FESTIVE MUSIC MUSIC QUICKENS CAPTIONS BY ABLE. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016 MUSIC SWELLS, FADES GOOD EVENING FROM RIO, AND AS WE NEAR THE END OF THESE PARALYMPICS, ONE OF OUR JUNIOR MEMBERS HAS STEPPED UP AND DELIVERED THE NZ TEAM ANOTHER MEDAL. 16-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM STEDMAN, A LATE CALL-UP TO THE TEAM, LINED UP IN THE 400M FINAL FOR ATHLETES WITH COORDINATION IMPAIRMENT. KIMBERLEE DOWNS WAS AT THE TRACK. IT'S BEEN A BIT OF AN OVERCAST MORNING HERE AT THE ATHLETICS, BUT THAT'S DONE NOTHING TO DAMPEN THE EFFORTS OF OUR KIWI ATHLETES. TODAY IT WAS WILLIAM STEDMAN'S TURN. HE WAS UP IN THE T36 400M. THAT'S A CLASSIFICATION FOR THOSE WITH CEREBRAL PALSY, AND, BOY, DIDN'T THE 16-YEAR-OLD IMPRESS. LOOKS AS IF THIS COULD BE VERY VERY COMPETITIVE. IT'S A WIDE OPEN FIELD. THREE TIMES WORLD CHAMPION, TWICE OVER 800M IN DOHA AND LYON, GOLD IN THIS IN CHRISTCHURCH IN 2011, BRONZES IN THE LAST TWO. WILLIAM STEDMAN OF NZ, FIFTH IN THE LONG JUMP HERE. SIXTH IN THE 400M AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN DOHA. ANNOUNCER: SET. BANG! WELL, NOW THEY'RE AWAY, AND A GOOD START FROM WILLIAM STEDMAN OF NZ. GOING OUT IN LANE SEVEN, HE WAS FIFTH IN THE LONG JUMP HERE. AND CIUKSZA, 18 YEARS OLD, WHO HAD THAT WOBBLE IN THE STARTING BLOCKS ORIGINALLY IS FLYING AWAY OVER ON THE FAR SIDE. YOU'LL SEE HE'S OVERTAKEN STEDMAN NOW. TRYING TO CATCH UP WITH THE STAGGER ON BLAKE. HE'S ABSOLUTELY FLYING. 56.35 THIS YEAR PUTS HIM SECOND FASTEST IN THE FIELD BEHIND BLAKE, AND IT'S BETWEEN THESE TWO. BLAKE ON THE OUTSIDE. CIUKSZA ON THE INSIDE. STEDMAN BEHIND IN THIRD PLACE AT THE MOMENT. PAVLYK, WHO'S BEEN A PAST MASTER OF THIS AS WELL, GOING QUITE WELL IN THIRD PLACE. BUT IT'S CIUKSZA STRAIGHTENING UP AND BLAKE SPEEDING UP. PAUL BLAKE FOR GREAT BRITAIN LOOKS IN LINE TO TAKE THIS PARALYMPIC TITLE IN THE 400M. IT'LL BE HIS FIRST PARALYMPIC CROWN. BLAKE GETS THE GOLD FOR GREAT BRITAIN, AND IT'S A PHOTO BETWEEN PAVLYK OF THE UKRAINE AND STEDMAN OF NZ. I THINK PAVLYK JUST SQUEAKED IT. BUT 54.49, AND PAUL BLAKE, THE THREE TIMES WORLD CHAMPION NOW ADDS A PARALYMPIC GOLD TO HIS CV. PAVLYK TAKES THE SILVER, STEDMAN THE BRONZE. TWO-HUNDREDTHS BETWEEN THEM. STEDMAN, A CONTINENTAL RECORD. AND BLAKE A NEW PARALYMPIC CHAMPION. PAVLYK, WHO WON THIS CROWN PREVIOUSLY IN '08, HE'S WON DOUBLES IN THE LAST TWO PARALYMPIC GAMES, SILVER FOR HIM IN THE END. HE GOT IN AHEAD OF STEDMAN, WHO'S DELIGHTED WITH HIS BRONZE MEDAL. AND BLAKE WITH THE GOLD. NOW, AS YOU'VE SEEN, WILLIAM WAS SHATTERED AFTER THAT EFFORT AND WAS ACTUALLY TOO EXHAUSTED TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT TO TALK TO MEDIA. FAIR ENOUGH, GIVEN HE'S BACKING IT UP IN THE 800M TOMORROW AS WELL. HOWEVER, WE DID MANAGE TO CATCH UP WITH SOME OF HIS BIGGEST FANS, HIS FAMILY, AS WELL AS HIS COACH. HOW WAS THAT WHOLE EXPERIENCE FOR YOU? OH, IT WAS FANTASTIC. IT'S QUITE STRESSFUL AS A PARENT WATCHING, BUT JUST THE MOST AMAZING FINISH, AND WE REALLY ENJOYED IT. WHAT WAS THE FAMILY LIKE, PHIL, AS HE WAS COMING DOWN THAT LAST 100M STRETCH? WE WERE SCREAMING OUR HEADS OFF, ACTUALLY. WE WERE JUMPING UP AND DOWN, AND WE WERE JUST ON THE EDGE OF OUR SEATS, IF YOU LIKE. JUST IT COULD HAVE GONE EITHER WAY. HE COULD HAVE MISSED OUT ON A MEDAL, HE COULD HAVE GOT A SILVER, AND IT WAS SO TIGHT THAT WE WERE ALL PRETTY ON EDGE. LUKE, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE FACT THAT YOUR BROTHER IS A PARALYMPIC BRONZE MEDALLIST? AMAZING. I... A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO NEVER WOULD HAVE EVEN DREAMED OF IT, SO REAL COOL. AND WHAT ABOUT YOU AS WELL? I'M JUST REALLY PROUD OF HIM AND GLAD THAT HE GOT THE MEDAL. YEAH, IT'S PRETTY AMAZING THAT HE GOT A MEDAL AT THIS AGE. COULD YOU HAVE IMAGINED HIM GETTING A MEDAL AT HIS VERY FIRST PARALYMPIC GAMES? NO. I THOUGHT HE'D DO WELL, BUT I THOUGHT A MEDAL MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT OUT OF REACH. BUT HE HAD DIFFERENT IDEAS. CLEARLY. HE LOOKED ABSOLUTELY SHATTERED ON THAT FINISH LINE. HE OBVIOUSLY GAVE IT HIS ALL. I MEAN, WHAT DRIVES WILLIAM? HE'S VERY VERY FOCUSED. HE KNOWS WHAT HE WANTS TO DO, AND HE'S DETERMINED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, AND IT MAKES HIM VERY EASY TO COACH. YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE GETTING A BIT EMOTIONAL ABOUT THIS ONE. I AM, YEAH. IT'S