PASCOE'S BEEN A PHENOMENON HERE, WINNING THREE GOLD MEDALS AND TWO SILVERS AND BECOMING THIS COUNTRY'S MOST SUCCESSFUL PARALYMPIAN. THE DAY AFTER HER LAST RACE, KIMBERLEY FOUND HER STILL NOT QUITE OUT OF RACE MODE BUT ALREADY THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE MIGHT HOLD. IT WAS A BIT OF A WEIRD FEELING NOT BEING ABLE TO GET UP THIS MORNING AND GO TO THE POOL AND BE IN MY NORMAL ROUTINE FOR WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST FIVE DAYS. SO, YEAH, NOTHING'S REALLY SORT OF SUNKEN IN YET, UM, FROM THE PAST WEEK IN ITSELF AND, YEAH, I'M JUST FEELING A LITTLE BIT STRANGE, TO BE HONEST, YEAH. AND JUST REFLECTING BACK ON EVERY RACE THAT I'VE DONE AS WELL AND PERSONALLY TAKING NOTES FROM THOSE RACES AND HOW I CAN MOVE FORWARD, AND I SUPPOSE THAT'S THE PERFECTIONIST IN ME THAT THAT'S WHAT GREAT ATHLETES DO. THEY ALWAYS CRITICISE EVEN THE BEST OF THE MOMENTS AND HOW THEY CAN` HOW THEY CAN GO BETTER NEXT TIME. I'M NOW GOING TO BE GOING TO THE POOL AND SUPPORTING THE OTHER ATHLETES RACE, WHICH IS AWESOME THAT I ACTUALLY CAN DO THAT THIS TIME. YOU KNOW, I CAN BE ON POOLSIDE AND ACTUALLY JUST SIT BACK, RELAX, ENJOY THE ATMOSPHERE AND SUPPORT THE OTHER TEAMMATES. I THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD AGREE THAT YOU DID SUCH A MAGNIFICENT JOB THESE GAMES. IS THERE ANY ONE PARTICULAR MOMENT THAT STANDS OUT TO YOU? OBVIOUSLY, DOING THE WORLD RECORD IN THE 200 IM WAS PRETTY SPECIAL, YOU KNOW? LIKE I SAID, IT WAS A LONG FOUR YEARS COMING TO BREAK THAT WORLD RECORD TIME AND TO BE ABLE TO FINALLY DO IT AND TO DO IT IN RIO AND TO DO IT WITH MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS THERE TO SEE` TO WITNESS IT, AND IT WAS A PRETTY SPECIAL MOMENT. SO THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST HIGHLIGHT. AND, OF COURSE, I MEAN, EVERYONE STRIVES TO DO A PERSONAL BEST, SO TO DO IT IS AMAZING, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF I'M GOING TO BE REALLY CRITICAL, I MEAN, IT WASN'T THE BEST RACE. (LAUGHS) WHEN YOU TALK LIKE THAT, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE ALREADY GOT TOKYO ON THE BRAIN. (LAUGHS) I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT IT SET IN STONE THAT I WILL BE GOING TO TOKYO. YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO TAKE EACH YEAR AS IT COMES. IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, A LONG EIGHT YEARS ALREADY OF PARALYMPIC GAMES, AND IT'S BEEN EXCITING, AND I JUST WANNA ENJOY EVERY MOMENT AND EVERY YEAR AS IT COMES. BUT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE'VE GOT THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES COMING UP IN 2018, WHICH IS IN GOLD` IN THE GOLD COAST, WHICH WILL BE A PRETTY AWESOME GAMES TO BE ABLE TO QUALIFY AND GO TO, UH, WITH IT ALMOST BEING LIKE A HOME GAMES, BEING AT THE GOLD COAST. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF KIWIS OVER THERE. SO, YEAH, AT THAT STAGE, THAT'S ON MY MIND TO BE ABLE TO CHALLENGE MY 200 IM OVER THERE AND THE 100 BREASTSTROKE. WHEN YOU LOOK BACK, I GUESS, OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS OF YOUR PARALYMPIC CAREER, HAVE YOU SEEN MANY CHANGES IN TERMS OF, I GUESS, THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF PARALYMPICS AND PARALYMPIANS? PARALYMPIC SPORT'S GROWING EVERY YEAR, AND I THINK THIS YEAR'S GROWN EXCEPTIONALLY, UM, BEYOND MY EXPECTATIONS. AND THAT'S REALLY EXCITING TO KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN INUNDATED WITH EMAILS AND MESSAGES AND SO MUCH SUPPORT FROM BACK HOME. TO KNOW THAT WE ARE GETTING THAT COVERAGE THAT US PARALYMPIANS DESERVE IS INCREDIBLE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO GROW WITH THE TIMES. FROM BEIJING TO LONDON TO NOW RIO AND THEN OBVIOUSLY TOKYO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ONLY EXPECT BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS. AND FOR YOU PERSONALLY, I GUESS, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THE STUFF BACK HOME, BUT YOU'RE BEING GIVEN A LOT OF CREDIT FOR LIFTING THAT PROFILE OF PARALYMPIC SPORT IN NZ. I MEAN, HOW DOES THAT FEEL FOR YOU AS AN ATHLETE? YEAH, IT'S PRETTY SPECIAL TO KNOW THAT I CAN GIVE BACK TO SO MANY PEOPLE AND INSPIRE PEOPLE. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, I ONLY DO WHAT I LOVE, AND I` AND THAT'S TO CHALLENGE MYSELF, AND I CHOSE TO CHALLENGE MYSELF AGAINST THE REST OF THE WORLD. BUT IF YOU CAN INSPIRE PEOPLE AND IF YOU CAN GAIN THAT RECOGNITION FOR OTHERS OUT THERE AS WELL, IT'S A PRETTY HUMBLING FEELING TO KNOW THAT THE PROFILE OF PARALYMPIC SPORT HAS GROWN WITH MY SUCCESS IN THE POOL AND ALSO OUT OF THE POOL, AND I, YOU KNOW` IT DOESN'T COME JUST DOWN TO ME. LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, YEAH, IT'S ME RACING IN THE POOL, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH SUPPORT THAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES THAT HAVE ACTUALLY GOT ME TO THAT POINT, SO I CAN ONLY THINK OF THE SUPPORT I'VE HAD MYSELF TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO OTHERS. AND OUR THANKS TO SOPH TOO. WHAT AN OUTSTANDING ATHLETE. TO THE MEDAL TALLY NOW, AND NZ'S STILL LYING NINTH OVERALL, BUT WE COULD SAY FIRST IN MEDALS PER CAPITA. NO CHANCE OF CHINA BEING BEATEN AT THE TOP OF THE TABLE, WITH ONLY THREE DAYS OF COMPETITION LEFT. LOOKING AHEAD TO KIWIS COMPETING TOMORROW ` WE HAVE FIVE SWIMMERS IN THE POOL AGAIN. MARY FISHER HAVING ONE LAST SHOT AT ANOTHER MEDAL. WILLIAM STEDMAN ALSO HAS A CHANCE IN HIS 400M FINAL. AND FRASER SHARP AND STEPHEN HILLS ARE OUT IN THE MEN'S ROAD RACE. AND OUR SAILORS ARE BACK RACING IN THE BAY. LIVE COVERAGE RESUMES ON DUKE AT 1.20 IN THE MORNING, AND WE'RE BACK AT 9.50 TOMORROW NIGHT. UNTIL THEN, GOODNIGHT FROM RIO. 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