UPBEAT MUSIC CAPTIONS BY ABLE WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016 HELLO, AND WELCOME TO RIO, WHERE THE NZERS ENDED THEIR LAST DAY OF COMPETITION WITH TWO MORE MEDALS. TANDEM CYCLISTS EMMA FOY AND LAURA THOMPSON PUSHED THROUGH INJURY TO TAKE BRONZE IN THE ROAD RACE, AND 16-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM STEDMAN FINISHED THIRD IN HIS 800M FINAL. OUR SAILORS CAME WITHIN A WHISKER OF A PODIUM FINISH, TOO, BUT WE'LL START WITH CYCLING. PAULA TESORIERO WAS THERE. THE KIWI CYCLING TEAM FINISHED ON A HIGH HERE AT PONTAL, WITH THE TANDEM PAIR OF EMMA FOY AND LAURA THOMPSON COMFORTABLY WINNING BRONZE. AND, YOU KNOW, BOTH TANDEM CYCLISTS TODAY DESCRIBED THE COURSE OUT THERE AS BRUTAL. AND AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, WINNING A MEDAL IN CONDITIONS LIKE THIS, AND WITH IT BEING SO CLOSE IS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. CONGRATULATIONS! HAPPY EMMA AND LAURA THIS TIME. OH, YOU CAME ACROSS COMFORTABLY FOR` WHAT LOOKED COMFORTABLY, FOR THIRD PLACE. TALK US THROUGH THE LAST STAGES OF THAT RACE, EMMA. UM, WE WERE PRETTY MUCH JUST GOING EVERYTHING WE HAD, FROM` THERE'S TWO BIG HILLS. WE KIND OF GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A LEAD AHEAD OF THE FOURTH PLACE IN THE CLIMB, AND WE WERE JUST HOLDING ON TO THAT, AND KINDA` LAURA COULD SEE THE IRISH UP THE ROAD A LITTLE BIT, SO WE WERE IN THAT` IN THE MIDDLE THERE. BUT THERE'S A GNARLY AS HILL. IT'S OVER 50` 15% GRADIENT, WHICH IS VERY STEEP, AND CLIMBING ON TANDEMS IS HARD, SO THAT REALLY PUNCHED IT INTO OTHER TANDEMS. AND I COULD HEAR THEM HUFFING AND PUFFING. LAURA COULD SEE THE PAIN FACES, AND WE ACTUALLY RODE IT QUITE WELL, SO THAT WAS OUR, LIKE, I GUESS, WORST AND BEST BIT. BOTH: YEAH. SO, LAURA, I UNDERSTAND YOU'VE BEEN CARRYING A BIT OF AN INJURY DURING THE GAMES. YES, YES. CLEARLY TODAY YOU'VE COME THROUGH AND PULLED OFF A BRONZE, BUT HOW'S IT BEEN AFFECTING YOU? IT'S OBVIOUSLY BEEN PRETTY HARD, YOU KNOW. I GUESS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE IN PART OF A TEAM, LIKE FOY AND I'VE GOT A GOOD, SOLID RELATIONSHIP. WE TALK STUFF THROUGH AND RESET AND COME OUT AND JUST HAVE A CRACK AND GIVE OUR BEST, AND THAT'S ALL YOU CAN REALLY DO, SO` BUT IT CAME TO THE PARTY TODAY, SO BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. ABSOLUTELY. AND SO FINALLY, EMMA AND LAURA, SILVER ON THE TRACK, BRONZE HERE ON THE ROAD TODAY. SUM UP YOUR GAMES EXPERIENCE FOR ME. EMMA. UM, IT'S JUST BEEN AMAZING. I-I-I DID EVERYTHING I WANTED TO DO. IT WAS BETTER THAN I EXPECTED, AND, YEAH, IT WAS` THIS WAS THE BEST WAY TO FINISH. IT WAS AN AWESOME RACE. CHEERING AMANDA CAMERON AND HANNAH VAN KAMPEN FINISHED BACK IN 11TH PLACE IN THE ROAD RACE TODAY. THEY WERE PART OF A STRATEGY, THOUGH, EARLY ON WHERE THEY MADE A TACTICAL JUMP TO SEE WHETHER ANY OTHER TEAMS FOLLOWED. IN THE END, THEY WERE JUST ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED THAT THEIR TEAMMATES LAURA AND EMMA TOOK OUT BRONZE FOR NZ TODAY HERE AT PONTAL. ANNOUNCER: AMANDA CAMERON AND HANNAH VAN KAMPEN LOOKING VERY HAPPY INDEED TO FINISH THEIR ROAD RACE HERE IN 