JUST BEEN AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE, THE WHOLE THING. IT'S JUST AMAZING. WHAT DOES IT DO FOR YOU AS A COACH TO SEE YOUR ATHLETE AND JUST A 16-YEAR-OLD KID, REALLY, UP ON A MEDAL PODIUM? UM, I CAN'T REALLY DESCRIBE IT. IT'S NOT SOMETHING I'D EVER THOUGHT I'D EXPERIENCE, SO IT'S JUST AMAZING. (CLEARS THROAT) HOW DO YOU THINK HE'S GOING TO REACT TO WINNING A MEDAL? UM, HE'LL BE VERY PLEASED. UM, HE ALMOST EXPECTED IT. HE WAS HOPING FOR IT. UM, AND I THINK IT'LL JUST DRIVE HIM FURTHER, MAKE HIM MORE DETERMINED. HE'S FOCUSED ON TOKYO IN 2020. WE'RE BOTH FOCUSED ON THAT. ANNOUNCER: WILLIAM STEDMAN. A RESULT FOR WILLIAM STEDMAN HERE FOR NZ, WHO FINISHED FIFTH IN THE LONG JUMP. HIS FIRST MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP MEDAL, AND IT COMES IN THIS T36 FINAL. INSPIRING MUSIC PLAYS STEDMAN FROM CHRISTCHURCH. MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING (SPEAKS INAUDIBLY) ALSO GOING IN THE 800M. CHEERING, APPLAUSE AND A WONDERFUL BRONZE MEDAL. WELL, IT BOOSTS THE NZ TALLY. A HUGE DAY FOR THE STEDMAN FAMILY, AS IT WAS FOR TUPOU NEIUFI'S FAMILY. ANOTHER LATE CALL-UP FOR THESE GAMES, SHE ALSO IMPRESSED BY MAKING HER FIRST PARALYMPIC FINAL. BEFORE WE SEE THE RACE, LET'S FIND OUT MORE ABOUT TUPOU. I SOMETIMES DREAM ABOUT MYSELF ON THE PODIUM, LIKE, THE FLAG GOING UP, HAND ACROSS THE CHEST AND JUST SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM ON BEHALF OF NOT ONLY THE COUNTRY BUT MY FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. UPLIFTING MUSIC I'M TUPOU NEIUFI. I'M 15 YEARS OLD. I'M A PARA-SWIMMER, AND I'M FROM MANGERE, AUCKLAND. TUPOU WAS HIT BY A SPEEDING CAR WHEN SHE WAS JUST A TODDLER. A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY LEFT HER PARALYSED DOWN THE LEFT SIDE OF HER BODY. WHEN TUPOU WAS 9, HER PHYSIO SUGGESTED SHE GIVE SWIMMING A GO. FIRST IT STARTED OFF AS REHAB, JUST SO I CAN STRENGTHEN UP MY LEFT SIDE AND USE IT A LOT MORE. BUT ONCE I STARTED DOING A FEW MORE LESSONS, THEN I STARTED TO REALISE I HAD THE PASSION FOR THE SPORT. SO I STARTED COMPETITIVE SWIMMING FROM THEN. SHE WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED BY PARALYMPICS NZ'S 'PATHWAY TO PODIUM' PROGRAMME IN 2011. RIO IS ABOUT EXPERIENCE FOR TUPOU, BUT SHE'S ALSO DOING IT FOR HER FAMILY OF SIX BROTHERS AND SISTERS. I'M GOING THERE MAINLY FOR EXPERIENCE. ALSO BECAUSE OF MY FAMILY. LIKE, MY FAMILY'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR ME AND THROUGH ALL THE SACRIFICES THEY MADE FOR ME. I JUST WANT TO TRY AND GIVE IT BACK TO THEM BY GIVING MY ALL. AND TUPOU DID GIVE IT HER ALL IN THE 100M FINAL, AND LATER SHE TALKED TO PAULA TESORIERO. FIRST TO BE INTRODUCED IS TUPOU NEIUFI FROM NZ. SWIMMING THREE EVENTS IN RIO, SHE'S JUST 15. SHE'S ACTUALLY A LATE SUBSTITUTE FOR AN INJURED TEAMMATE AND IS CERTAINLY MAKING THE MOST OF THE OPPORTUNITY SHE'S BEEN GIVEN, SWIMMING IN THE FINAL HERE, GAINING VALUABLE EXPERIENCE. ANNOUNCER. TAKE YOUR MARKS. BEEP! A STRONG START FROM ELLIE COLE AS ANTICIPATED. HANNAH ASPDEN THE YOUNGSTER FROM THE UNITED STATES ALSO GOT AWAY WELL, BUT NOW THAT THE SWIMMERS ARE UP AND STROKING, ELIZABETH SMITH HAS THE BEST START EARLY. SHE'S TAKING IT OUT AS HARD AS SHE CAN, BUT DON'T DISCOUNT THE EXPERIENCE OF ELLIE COLE. SHE KNOWS HOW TO SWIM THIS DISTANCE, AND SHE IS BUILDING INTO THE RACE HERE, STARTING TO SET THE PACE A LITTLE, BUT IT'S QUITE EVEN ACROSS THE POOL, AND THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE MUCH IN IT AS THEY TOUCH AT THE 50. CERTAINLY ISN'T AT THE MOMENT, BUT ELLIE COLE IS THE PERSON TO BEAT. THIS IS ELLIE COLE'S RACE TO LOSE, REALLY. SHE TOUCHES AHEAD OF MARQUES SOTO, WITH ASPDEN TOUCHING AT THIRD OVERALL, AND WANG A LITTLE OFF THE PACE. 35.7 AT THE WALL AFTER THE COLE, THE ONLY SWIMMER TO GO SUB-34 SECONDS. MARQUES SOTO, THOUGH, TRYING TO LAUNCH AN ATTACK ON COLE, WHO LEADS AT THE MOMENT BY A SLIM MARGIN OVER ASPDEN, BUT SHE'S GOT TO BATTLE ASPDEN AND MARQUES SOTO. ELLIE COLE IS JUST AHEAD. ASPDEN AND MARQUES SOTO ARE BOTH CHALLENGING HERE, BUT ELLIE COLE ` SHE'S EKING OUT THE SLIMMEST OF MARGINS. SHE'S BRINGING IT HOME AS STRONG AS SHE CAN. ELLIE COLE HAS THE GOLD SURELY FROM HERE. SHE TOUCHES IN PARALYMPIC RECORD TIME. ELLIE COLE FROM AUSTRALIA AHEAD OF MARQUES SOTO FROM SPAIN, AND ASPDEN FROM THE UNITED STATES GETS THE BRONZE MEDAL. TUPOU, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GAVE IT EVERYTHING OUT THERE. TELL ME ABOUT THE RACE. I ACTUALLY FELT PRETTY GOOD IN THE RACE. THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT I STILL NEED TO WORK ON, BUT OVERALL THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD TIME, SO I'M PRETTY HAPPY WITH THAT. THIS IS YOUR FIRST PARALYMPIC GAMES. YOU GOT THE LATE CALL-UP. HOW SPECIAL WAS IT TO BE HERE? REALLY SPECIAL JUST BEING ABLE TO REPRESENT THE COUNTRY, UM, AND MAKING THE FINALS AS WELL, THAT'S A BIG THING AS WELL, YEAH. YEAH, WE WERE REALLY RAPT TO SEE YOU MAKE THE FINAL TONIGHT AND WATCH YOUR RACE. DOES BEING HERE AND BEING PART OF THE GAMES SPUR YOU ON TO WANT TO DO MORE? YEAH. UM, JUST BEING HERE MAKE ME, UM, A BIT MORE HUNGRY FOR THE NEXT GAMES AS WELL. HOPEFULLY I CAN BE WAY BETTER AND EVEN GET TO THE TOP SOMETIME. I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE LOVE AND SUPPORT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE GIVEN ME OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT, AND I WOULDN'T HAVE GOT HERE WITHOUT THEM, YEAH. BRILLIANT. WELL, RECOVER WELL. YOU'VE CERTAINLY LEFT IT OUT THERE TONIGHT, SO RECOVER WELL. A STRONG SWIM FROM TUPOU AND A BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD. WE'RE GOING TO SEE PLENTY MORE OF HER. NEXT UP ` MARY FISHER DEFENDS HER INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY TITLE. 1 IT WAS MARY FISHER'S LAST RACE OF THE GAMES IN THE POOL TONIGHT. MARY AND HER RIVALS SWIM IN FULL BLACKOUT GOGGLES. SHE EXPLAINS HOW SHE ALWAYS KNOWS WHERE SHE IS. WHEN THE STARTER SAYS, 'TAKE YOUR MARKS,' I'M TRYING TO GET INTO MY PERFECT POSITION, TRYING TO STAY STILL. AND WHEN THE... (BUZZES) GOES, THEN I'M JUST TRYING TO BE LIKE A BIRD BEING LET OUT OF A CAGE, IT REALLY WANTS TO BE GET OUT, AND JUST INTO THE WATER AS SOON AS I CAN. I COMPETE IN THE CLASSIFICATION FOR TOTALLY BLIND ATHLETES. SOME PEOPLE HAVE LIGHT PERCEPTION, LIKE ME, AND SOME PEOPLE DON'T, SO WE ALL JUST WEAR THESE BLACKED-OUT GOGGLES. TWO, ONE, GO. GROWING UP, I HAD ABOUT 10% OF NORMAL VISION. I COULD NOT DO SOME OF THE THINGS WHICH THE OTHER KIDS COULD, LIKE WALK ON A BEAM. ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT SWIMMING FOR ME IS THAT I CAN DO IT TOTALLY INDEPENDENTLY, COMPARED TO A LOT OF OTHER SPORTS. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT I HAVE THIS TAPPER. THEY ARE GIVING YOU INFORMATION ABOUT HOW FAR YOU ARE FROM THE WALL, AND YOU JUST CAN'T THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A RACE. AS A BLIND SWIMMER, SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES ARE STAYING STRAIGHT, SO I USE THE TOUCH OF THE LANE ROPE TO GIVE ME SOME SENSE OF WHERE MY DIRECTION IS. AND THEN WHEN I TUMBLE TURN, TRYING TO PUSH OFF AT A REALLY 90-DEGREE SQUARE ANGLE TO GIVE ME THAT TACTILE SENSE OF HOW STRAIGHT I'M GOING. AND THEN ONCE YOU KNOW YOU'RE STRAIGHT AND ARE CONFIDENT IN THAT, YOU CAN USE ALL YOUR POWER TO GO FORWARD. SHE'S IN A VERY COMPETITIVE CLASS. I MEAN, IT'S SWIMMERS WHO ON ANY GIVEN DAY CAN GET THEIR HAND ON THE WALL FIRST. IT'S BASICALLY WHO SWIMS THE STRAIGHTEST AND KEEPS OFF THE LANE ROPE. THAT'S SO IMPORTANT TO AN S11 SWIMMER. AND YOU'VE GOT TO GET THAT TAP RIGHT SO SHE'S GOT THE CONFIDENCE TO HIT THAT WALL AT FULL SPEED. MARY'S THE WORLD-RECORD HOLDER AND DEFENDING CHAMPION IN THE 200M MEDLEY, BUT SHE WAS UP AGAINST A VERY STRONG FIELD TONIGHT. AFTER HER FINAL SWIM, SHE TALKED TO PAULA ABOUT WHAT MIGHT BE NEXT. CHEERING PA: GOLD MEDALLIST FOUR YEARS AGO AND THE WINNER OF THE LAST TWO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES, MARY FISHER OF NZ GOES IN LANE TWO. THIS IS THE WOMEN'S 200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY SM11. PA: TAKE YOUR MARKS. BUZZ! FISHER AND BRUINSMA BOTH GOT AWAY VERY WELL, BUT REICHARD BETWEEN THEM IS QUICK UNDERWATER. AND AS THEY COME UP INTO THE FLY STROKE, IT IS FISHER WHO'S LEADING, BUT ALREADY BEARING BADLY TO THE RIGHT. LOOKS TO CORRECT HER STROKE NOW. SO FISHER IS LEADING JUST AHEAD OF REICHARD, WHO'S JUST AHEAD OF BOTH BRUINSMA AND EGEL OF ESTONIA. FISHER WILL TOUCH IN FIRST, 34.68. FINISH THE RACE STRONGLY ` THAT WILL BE THE MAJOR QUESTION. WE KNOW THAT MARY FISHER DOES. WE KNOW SHE'S BEEN STRUGGLING A LITTLE WITH HER COURSE IN THE RACE, BUT NOW SHE'S LOOKING FANTASTIC. SO MARY FISHER IN LANE TWO. FISHER SHOULD TOUCH IN AT THE 100 