11TH SPOT. HANNAH: IT WAS BRUTAL. IT WAS A BRUTAL COURSE. WE SORT OF` WE WENT FROM THE GUN, SO IT WAS HARD FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, AND WE SORT OF HOPED WE'D GET A BIT OF A GAP GOING INTO THAT MASSIVE CLIMB, BUT IT WAS AWESOME. WE DIDN'T, BUT WE KIND OF MANAGED TO HOLD ON FOR QUITE A WHILE, AND, YEAH, NO, IT WAS VICIOUS OUT THERE. (LAUGHS) AMANDA, YOUR FIRST PARALYMPIC ROAD RACE. HOW WAS THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN YOU AND HANNAH OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY IN THESE WINDS TODAY? UM, WE HAD A SYSTEM IN PLACE` I ACTUALLY GAVE HER A LITTLE MICROPHONE TO CONNECT TO MY HEARING AID. SO THAT WORKED OUT PRETTY GOOD, BUT IT WAS QUITE WINDY, AND IT DOES GET INTO MICROPHONE, SO IT WAS A BIT OF A TOUCH AND GO. BUT IT WAS ALL RIGHT. YOU KNOW, WE GOT THROUGH IT PRETTY GOOD. SO, THE OTHER KIWI TEAM CAME IN COMFORTABLY AT BRONZE, AND THEY SAID THAT YOU DID A QUICK, SNEAKY LITTLE JUMP AT THE START OF THE RACE TO SEE IF ANYONE FOLLOWED. WAS THERE MORE OF THAT TACTICAL GAME PLAYING IN THE FIRST PART OF THE RACE? UM, NAH, IT WAS REALLY JUST THAT INITIAL` SEE IF WE CAN GET AWAY, AND SORT OF HAVE A BIKE UP THE ROAD WOULD'VE BEEN REALLY GOOD, BUT IT DIDN'T WORK OUT, BUT SO STOKED FOR THEM, EH. SO STOKED FOR THEM. WELL, THERE WASN'T QUITE THE NUMBER OR COLOUR OF MEDALS FROM THE KIWI CYCLING TEAM HERE IN RIO, BUT STILL, A SILVER ON THE TRACK AND A BRONZE ON THE ROAD ARE PRETTY GOOD RESULTS. NOW THAT THE RACING'S OVER, PARALYMPICS NZ AND THE CYCLING TEAM WILL DEBRIEF HOW THINGS WENT, AND NO DOUBT WILL DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO PUT OUR KIWIS ON TOP OF THE PODIUM FOR TOKYO. WE DEFINITELY CAME HERE WITH SOME PRETTY HIGH EXPECTATIONS, AND WE HAVEN'T DELIVERED ON ALL OF THOSE, BUT TODAY WAS A GREAT WAY TO END OUR CAMPAIGN. LIKE, IT'S BEEN A REALLY TOUGH, CHALLENGING CAMPAIGN FOR US, AND TO FINISH ON A HIGH AND SALVAGE SOMETHING ON THE ROAD, IT'S A REALLY GOOD WAY TO FINISH. IT'S BEEN ESPECIALLY TOUGH FOR THE GIRLS ` FOR EMMA AND LAURA, AND IT'S JUST AN ABSOLUTE CREDIT AND, I GUESS, REALLY CHARACTERISTIC OF THEIR PERSONALITIES THAT THEY DIDN'T LET ANYTHING ELSE AFFECT THEM. THEY CAME INTO THE RACE REALLY HUNGRY TODAY, AND JUST RODE A REALLY GUTSY RACE, SO REALLY GOOD WAY TO FINISH. YES, A GREAT WAY TO FINISH. JUST BEFORE WE LEAVE CYCLING, A BIT MORE ON AMANDA CAMERON ` THE STOKER IN THE JUNIOR TANDEM PAIRING ON THE ROAD TODAY. SHE'S BEEN PARA-CYCLING JUST THREE YEARS, AND BEFORE SHE LEFT HOME, SHE TALKED TO ATTITUDE ABOUT WHAT COMPETING MEANS TO HER. BEEPING BEEP! FUNKY MUSIC HANNAH AND AMANDA ARE A REALLY NEW COMBO, SO THEIR FIRST COMPETITION TOGETHER WAS THE TRACK WORLDS IN MARCH THIS YEAR, AND THEY LITERALLY HAD 10 DAYS ON THE TRACK TOGETHER BEFORE THE WORLDS. UM, THEY GOT OUT THERE AND THEY DELIVERED A FIFTH PLACE. BASED ON THAT, WE THINK IF WE KIND OF THROW THE BOOK AT THEM, WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DELIVER A MEDAL. FUNKY MUSIC CONTINUES AND AMANDA'S MOVED TO CAMBRIDGE TO BE CLOSER TO THE VELODROME. NOW, 16-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM STEDMAN HAD ONE LAST RACE TONIGHT TO BRING NZ'S SUPERB ATHLETIC CAMPAIGN TO AN END. HE LINED UP IN THE MEN'S 800M T-36 FINAL. AN INTERESTING FIELD. PLENTY OF YOUTH INVOLVED. NOW, JAMES TURNER'S THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK FROM AUSTRALIA. COMPETED IN SEVEN-A-SIDE PARA-FOOTBALL FOR AUSTRALIA. THEY DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR RIO SO HE TURNED HIS HAND TO RUNNING, AND APPARENTLY HE'S VERY GOOD. AND WILL STEDMAN ` 16-YEAR-OLD FROM NZ. THE STAR ON THE RISE. SIXTH IN THE 400 AT THE WORLDS. TOOK BRONZE HERE IN THE 400M. SO, FIELD OF SIX OVER THE 800M. STEDMAN, CUADRA HOLMANN, BLAKE, BOUZOURINE, TURNER, AND CIUKSZA. AND AWAY THEY GO ON THEIR 800M JOURNEY. AND TURNER HAS GONE STRAIGHT TO THE FRONT, MAKING HIS PRESENCE FELT IN THE EARLY STAGES FROM BLAKE IN SECOND POSITION, CIUKSZA THE OUTSIDE. STEDMAN IS FOURTH, THE INNER. CUADRA HOLMANN IN SECOND LAST POSITION AS THEY CROSS OVER. BLAKE IN SECOND PLACE. CIUKSZA FROM POLAND IN THIRD, AND THEN THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO STEAL A GAP TO THE NEXT GROUP, THE NEXT TRIO. SO WITH 250M TO GO, HE LEADS BY ABOUT 15M TO 20M. BLAKE'S IN HOT PURSUIT. WE KNOW HE CAN STAY ON HERE. THE WORLD CHAMPION IN THIS DISCIPLINE TWICE. BUT TURNER IS TURNING IT ON OFF THE BACK SECTION. 150M TO GO. THIS IS A FANTASTIC PERFORMANCE BY THE YOUNG AUSTRALIAN. AND NOW LOSING HIS FORM, TURNER. YOU CAN SEE HIM DIP THE SHOULDERS. HE IS TIRED. THIS MAN'S NOT TIRED. THE FRESH-FACED JAMES TURNER IS STORMING TO THE LINE. WORLD RECORD'S 2.05.05. PARALYMPIC RECORD 2.05.32. WHAT A PERFORMANCE! WORLD RECORD ` 2.02.40. HE'S RUN FOR HIS LIFE, AND HAS WON AN EXTRAORDINARY GOLD MEDAL. FROM BLAKE IN SECOND, AND STEDMAN FROM NZ THE BRONZE. HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A TWO-TIME BRONZE MEDALLIST? YEAH, PRETTY AMAZING. I CAME HERE HOPING I'D GET MAYBE ONE MEDAL, BUT TO GET TWO'S` FEELS PRETTY AMAZING. I WENT THE FIRST LAP A BIT SLOW. I WAS MEANT TO DO IT IN ABOUT 62, 63. I DID IT IN 65. THEN I GOT PASSED` I GOT A LITTLE BIT WORRIED WHEN I WAS LAST PACED WITH 300 TO GO, BUT I KNEW I HAD A GOOD STRONG FINISH IN ME, AND I MANAGED TO IMPLEMENT THAT AND GET PAST ALL THREE OF THE POLISH GUY AND THE OTHER TWO TO GET A BRONZE MEDAL. SO I'M REALLY HAPPY WITH MY FINISH, BUT I SHOULD'VE PROBABLY RUN A BIT FASTER AT THE START. MY COACH, GEORGE, AND MY FAMILY HAVE BEEN A HUGE PART OF, LIKE, GETTING ME TO WHERE I AM, LIKE, TAKING ME TO TRAINING, GEORGE TRAINING ME. OH YEAH, I CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH, REALLY. IT'S BEEN` THEY'VE BEEN SO` SUCH AN AMAZING SUPPORT. WILLIAM, 16 YEARS OLD. WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR YOU? UH, WORLD CHAMPS NEXT YEAR IN LONDON, HOPEFULLY, AND THEN, YEAH, I'M DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO TOKYO TO TRY TO DO MY BEST THERE AS WELL. CHEERING FINISHED IN THE BRONZE IN THE 400. HE TAKES ANOTHER ONE HOME IN THE 800. WHAT A BRIGHT YOUNG TALENT. NZ HAVE GOT A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO THANKS TO WILL STEDMAN. WHAT A GAMES IT'S BEEN FOR WILLIAM. JUST AHEAD ` A SUPERB FINAL RACE FOR THE KIWI SAILORS. 