SPLIT IN FRONT. SHE DOESN'T HAVE A HUGE MARGIN, THOUGH. IT'S GONNA BE A REAL FIGHT ON FOR THE GOLD. AND AT THE MOMENT, MARY FISHER IS IN DANGER OF LOSING OUT SOME PLACE AGAIN BY GOING A LITTLE LEFT TO RIGHT DOWN THE LANES. BUT SHE IS AMONG THE QUICKEST SWIMMERS IN THE POOL. BRUINSMA CAN STILL MAKE UP A LEAD, BUT SHE'S LOST IT IN THE BACKSTROKE. THE WORLD CHAMPION AND DEFENDING CHAMPION, MARY FISHER. REICHARD HAS DROPPED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO FIFTH. BUT HER BREASTSTROKE IS SO GOOD, SHE WILL MAKE UP AND MIGHT EVEN TAKE THE LEAD. AND INDEED, IF SHE'S CAUGHT IN THE 150 SPLIT, EGEL WILL HAVE NO CHANCE OF BEATING XIE QING, COMING HOME IN THE THREE ALMOST CERTAINLY. REICHARD, THOUGH, HAS NOW JUST GONE BEYOND FISHER. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THIS RACE, FISHER IS NOT LEADING. FISHER HAS FADED TREMENDOUSLY. XIE IS FINISHING FAST. REICHARD IS FADING, BUT GOING TO WIN IT. THE DUTCH SWIMMER BRUINSMA, WHO CLAIMS THE GOLD, HER SECOND GOLD AT JUST 16. CHEERING MARY, YOU HAD A GREAT START. YOU WERE LEADING THE RACE FOR THE GOOD MAJORITY OF IT. TALK ME THROUGH THAT LAST LAP AND A BIT. I HAD A REALLY AVERAGE HEAT SWIM THIS MORNING, AND LUCKILY MADE IT INTO THE FINAL. SO I JUST KNEW THAT I HAD TO REALLY GO OUT STRONG IN THE BUTTERFLY AT THE START. AND THE SPLIT WAS REALLY GOOD. IT WAS FASTER THAN MY LONDON TIME, AND THEN I JUST COULDN'T HOLD IT AT THE END. I GUESS JUST A MIXTURE OF THINGS, LIKE ALL THE RACING THIS WEEK, EVEN THOUGH WE'D PREPARED AS MUCH AS WE CAN FOR IT, IT JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT. BUT I GAVE IT MY BEST SHOT, AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF HOW ALL THE OTHER SWIMMERS HAVE BEEN GOING, ESPECIALLY MY ROOMMATE, TUPOU, AT HER FIRST PARALYMPICS IN DOING TWO PBs TODAY AND MAKING A FINAL. SO IT'S BEEN A REALLY SPECIAL SECOND GAMES, BUT KIND OF A DISAPPOINTING NOTE TO END ON. HAS IT ALL BEEN SORT OF HEAD DOWN, OR HAVE YOU ALLOWED YOURSELF THE LUXURY TO THINK ABOUT WHAT NEXT FOR MARY? IS TOKYO UP THERE AS THE NEXT GOAL FOR YOU, OR TOO SOON TO TELL? > OOH. I THINK BOTH WHEN YOU, YOU KNOW, WIN AND WHEN YOU GET KIND OF A FOURTH PLACE, IT'S REALLY TEMPTING TO HAVE ANOTHER CRACK. BUT I THINK I'M JUST GONNA TAKE IT SLOWLY, AND THEN MAKE SOME DECISIONS WHEN I'M A BIT MORE WELL INFORMED AND IN THE RIGHT HEAD SPACE. SO I'VE GOT SOME OTHER ACTIVE THINGS, LIKE A BIG RUN IN FEBRUARY THAT I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO TRAINING FOR, BUT VERY MUCH IN THE RECREATIONAL CAPACITY AND TAKING A BIT OF TIME OFF COMPETITIVE SWIMMING. SO SOME REFLECTIONS THERE FROM MARY FISHER ABOUT HER PERFORMANCES HERE IN RIO AND WHAT'S UP NEXT FOR HER. MEANWHILE IN THE POOL, CAMERON LESLIE, WHO WON GOLD EARLIER AT THE GAMES, WAS RACING TONIGHT. DESPITE DOING A PERSONAL BEST THIS MORNING, HE FINISHED OUTSIDE OF MEDAL CONTENTION THIS EVENING. INSTEAD, TONIGHT'S RACE WAS WON BY DANIEL DIAS,... BRAZILIAN SUPERSTAR IN THE POOL HERE. PA: THIS IS THE FINAL OF THE MEN'S 50M BACKSTROKE S5. CAMERON LESLIE, THE 26-YEAR-OLD WHO'S JUST AT RIO 2016 WON HIS THIRD SUCCESSIVE 150 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY ` GOLD IN RIO AFTER SUCCESSES IN LONDON AND BEIJING BEFORE THAT. CHEERING A ROAR AS DANIEL DIAS IS WELCOMED. CHEERING CONTINUES NOT ONLY IS HE THE REIGNING CHAMPION; HE'S A WORLD-RECORD HOLDER. CHEERING CONTINUES TAKE YOUR MARKS. BUZZ! DANIEL DIAS GETS AWAY IN LANE FOUR. GOING QUICKLY ALONGSIDE HIM, THOUGH, IS ANDREW MULLEN WITH A GREAT UNDERWATER, WHEN IT'S THEIR BREAK WATERS. IT'S DIAS ONLY JUST AHEAD OF MULLEN. GOING STRONGLY IN LANE TWO IS EROGRU OF TURKEY, BUT YOU LOSE SOME IN THE BACK END. NOW A FIGHTING CHALLENGE FROM VERECZKEI, WHO DESPERATELY WANTS THE MEDAL HERE. HE WANTS TO FINISH TOP THREE. IS IT GONNA BE A RECORD, THOUGH? THIS LOOKS TO BE A VERY FAST TIME FROM DANIEL DIAS. NO, JUST BEHIND HIM. BUT DANIEL DIAS IS PULLING OUT A LEAD AHEAD OF MULLEN, WHO MIGHT EVEN LOSE OUT OF THE SILVER TO VERECZKEI, WHO'S CLOSING QUICKEST. DANIEL DIAS IS GONNA SWIM TO HIS THIRD GOLD MEDAL AT RIO 2016 AND DELIGHT THE CROWD. BRAZIL GETS GOLD! SCOTLAND, REPRESENTING GREAT BRITAIN, IS ANDREW MULLEN. AND VERECZKEI CLAIMS A SEVENTH CONSECUTIVE PODIUM FINISH AT PARALYMPIC GAMES IN A SPAN OF 24 YEARS! CHEERING CAMERON, YOUR LAST SWIM AT THESE GAMES ` TALK US THROUGH IT. YEAH, THIS MORNING WAS A REALLY GOOD TIME FOR ME. IT WAS A PERSONAL BEST, BY, LIKE, 0.6, SO IT WAS A VERY RESPECTABLE TIME THIS MORNING. HOPING TO BACK IT TONIGHT, BUT I COULDN'T QUITE. YEAH, JUST SPINNING TOO MUCH WATER, WASN'T GETTING ENOUGH PURCHASE ON IT, SO DISAPPOINTING AND A FRUSTRATING WAY TO END IT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, VERY COOL TO BE PART OF THAT. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS AROUND WHEELCHAIR RUGBY WHEN YOU GET BACK HOME? I'M REAL KEEN TO SINK MY TEETH BACK INTO SOME WHEELCHAIR RUGBY. I'VE SORT OF BEEN STARVED OF IT FOR A LITTLE WHILE NOW, JUST WITH BEING AWAY AND TRAVELLING. BUT ALSO IN THE LEAD INTO HERE, I SORT OF EASED BACK A LITTLE BIT ON THE WHEELCHAIR RUGBY TRAINING, JUST TO, I GUESS, TICK THE BOXES OF NOT HAVING ANY MORE A HIGHER RISK OF INJURY. BUT WHEN I GET HOME, I'LL CERTAINLY BE CRACKING BACK INTO IT, BECAUSE, I MEAN, AS A WHEEL BLACKS TEAM, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER CAMPAIGN TO LOOK FORWARD TO, AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IF WE'RE GONNA SUCCEED IN THAT. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME WHEELCHAIR RUGBY LATER IN THE PROGRAMME. UP AHEAD, THOUGH ` ANOTHER FIRST-TIME PARALYMPIAN MAKING FINALS. NARROWLY MISSING SELECTION FOR THE LAST PARALYMPICS WAS A SPUR TO DRIVE YOUNG JESSE REYNOLDS TO TRAIN EVEN HARDER. HE WAS RACING TODAY, AND WE'LL COME TO THAT IN A MOMENT, BUT FIRST, HERE'S MORE ABOUT THE STUDENT FROM HAMILTON. DONE A LOTTA WORK WITH THE LEAD-UP TO THE RACES, AND YOU'RE BUILDING UP ALL THE NERVES, ALL THE ENERGY; EVERYTHING'S COMING OUT AT ONCE, AND ESPECIALLY IN THE BIG COMPETITIONS, WHERE YOU COME OUT AND THERE'S CAMERAS IN FRONT OF YOU, THERE'S ALL THIS STUFF GOING ON, BUT ALL YOU'VE GOTTA DO IS FOCUS ON THE RACE. I MIGHT LOOK REAL STRAIGHT-FACED, LOOK A BIT ANGRY, BUT THAT'S JUST MY WAY OF TRYING NOT TO LET THE ENVIRONMENT AROUND ME AFFECT ME. ELECTRONIC MUSIC SO, MY CONDITION IS CALLED... BUT BASICALLY WHAT IT MEANS IS MY FEMUR ONLY GREW TO ABOUT THAT LONG. I STILL HAVE TIB AND MY FIB, WHICH IS NORMALLY WHAT YOUR SHIN BONE IS. I WAS ORIGINALLY BORN WITH A FOOT ON THE END OF IT, BUT WE HAD IT AMPUTATED SO I COULD WEAR MY PROSTHETIC, AND THEN THEY FUSED WHAT WAS, KINDA, MY KNEE TO MY HIP SOCKET. ELECTRONIC MUSIC CONTINUES JESSE HAS BEEN AN AMAZING KID RIGHT FROM WORD GO. HE GOT THROUGH VARYING SURGERIES AND BITS AND PIECES AS A` AS A LITTLEY, AND IF I LOOK AT ALL OF THESE, THAT'S WHAT IT IS; IT'S JESSE'S DEDICATION THAT'S GOT HIM TO WHERE IT IS. SO, WHEN I COMPETE I'M CONCENTRATING ON ALL MY WEAK POINTS. I'VE GOTTA STAY REALLY FLAT AND REALLY BALANCED, JUST BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE MISSING A LEG AND YOU'RE ROTATING SO MUCH, I TEND TO LEAN MORE TO THE SIDE, JUST COS IT'S HEAVIER. MAN: JESSE'S ONLY 19 AND STILL GROWING. HE'S REALLY STARTING TO HIT THE GYM, TO REALLY STRENGTHEN THAT CORE SO HE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO HOLD HIMSELF A LITTLE BIT BETTER, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE WATER. DURING THE RACE YOU'LL SEE THAT I'LL START OFF A BIT SLOWER THAN EVERYONE ELSE RIGHT OFF THE BLOCKS, AND THEN, BASICALLY, THROUGH THE RACE I TEND TO BUILD AND BUILD AND BUILD, AND I'M A REAL BIG BACK-END SWIMMER. I'LL TEND TO COME THROUGH RIGHT AT THE END, SO IT'S A BIT OF A STRATEGY GAME AS WELL, TRYING TO PACE MYSELF AND GET EVERYTHING THROUGH RIGHT AT THE END. JESSE MADE HIS FIRST FINAL FOR HIS GAMES TODAY IN THE 100M BACKSTROKE. HE SPOKE TO PAULA ABOUT HOW IT HAD GONE. JESSE, CONGRATULATIONS ON MAKING THE FINAL AT THE` YOUR FIRST PARALYMPICS GAMES. IT LOOKED LIKE AN INCREDIBLY CLOSE FIELD. DESCRIBE THE RACE FOR US. UH, YEAH, WE ALWAYS KNEW IT WAS GONNA BE A CLOSE RACE. THERE'S SOME REAL GOOD COMPETITION IN MY CLASS, SO (PANTS) I KNEW I HAD TO TAKE IT OUT FAST,... GO, JESS! GO, JESSE, GO! ...UH, AND I DID THAT, BUT I THINK I MAY HAVE GONE A LITTLE BIT TOO HARD IN THE FIRST 50, COS COMING HOME REALLY HURT, UM, BUT WE FOUGHT ON, AND I DROPPED A SECOND OFF THIS MORNING'S TIME, WHICH WAS ALREADY A PB, SO, YEAH, I'M OVER THE MOON WITH THAT RACE. PAULA: (CHUCKLES GENTLY) FANTASTIC, AND A PERSONAL BEST AT YOUR FIRST PARALYMPIC GAMES ` DOES THAT SPUR YOU ON TO WANNA COME BACK AND FIGHT FOR MORE IN TOKYO? YEAH, 100%. TOKYO WAS ALWAYS THE MAIN, UH` THE BIG EVENT FOR US, SO, UH, THIS ONE WAS JUST A LEARNING CURVE. COMING