1 TO SAILING NOW, AND OUR THREE-MAN SAILING TEAM CAME OH-SO CLOSE TO BRONZE IN THE FINAL DOUBLE-POINTS MEDAL RACE TODAY. KIMBERLEY DOWNS WAS AT THE MARINA DE GLORIA. WELL, CHRIST THE REDEEMER LOOKED OUT OVER THE PARA-SAILING TODAY, AND NZ'S PRAYERS WERE SO VERY NEARLY ANSWERED. THEY FINISHED SECOND, JUST BEHIND THE USA, TO BE EQUAL IN BRONZE POSITION WITH CANADA. BUT WITH ONLY ONE WIN TO CANADA'S TWO, THEY LOST OUT ON A MEDAL ON COUNTBACK. SIX, WASN'T IT, GOING INTO TODAY? KNEW YOU HAD A CHANCE, KNEW HOW CLOSE EVERYONE WAS. CHRIS, WHAT WAS THE PLAN GOING INTO TODAY? REALLY STRAIGHTFORWARD ` WE HAD TO WIN, AND WE HAD TO PLACE FIVE BOATS BETWEEN US AND THE CANADIANS. WE GAVE IT EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING WE HAD. WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT'VE JUST ABOUT SCRAPED IT, BUT AT THE END, WE MISSED BY HALF A METRE. THE PLAN WAS THAT WE WOULD GO LEFT WITH THE FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS AS WE GOT OUT THERE. THEY TURNED. THE WINDS SHIFTED JUST BEFORE THE START, AND SO WE WENT RIGHT. OUR ORIGINAL PLAN GOT THROWN. WE WERE ON PLAN B. PLAN B WASN'T A BAD ONE, AND WE GOT AROUND THERE, LOOKED PRETTY PROMISING, AND IT WAS A SERIOUS FIGHT FROM THAT POINT IN, WITH EVERYONE COMING AT US, BUT, UM, TREMENDOUS, AMAZING RACE. THAT WAS A FANTASTIC WAY TO GO OUT. SECOND PLACE, AND REALLY, REALLY` LIKE, YOU CAN'T GET ANY CLOSER TO A BRONZE MEDAL TOO, YOU KNOW. FOURTH PLACE ON COUNTBACK. THIRD EQUAL. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, INCREDIBLY HAPPY WITH THAT RACE. A LITTLE BIT... I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FEELING IS. JUST KIND OF NOT QUITE THERE, YOU KNOW. BUT, UM, IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE. WHAT WAS IT LIKE ON BOARD, PARTICULARLY IN THAT TUSSLE WITH THE USA AT THE END THERE? IT WAS PRETTY CALM. WE WEREN'T EXACTLY SURE OF THE NUMBERS, COS WE COULD SEE CANADA WAS A WEE WAY BACK. THEY WERE THE GUYS WE HAD TO BEAT. BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE NUMBERS WERE BETWEEN, SO IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF GETTING TO THE FINISH. IF WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET PAST THE USA, WE WOULD'VE REALLY TAKEN IT, BUT THEY WERE PRETTY TIGHT. THEY WERE KEEPING US BEHIND AND KEEPING US WELL-COVERED. SO IT WAS NOT UNTIL AFTER WE FINISHED AND THEN WE SAW` KIND OF COUNTING THE BOATS COMING OVER, AND THEN THE CANADIANS WERE COMING UP TO THE LINE, AND THERE WAS ANOTHER BOAT REALLY CLOSE TO THEM, THAT IT KIND OF STARTED TO, 'OH, SHIT.' YOU KNOW. (CHUCKLES) THE NERVES KICKED IN AFTER WE'D FINISHED, AND WE WERE WATCHING. ONCE WE TURNED INTO SPECTATORS, IT WAS THE MOST NERVOUS PLACE ON EARTH. SITTING THERE, GOING, 'PLEASE. PLEASE!' BUT NOT QUITE. (LAUGHS) ALL THE HARDER, I GUESS, THOUGH, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FORWARD AND SAILING NOT BEING AT TOKYO. THAT'S A SERIOUS CONCERN. YOU KNOW, YES, THE TRUTH IS THAT WE'D ALL BE RAMPING UP RIGHT THIS VERY SECOND FOR THE NEXT ONE IF IT WERE THERE TO GO. THE FACT THAT YACHTING'S OUT IS REALLY GUT-WRENCHING. ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS CAMPAIGN AND BEING HERE AND GETTING TO SAIL IN THESE GAMES ` HAS IT BEEN WORTH IT? ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, THE EXPERIENCE. IT'S A SPORT I LOVE. IT'S A SPORT WE LOVE, AND TO KIND OF... BE ABLE TO DO IT TO THE LEVEL THAT WE ARE IS AMAZING. PLUS, ALSO BEING PART OF THE PARALYMPIC MOVEMENT TOO, YOU KNOW. BEING HERE AT THE GAMES, SEEING THE INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENTS OF OTHER ATHLETES AND THE DIVERSITY AND THE COUNTRIES ALL COME TOGETHER IN THIS AMAZING PLACE TOO. SO ABSOLUTELY WORTH IT. I MEAN, IT'S WORTH` IT'S PRICELESS. SO IT'S BEEN A WEEK OF HIGHS AND LOWS FOR OUR PARA-SAILERS WHO BATTLED HARD FOR A COURAGEOUS FOURTH HERE, AT MARINA DE GLORIA, IN WHAT MAY BE THE LAST TIME WE SEE THE SPORT AT THE PARALYMPICS. WELL DONE TO THE TEAM AND SKIPPER RICK DODSON. NOW, WE HAD ONE LAST SWIMMER IN THE POOL TODAY ` YOUNG HAMISH MCLEAN. WE'LL SEE HIS RACE IN A MINUTE, BUT FIRST, SOME MORE ABOUT THE SCHOOL BOY FROM WANAKA. CALM MUSIC EVER SINCE I WAS A YOUNG BOY, I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO SWIM FOR NZ. AND NOW THAT I'M FINALLY HERE, IT FEELS REALLY GOOD. IN THE S6 CLASS, SINCE I'M SHORT STATURE, I DON'T GET MUCH OFF THE DIVE. INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC BUILDS THAT'S WHEN I MAKE UP FOR THE LONG-DISTANCE, UM, EVENTS, LIKE THE 400 AND 200. RELAXED ELECTRONIC MUSIC TECHNICALLY, HE'S AN AMAZING YOUNG SWIMMER. HIS FREESTYLE IS AS GOOD AS ANYONE. HE'S DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH HIS LENGTH OF STROKE. HE WAS TAKING UP TO OVER 60 STROKES PER LAP WHEN HE FIRST STARTED. NOW HE'S DOWN TO IN THE MID-50S. THE ULTIMATE FOR HAMISH ` WE'D LIKE TO SEE IF HE CAN FINAL IN HIS` IN HIS BEST EVENTS, WHICH IS HIS 400 FREESTYLE AND 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY. WITHIN THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT, UH, IT'S QUITE GOOD ACTUALLY. GET LOTS OF RESPECT FROM ALL MY MATES AND EVERYONE WITHIN THE SCHOOL, COS I'M JUST REALLY GOOD AT SWIMMING. (CHUCKLES) ALL MY SCHOOLMATES ARE REALLY HAPPY WITH ME, CAN'T WAIT TO SEE ME ON TV AND ALL THAT. CAN'T WAIT TO, LIKE, SHOW THEM THAT ANYONE CAN MAKE IT TO THEIR GOAL. RELAXED ELECTRONIC MUSIC HAMISH WAS PROUD TO HAVE MADE ONE FINAL EARLIER IN THE WEEK, AND TODAY, HE LINED UP IN THE 100M FREESTYLE S6 HEAT. HAMISH MCLEAN FROM NZ IN LANE SEVEN. TAKE YOUR MARKS. BUZZER PARPS NO SURPRISE THERE THAT NELSON CRISPIN CORZO FROM COLOMBIA GETTING OFF TO AN EXCELLENT START, WAS FIRST OFF THE BLOCKS, AND NOW ALREADY HAS A HALF-BODY LENGTH LEAD, ALTHOUGH VAN HOFWEEGEN'S FINDING A NICE RHYTHM IN THE FIRST PART OF THE FIRST 50. HE'S A CHOPPY-ISH TYPE STROKER. QUITE A QUICK TEMPO HE'S SWIMMING AT. CRISPIN CORZO JUST FINDING HIS RHYTHM. HE SHOULD TOUCH IN FIRST AT THE 50. DOESN'T LOOK TO BE QUITE AS QUICK AS THE PREVIOUS HEAT IN THAT FIRST 50. WE'LL GET YOU AN UPDATE ON THE TIME. CRISPIN CORZO WILL TOUCH FIRST ` 31.52. CRISPIN CORZO WITH ABOUT A QUARTER OF A BODY LENGTH ADVANTAGE OVER VAN HOFWEEGEN, AS THEY CRUISE INTO THE WALL. CRISPIN CORZO HAS TOUCHED IN