INTO THE PARALYMPICS WAS A` IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STORY TO ANY OF THE OTHER COMPETITIONS I'VE DONE, INCLUDING, LIKE, WORLD CHAMPS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. IT'S JUST` IT'S CRAZY, UM, BUT, COM` FINISHING SEVENTH IN MY FIRST PARALYMPICS ` I'M PRETTY STOKED WITH THAT, AND, I MEAN, THERE WAS NOTHING IN IT. SO WITH FOUR MORE YEARS OF RACING, WHO KNOWS? SO VALUABLE EXPERIENCE FOR JESSE HERE IN RIO. NOW AS THE KIWI PARTICIPATION SCALES BACK, WE HAVE TIME TO LOOK ANOTHER KEENLY CONTESTED PARALYMPIC SPORT. THIS IS A GOLD-MEDAL MEN'S TABLE TENNIS MATCH ` SWEDEN VS UKRAINE. MALE ANNOUNCER: FAMILIAR BLUE AND GOLD. WE START THIS GOLD-MEDAL... COMPETITION WITH THE DOUBLES. CHEERING CHEERING INTENSIFIES, SHOES SQUEAK MAN YELLS, APPLAUSE, CHEERING CHEERING MEN GRUNT, APPLAUSE, CHEERING NET. 1-2. HANDS GO UP FROM THE UMPIRES. NET CAUGHT. TAKE THAT AGAIN. APPLAUSE, CHEERING OH, IT WAS WELL PLACED. NIKOLENKO JUST COULDN'T QUITE MAKE IT. CHEERING SHOES SQUEAK MEN GRUNT, CHEERING APPLAUSE SHOES SQUEAK INDISTINCT SPEECH DIDUKH JUST, UH, NOT ON TOP OF HIS GAME AT THE MOMENT, MISSING THAT BACKHAND. CHEERING SHOES SQUEAK MEN GRUNT (CHUCKLES) WIDE OPEN. DOWN THE LINE ON THE BACKHAND. SWEDEN COMING FROM BEHIND. MEN GRUNT AND ANOTHER STORMING FOREHAND ACROSS THE TABLE FROM ANDERSSON. THE YOUNGER OF THE TWO, EMIL ANDERSSON,... PLAYING TABLE TENNIS SINCE HE WAS 7. SHOES SQUEAK, CHEERING (CHEERS) AND THEY'RE MAKING GOOD USE OF THE TABLE ` GETTING AROUND WELL, PUSHING THE UKRAINIANS,... MAKING THEM HURRY AND TRY AND STRETCH, AND THEY'RE... SWEDISH PLAYERS CHEER ...PLAYING BRILLIANTLY, AND THERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE. PLAYING THE ANGLES; ANDERSSON WITH ANOTHER WINNER. CLAPPING SPECTATORS CALLS OUT INDISTINCTLY SHOES SQUEAK, INDISTINCT SPEECH ON THE FOREHAND THIS TIME. IT WAS A BRIGHT START FROM THE UKRAINIANS, AND AFTER HAVING A LEAD OF 2, THEY'RE NOW BEHIND BY 5. SHOES SQUEAK, MAN GRUNTS, CHEERING KARLSSON FOR ONCE NOT FINDING HIS RANGE. APPLAUSE, CHEERING SHOES SQUEAK MAN GRUNTS YOU SEE WHAT DIDUKH WAS TRYING TO DO THERE. APPLAUSE, CHEERING DIDN'T QUITE MAKE IT STICK. IT'LL REVERSE TO SEND HIS OPPONENT THE WRONG WAY, OFF-BALANCE. MEN GRUNT, CHEERING LONGEST RALLY SO FAR ` JUST EIGHT STROKES, SO SHORT AND SWEET, THIS MATCH SO FAR. STEADY RHYTHMIC CLAPPING SHOES SQUEAK MEN GRUNT, CHEERING, CLAPPING FEMALE ANNOUNCER: THAT IS GAME POINT TO THE SWEDISH PAIR. FIVE OF THEM, IN FACT. SHOES SQUEAK, GRUNTING, CHEERING DIDN'T NEED ALL OF THEM, DID THEY? CHUCKLES: THEY DIDN'T. THEY DIDN'T. THEY TAKE... THE FIRST GAME IN THIS GOLD-MEDAL MATCH. MORE FROM THAT GOLD-MEDAL MATCH AFTER THE BREAK. RETURNING TO GOLD MEDAL TABLE TENNIS NOW. AFTER SWEDEN LEVELLED THE SCORE, WE PICK UP THE ACTION WITH UKRAINE LEADING IN THE THIRD GAME. CHEERING, APPLAUSE SNEAKERS SQUEAK PLAYERS SHOUT JUST PULLING AWAY. STILL DANCING AROUND. SO MUCH ENERGY, THE 29-YEAR-OLD. CONVINCED HIS DAD TO TAKE UP THE SPORT. I'M SURE HE'LL BE VERY PROUD OF HIM. CHEERING HE'S DONE IT JUST LONG. SOME HIGH-QUALITY TABLE TENNIS, AS YOU'D EXPECT IN A GOLD MEDAL MATCH HERE AT THE PARALYMPICS. OH, LONG FROM CARLSON. THIS IS THE BUSINESS END, AND THEY'RE JUST ADRIFT HERE, SWEDEN. COMPETITIVE STUFF. THEY ARE REALLY BEING TREATED TO SOME GREAT RALLIES. CHEERING, APPLAUSE OH, LONG. THERE'S THE COACH, AGAIN JUMPING UP AND DOWN. SHOUTING THROWING IT BACK AT HIM, FILLING UP THAT 2-POINT GAP. THIS IS INCREDIBLY CLOSE, ISN'T IT? COMING TOWARDS THE END OF THIS FIFTH AND FINAL GAME, AND ABSOLUTELY NOTHING BETWEEN THE TEAMS. NO. AND, UH... IT'S MORE IMPORTANT FOR SWEDEN TO GET THIS IN THE DOUBLES. SHOUTING THEY LOOKED SO STRONG IN THE SINGLES. I HAVE A FEELING HERE THEY FANCY THEIR CHANCES. CROWD CHANTS SHOUTING APPLAUSE NIKOLENKO NOT ALLOWED TO TOWEL THEN. HE DID HAVE A SWEAT ON; JUST WASN'T ALLOWED TO WIPE THAT OFF. SHOUTING AND NOW... THE SWEDES ARE IN A LITTLE BIT OF A COLD SWEAT. THREE MATCH POINTS TO THE UKRAINIANS. UKRAINIANS CHEER, SHOUT THEY'VE DONE IT! LOOK AT THE REACTION! THEY'RE CELEBRATING AS IF THEY'VE ALREADY WON THE GOLD. THEY'VE JUST WON THE MATCH. THAT'S ROUND ONE TO UKRAINE, BUT WHAT A MATCH IT WAS. AND IN FACT, UKRAINE DID GO ON TO WIN GOLD, WINNING THE SECOND LEG OF THE CONTEST 3-NIL. MOVING TO WHEELCHAIR RUGBY NOW, WHERE RISING STARS JAPAN LOOK TO KNOCK WORLD NUMBER ONE, THE USA, OFF THEIR PERCH. A FEW POINTS ABOUT THE GAME FIRST. EACH SIDE HAS FOUR PLAYERS ON THE COURT, AND ONCE IN POSSESSION, A TEAM HAS JUST 40 SECONDS TO GET THE BALL ACROSS THE GOAL LINE. THE OPPOSITION TRIES TO BLOCK THEM, MUCH LIKE AMERICAN FOOTBALLERS. YOU CAN HIT ANYONE AT ANY TIME, AND IF YOU CAN PUT THEM ON THE FLOOR, EVEN BETTER. WE PICK UP THE ACTION AFTER THIS MATCH WENT INTO EXTRA TIME. HE'S GOT A LANE. HE'LL JUST PUSH RIGHT THROUGH, AND THAT OPENING SCORE WITH ONLY THREE MINUTES, THAT IS PIVOTAL. AND THIS IS THE MAIN EVENT. 14,500 IN HERE. HOWEVER MANY THOUSANDS WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD. YOU'RE SEEING IT RIGHT IN ITS MOMENT OF GLORY, AS BREWER WILL TAKE IT BACK. AND THE AMERICAN COACH LOOKING ON. THERE'S NOT MUCH YOU CAN DO FROM HERE. IT COMES DOWN TO EXECUTION. CROWD CHEERS, CHANTS IKE, HE'LL THROW IN THE AFTERBURNERS. HE'S ACROSS THAT CENTRE LINE. HE ALMOST GETS TRIPPED FROM BEHIND AND ALMOST A SPEED WOBBLE THERE TOO, IS BREWER. COULD'VE GOT A LITTLE SIDESWIPE ON HIM, BUT HE'LL SCORE IT. BACK IN FRONT IS JAPAN. AOKI. HE DOES THE SPIN-AROUND IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. HE'S CALLED TIMEOUT. HE'S MADE HIMSELF DIZZY. AND THEY NEED THIS JUST TO THINK ABOUT HOW THEY WANNA ENTER THIS BALL. HE'S GONNA GO NOW. AND HE HAS THE CORNER! BUDDY HAS CREATED A NEW LINE! HE'S IN FRONT OF HIM. AND NOW THE JAPANESE RETURN! AND AOKI IS JUST GOING TO FORGE HIS WAY ACROSS WITH ANOTHER SCORE. HE WON'T BE DENIED. 53'S ON THE BOARD. IKESAKI, SPINNING, TWISTING. HE MAKES THE LONG PLAY. HE'S WIDE OPEN UP FRONT THERE. AND HE'S GOT AN OPTION. BREWER INTO THE MAN, INTO IKE. HE THROWS ON THE BRAKES. AND THE OFFLOAD A GOOD ONE. THEY TOOK THAT RECEPTION LONG, AND IKE NOW ON 21. HE'S A BULL. HE HAS DONE EVERYTHING TODAY, THE CAPTAIN FOR JAPAN. BREWER. WHAT AN HONOUR FOR HIM TO BE GIVEN THIS OPPORTUNITY. HE HASN'T HAD A HUGE AMOUNT OF TIME ON THE FLOOR TODAY. BUT IN THIS SITUATION, HE HAS BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO RUN WITH AOKI. HE'LL SCORE. AND THAT PUTS HIM NOW ON TO SEVEN GOALS. IKE HAS GOT ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE AMERICAN DEFENCE. AND HE WILL JUST CRUISE ACROSS THE LINE. THEY WERE CHASING HIM, BUT IT WAS FRUITLESS IN THE END. AND WILL THAT OPENING TIP-OFF VICTORY PROVE DECISIVE? IT WAS JAPAN WHO TOOK IT IN THIS OVERTIME PERIOD, AND THEY SCORE FIRST, AND THEY'RE JUST TRADING BLOWS. HOW ABOUT THE DRAMA AT THE END OF REGULATION TWO? WHO KNOWS WHAT'S IN STORE HERE? BREWER, HE'S AS SLICK AS A WHISTLE. HE'S RIGHT THROUGH THE DEFENCE AND ACROSS THE LINE. AND HE PUTS IT BACK TO FIVES ON THE BOARD, RIGHT ACROSS. SWEATY PALMS, YOU BETCHA. EVERY ONE OF THESE PLAYERS HAVE THEM NOW. THEY'VE GOT THE GLOVES ON, AND THEY GENERALLY ARE FOR GRIP. THE BALL WILL GET STICKY. OH, IKESAKI'S LET IT UP! BUZZ! AND THIS IS THE MOMENT! YOU TALK ABOUT SLIPPERY, AND THAT, OF COURSE, IT'S SLIPPERY WHEN WET. AND WHOEVER WINS THIS ONE WILL TAKE TOP POSITION. AND OF COURSE, THEN, WHEN THEY GO INTO SEMI-FINALS, THEY TAKE ON NUMBER TWO, STILL TO BE DETERMINED IN THE OTHER GROUP. AOKI IN CHARGE FOR THE UNITED STATES. CROWD CHANTS: USA! USA! HE MAKES THE PLAY INSIDE. PUTS IT BACK ACROSS THE LINE, AND THEY'RE IN FRONT BY ONE. CHEERING, APPLAUSE IKE. AND HE'S GOTTA THINK ABOUT HOW QUICKLY THEY WANT TO SCORE. HE WAS GONNA GO LONG. TIME AGAINST THEM. IKESAKI GETS THERE. AND DOES HE WANNA SCORE QUICKLY? THE OFFLOAD TO IKE. THEY'RE LOOKING TO THE BENCH RIGHT NOW, DISCUSSING THEIR TACTICS. THEY MUST FOCUS ON THIS BALL HERE. NOTHING IS GUARANTEED ABOUT A JAPANESE SCORE FROM HERE. UNITED STATES MIGHT HAVE DONE ENOUGH. YOU HEAR AND FEEL THE PRESSURE IN THIS BUILDING. THE CLOCK, THEY'RE GONNA CALL A TIMEOUT. WHISTLE BLOWS ON THE SCORING CLOCK, YOU SEE 14.8. REMAINING ON THE GAME CLOCK. CROWD CHANTS: USA! SO NO LONGER A SHOT CLOCK; IT'S JUST 14.8. JAPAN WITH ALL THE PRESSURE ON THEM NOW TO SCORE. IT'S LOBBED IN TO IKE. OFF WE GO. WHERE WILL IT COME FROM? IKESAKI'S FOUND SOME ROOM, BUT HAS HE GONE TOO EARLY? HE'S LEVELLED IT AT 56 RIGHT THERE! 6.4. LONG AND STRONG IS WHEELER! CAN THEY CATCH IT UP? HE DOESN'T SEE IT, BUT HE DOES ON THIS SIDE! AOKI WILL SCORE IT RIGHT BACK FOR THE AMERICANS! CHEERING, APPLAUSE AND IT'S ACROSS THE LINE IN FRONT. THE AMERICANS AGAIN. OH, THEY'VE GOTTA BE QUICK. THE JAPANESE INSIDE! IKESAKI! THEY CAN'T DO IT! IT'LL BE BROKEN DOWN, AND THE AMERICANS HAVE FOUND A WAY WITH THE LONG HOMERUN PASS. THIS COMPETITION IS HOT, WITH THREE OVERTIME MATCHES ALREADY. AND TOMORROW, DUKE SCREENS THE SEMI-FINALS LIVE WITH THE FINAL EARLY MONDAY MORNING, LIVE AS WELL. AFTER THE BREAK, PEOPLE CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF LIAM MALONE. WE'LL TAKE YOU BACK TO ONE OF THE BIG HIGHLIGHTS. BEFORE WE GO, THERE'S TIME FOR A BIT MORE OF LIAM MALONE. WHY HAS HE BEEN SUCH A BIG HIT? MAYBE IT'S JUST THE WAY HE TALKS ` AND WINS ` AND MAYBE HE ALWAYS KNEW HE'D GO FASTER. I GREW UP PLAYING RUGBY AND CRICKET, AND OBVIOUSLY I COMPETED IN SCHOOL ATHLETICS. AND IN THAT SENSE, IT WAS NEVER REALLY ANY DIFFERENT TO ANY OTHER KIWI KID GROWING UP. I PUT ON LEGS IN THE MORNING; THEY PUT ON SHOES. I HAD A WHOLE LOT OF BAD EXPERIENCES RUNNING AS A KID ` COMING LAST IN CROSS COUNTRY, ETCETERA. BUT IT WAS MORE TO DO WITH A LIMITATION IN TECHNOLOGY AS OPPOSED TO WHAT I WAS ABLE TO DO, UH, WITH MY NATURAL ABILITIES OR TALENT. YOU KNOW, MY DAD ALWAYS EMPHASISED DOWN THE LINE, 'SOMEONE'S GONNA BUILD LEGS THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO RUN FASTER THAN MY FRIENDS.' FINAL OF THE MEN'S 200M T44. WHAT A CONFIDENT MAN THIS IS. FROM AUCKLAND, SILVER IN THE 100M, HERE IN RIO DE JANEIRO, FOR NZ, LIAM MALONE. STRENG IN ONE. SEITIS, TWO. DIGBY, THREE. MALONE, FOUR. BEHRE, FIVE. WOODHALL, SIX. FLOORS, SEVEN. PRINCE, EIGHT. THE FINAL OF THE MEN'S 200M T44. SO AWAY THEY GO, AND A BRILLIANT START BY MALONE! BEHRE A LITTLE SLOWER BUT LOCKS IN FIVE. MALONE GOING VERY WELL. ALSO JOHANNES FLOORS. NOW THEY'LL STRAIGHTEN UP. AND IT'S MALONE WHO LEADS! WOODHALL UP WITH HIM! WHAT A BATTLE FOR THE GOLD THIS IS! IT'S LIAM MALONE FOR NZ! WOODHALL'S THERE! CAN WOODHALL REEL HIM IN?! MALONE GETS THE GOLD FOR NZ! WOODHALL, SILVER FOR UNITED STATES! AND DAVID BEHRE, THE BRONZE FOR GERMANY! AND LIAM MALONE, IN HIS FIRST PARALYMPIC GAMES, HAS A PARALYMPIC RECORD OF 21.06! A GREAT RUN BY LIAM MALONE. HE'S BROKEN THE RECORD OF OSCAR PISTORIUS. AND IT'S GOLD FOR NZ! WELL, HE WAS ALWAYS MEANT TO MAKE AN IMPRESSION, BUT WHO KNEW LIAM MALONE COULD'VE MADE QUITE THIS IMPRESSION, FOLLOWING UP THE 100M SILVER WITH A 200M GOLD TONIGHT. LIAM, HOW DOES THAT FEEL? YOU KNOW, I'M JUST FILLED WITH A LOT OF GRATITUDE TOWARDS THE NZ PEOPLE WHO BACKED ME FROM DAY ONE. I HAD THE VISION THAT I COULD MAKE IT HERE AND THAT I COULD WIN, UH, AND THE DAY THAT I DID THE DOCUMENTARY TO RAISE THE MONEY, I RAN 50M, I VOMITED EVERYWHERE, AND, UH, A GUY NAMED PHIL VINE BELIEVED IN ME AND HE TOOK THAT VISION TO NZ AND THE REST OF THE WORLD. AND NZ REALLY GOT BEHIND ME, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW I'LL REPAY THEM. BUT, UH, I'LL FIGURE IT OUT SOMEHOW. I THINK A GOLD MIGHT BE A FAIR ENOUGH REPAYMENT. TALK ME THROUGH THAT RACE, BECAUSE YOU WERE AHEAD FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF IT. OH, I FELT DEAD. GOING IN THERE, I FELT DEAD. AND IN THE COOLING ROOM, I FELT A BIT FLAT. AND, UH, CAN'T REALLY REMEMBER MUCH, YOU KNOW. I JUST TRY AND RUN FAST LIKE ALWAYS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT SORT OF STRATEGY PEOPLE BRING INTO THESE THINGS. I JUST TRY AND PUT ONE LEG IN FRONT OF THE OTHER REAL QUICK, AND IT TURNED OUT GOOD. THAT WAS MAGNIFICENT BY LIAM MALONE. AND WOODHALL TRYING TO OVERTURN MALONE, BUT THE KIWI HOLDING THEM OFF! NUMBER ONE! WE'LL HAVE MORE MAGIC MOMENTS TOMORROW AND IN OUR FINAL PROGRAMME ON MONDAY. CHECKING THE MEDAL TABLE NOW, AND CHINA'S BIG COMMITMENT TO THE PARALYMPICS IS PAYING OFF, STREETS AHEAD OF GREAT BRITAIN AND UKRAINE. NZ NOW HAS ITS BIGGEST HAUL AT 19 MEDALS, 10TH ON THE TABLE. THERE ARE STILL NZERS IN ACTION ON THE LAST FULL DAY OF COMPETITION. THE SONAR SAILORS ARE AMONGST SEVEN BOATS BATTLING FOR SILVER AND BRONZE IN TOMORROW'S DOUBLE-POINTS MEDAL RACE. THE WOMEN'S TANDEM CYCLISTS HAVE ONE LAST SHOT AT GOLD IN THE ROAD RACE. YOUNG HAMISH MCLEAN SWIMS IN HIS 100M FREESTYLE FINAL, AND OUR BRONZE MEDALLIST TODAY, 16-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM STEDMAN, IS BACK FOR THE 800M. LIVE COVERAGE RESUMES WITH SWIMMING ON DUKE AT 10 TO 1 IN THE MORNING. AND WE'RE BACK WITH MORE HIGHLIGHTS AT 9.30 TOMORROW EVENING. BUT FROM RIO, GOODNIGHT. UPLIFTING MUSIC CHEERING, APPLAUSE NOW THEY'RE AWAY, AND A GOOD START FROM WILLIAM STEDMAN FROM NZ. UPLIFTING MUSIC CONTINUES Captions by Able.