AT 1:08.48. SO NOT TO BE FOR HAMISH TODAY. MOVING ON, THOUGH, TO A MAN WHO'S BEEN AROUND HIGH PERFORMANCE SPORT FOR A VERY LONG TIME. ROLY CRICHTON WAS A PARALYMPIAN BACK IN THE '80S, WINNING SIX MEDALS IN SWIMMING. THESE DAYS, HE'S BETTER KNOWN AS THE COACH OF OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL PARALYMPIAN ` SOPHIE PASCOE. KIMBERLEY CAUGHT UP WITH THE HARD-NOSED WEST COASTER. WE ACHIEVED WHAT WE TRAINED FOR, AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR THIRD OLYMPICS, SO YOU DON'T JUST TURN UP AT THE OLYMPICS. SO THAT'S WHERE I WANNA COME FROM ` YOU NEED TO... YOU KNOW, IT'S FOUR YEARS OF WORK, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE TIME YOU'VE GOTTA GET IT RIGHT. IF YOU DON'T GET IT RIGHT, YOU GET IT WRONG, THE WORLD SEES IT, AND YOU'RE VULNERABLE. IN A WEEKLY BASIS FOR SOPH, SHE'S, UH, NINE SESSIONS IN THE POOL, AND SHE DOES THREE SESSIONS IN THE GYM. YOU'RE SWIMMING BEST TIMES, AND YOU WANT TO, EACH WEEK, IMPROVE THAT. KIMBERLEY: YOU GET TO, YOU KNOW, THE AGE OF 23, AND YOU'RE LOOKING FORWARD AT WHAT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES MIGHT BE OUT THERE. IT MIGHT BE QUITE HARD TO KEEP FOCUSING ON THAT. VERY HARD, AND THAT'S WHERE I TALK ABOUT SABBATICALS. SHE NEEDS TO BE GOING STUDYING, OR NOT STUDYING, LOOKING AT DIFFERENT THINGS. SOPH'S VERY INTERESTED IN PROPERTY, MODELLING, CLOTHING AND FASHION AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO SHE NEEDS TO GO AND GET STUCK INTO SOMETHING ELSE LIKE THAT THERE, AND PARTLY OPEN A DOOR FOR LATER ON. SHE'S DEVELOPED INTO A FINE YOUNG LADY, AND, UM, JUST` OVER THE YEARS, I'VE SEEN HER GROW FROM A LITTLE TEENAGER TO A TEENAGER AND NOW A YOUNG LADY. I MEAN, SHE'S A GREAT AMBASSADOR FOR NZ, FOR SPORT AND AS A PERSON. DO YOU THINK SHE GETS DUE RECOGNITION? IT'S NOT LIKE RUGBY, WHERE THEY'RE AT IT ALL THE TIME, SO IT'S ONGOING, WEEK IN, WEEK OUT. UH, THIS IS EVERY FOUR YEARS, SO THERE'S BIG GAPS IN BETWEEN. BUT SHE'S PRETTY HIGH-PROFILE IN OUR TOWN. EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL PARALYMPIAN FOR NZ. WORLD RECORD AND PARALYMPIC RECORD HOLDER. YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT GOES INTO A FOUR-YEAR CAMPAIGN AND WHAT A HARD SLOG IT IS AND HOW MUCH WORK IT IS. DO YOU HAVE THAT IN YOU TO GET TO TOKYO? HELL YES. BUT IT'S GOTTA BE MANAGED RIGHT. THE THING IS, WITH SOPH, THEY HAVE THESE KPIs AND STUFF YOU'VE GOTTA DO EVERY YEAR. A PERSON OF HER AGE, HER EXPERIENCE BUT HER SUCCESS, THEY NEED TO STEP BACK. YOU CANNOT DO THE SAME THING. IT'S THE OLD SAYING ` DO THE SAME THING, YOU'LL GET THE SAME RESULTS. SO TO IMPROVE` THESE AREN'T BAD RESULTS, ROLY. (CHUCKLES) YEAH. BUT WE CAN'T` WE'RE NOT INTO, UM, SORT OF, HAPPY WITH THAT. WE NEED TO BE BETTER AGAIN. HE'S A CHARACTER, THAT ROLY. UP NEXT ` LIAM MALONE IN A BRITISH TV SHOW, LIVE FROM RIO. 5 KIWI TRACK STAR LIAM MALONE MADE AN APPEARANCE ON BRITISH TV TODAY. MALONE WAS WELCOMED TO THE AWARD-WINNING PARALYMPICS COMEDY SHOW 'THE LAST LEG' HOSTED BY ADAM HILL. AND THANKS TO CHANNEL FOUR, WE CAN SHOW YOU SOME OF THE FUN. THERE'S ANOTHER ATHLETE HERE WHO'S WALKED AWAY WITH TWO GOLD MEDALS AT THESE GAMES. HE'S A MAN WHO HAS BECOME A FAVOURITE AMONG US AND OUR VIEWERS FOR HIS INTERVIEWS AND HIS UNBELIEVABLE TALENT. HE WON THE 200M AND 400M EVENTS IN RIO WHICH MEANS HE IS OFFICIALLY THE FASTEST MAN ON BLADES. PLEASE WELCOME NZ'S LIAM MALONE. AUDIENCE CHEER TRIUMPHANT MUSIC THIS IS WAY BETTER, BY THE WAY. DID YOU...? YOU SAID SOMETHING... ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THE HAIR? YOU SAID YOU'RE NOT REALLY HAPPY WITH THE HAIR. NO. I'M NOT SAYING THAT. THE LAST TIME WE SAW EACH OTHER, I HAD SHORT HAIR AND THAT'S WHY YOU DIDN'T RECOGNISE ME OUT THERE. YEAH. AND I THOUGHT I'D GROW IT OUT AND I'D LOOK LIKE A LEGLESS VERSION OF JOHN SNOW AND I MIGHT BE ABLE TO COME AND WOO` IT'S NOT CHANNEL FOUR NEWS. LAUGHTER AND WOO THE HEART OF SOME BRAZILIAN GIRL, AND THEN I'D SEE MYSELF ON THE BIG SCREEN AND, 'OH NO!' SO IT DIDN'T REALLY WORK OUT FOR ME. IS IT TRUE YOU CROWD-FUNDED YOUR FIRST` HOW DO YOU TALK WITH ALL THIS HAIR? IS IT TRUE YOU CROWD-FUNDED YOUR FIRST SET OF BLADES? YEAH, YEAH, I DID. SO, I WAS AT UNIVERSITY AND IT WAS ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS TO A YEAR AFTER MUM HAD PASSED AWAY, AND PRETTY DARK PLACE MENTALLY AND DRINKING A LOT, AS YOU DO AS A UNIVERSITY STUDENT. AND I DECIDED I NEEDED AN OVER-RIDING GOAL WHILE I WAS AT UNI TO GET OUT OF IT AND I BRAINSTORMED A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS, AND THIS JUST SEEMED LIKE THE OBVIOUS CHOICE IN TERMS OF ACHIEVING PERSONAL GROWTH AND THAT, AND AS A UNIVERSITY STUDENT, YOU'RE ALSO BROKE. THAT COMES WITH THE TERRITORY. AND I HAD TO CROWD-FUND, AND THE NZ PEOPLE GOT BEHIND ME. AND DID YOU KNOW YOU WERE GOING TO BE FAST? NO IDEA. REALLY? > NO. NO IDEA. I WAS WONDERING. WHAT WERE SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT YOU PASSED UP ON BEFORE GETTING THE BLADES? SO, UH, STARTING MY OWN BUSINESS. CLIMBING MT COOK, WHICH IS NZ'S HIGHEST MOUNTAIN AND RAISE MONEY FOR CANCER, GO INTO ACTING OR DO STAND-UP COMEDY. THAT'S FULL! THERE'S NO ROOM! LAUGHTER LISTEN, THE LAST THING THE WORLD NEEDS IS AN AMPUTEE STAND-UP COMIC FROM DOWN UNDER. LAUGHTER IF ANYTHING, I DON'T THINK THAT SHOULD BE ONE OF THEM. HERE'S WHY I DIDN'T RECOGNISE YOU. YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. WE MET AT A CLINIC` WHAT-WHAT SORT? AN AESTHETIC CLINIC. HERE'S A SHOT OF US TOGETHER. I DIDN'T RECOGNISE LIAM BECAUSE HE'S IN THE FRONT THERE WITH A HAT, WITH SHORT HAIR` LOOKING A MILLION TIMES BETTER THAN I DO NOW. IF YOU WERE A KID, WHO'S GOING TO INSPIRE YOU MORE? THE GUY WHO HAS WON DOUBLE PARALYMPIC GOLD OR THE DUDE WITH THE POT BELLY WHO CAN'T REALLY PLAY FOOTBALL? I MEAN, IT DOES LOOK IN THAT PHOTO LIKE YOU'VE JUST SNUCK IN ON THE END THERE. THIS WEIRD BEARD-Y MAN WHO IS HANGING AROUND. BUT I REMEMBER ONE OF MY FAVOURITE MOMENTS OF THE PARALYMPICS IS REMEMBERING A PHOTO THAT I SAW OF THAT CLINIC, WHICH IS YOU RUNNING WITH THIS LITTLE GIRL WHO DIDN'T HAVE A BLADE, AND TEACHING HER HOW TO RUN, AND I JUST THOUGHT, 'YOU KNOW, THAT LITTLE GIRL IS NOW GOING TO GROW UP WATCHING YOU 'WIN DOUBLE GOLD AT THE PARALYMPICS,' AND IT MADE ME REALISE THAT THIS IS THE FIRST GAMES, I THINK, WHERE ATHLETES HAVE INSPIRED PEOPLE TO BECOME PARALYMPIANS. YOU MEAN IN THE SENSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT CHOPPING EACH OTHER'S LEGS OFF TO BECOME PARALYMPIAN'S? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT SORT OF SITUATION. I TELL YOU WHAT...> (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) LAUGHTER HE'S INSPIRING PEOPLE TO CUT OFF THEIR LEGS, MAN. I'M IN THE WRONG BUSINESS. HE'S GOT IT ALL. SIT OVER THERE, MATE. I THINK BECAUSE OF THE` I THINK PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE EXPOSURE THE PARALYMPICS IS GETTING GENERALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, MORE PARALYMPIANS ARE COMING ALONG BECAUSE THEY'VE SEEN PARALYMPIANS BEFORE THEM. LIKE ELLIE ROBINSON WAS INSPIRED BY WATCHING ELLIE SIMMONDS IN LONDON IN 2012, AND I THINK PERSONALLY, THE PARALYMPIANS HAVE GONE FROM` YOU KNOW, IN 2000 THEY WERE TREATED AS EQUALS FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE PARALYMPIC GAMES, AND IN 2012 IT WAS HEROES, AND THEN ONCE YOU'RE A HERO, YOU BECOME A ROLE MODEL. DYLAN ALCOTT, THE AUSTRALIAN PARALYMPIC WHEELCHAIR TENNIS CHAMPION, SAID THIS WEEK, 'I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO ANY KIDS BACK HOME WHO ARE DOING IT TOUGH 'AND TO LET THEM KNOW TO BE PROUD OF THEIR DISABILITY.' AND I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYONE SAY THAT BEFORE. AND I THINK IT IS WHAT YOU DO WITH THAT POWER WHEN YOU BECOME A HERO IS REALLY IMPORTANT. THERE'S A KID HERE CALLED RIO. NOW, RIO'S DOWN THE FRONT. HE'S 8, AND LIKE YOU, LIAM, HE RUNS ON A BLADE. HE'S COME HERE WITH HIS PARENTS TO WATCH THE` I'M REALLY GOING TO BEAT YOU. RAUCOUS LAUGHTER TALK A GOOD GAME. WELL, OK, ALL RIGHT. LET'S SEE WHAT YOU'VE GOT. I'M NOT GOING TO CHALLENGE YOU TO A RACE. I WANT TO SEE WHO'S GOT THE MOST SWAGGER. OK. OK. UP YOU GET. LET'S SEE. IT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE RACE. OK, WE'RE GOING THROUGH IN LANE TWO` OOH. ARE YOU GOING TO TEACH HIM`? > YEAH. NO. I'LL TEACH HIM. I'LL TEACH HIM. SO THE FIRST THING THAT YOU WANT TO WALK IN AND DO IS YOU WANT TO GO IN, JUST LOOK AROUND. PFFT! SAY, 'IS THIS IT?' AND THEN YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE GUYS AND YOU WANT TO LOOK ME IN THE EYE, AND THEN YOU SEE THAT I'M SCARED. THAT'S THE` WHOA! YOU START DOING THAT, YOU'LL DEFINITELY BE BEATING EVERYONE. EVERYONE WILL BE LEAVING THE TRACK. GIVE US AN EXAMPLE OF YOUR SWAGGER. > JUST SHOW US HOW YOU'D` > SO... I'M PRETTY IMPROMPTU AND I TRY TO FOLLOW THE LIKES OF, YOU KNOW, COLIN MCGREGOR. HE'S A GOOD EXAMPLE. SO HE WALKS INTO A RING AND HE'S A BAD DUDE. SO I WALK UP AND PUT MY HANDS UP. I NOD MY HEAD NOT SO CONVINCINGLY, BUT YOU GIVE THAT A SHOT. OK. HANDS UP. YEAH. YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU DAB. YOU GIVE A DAB. ALL CHEER YOU HAVE BEEN TAUGHT BY THE BEST, MY FRIEND. > THAT IS FANTASTIC. PUT IT THERE. SWEET! THERE YOU GO. DOUBLE GOLD MEDALLIST HAS JUST TAUGHT YOU HOW DO THE SWAGGER. YOU'VE GOT IT. WE'LL HAVE MORE OF 'THE LAST LEG' PARTY` (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) SORRY? > WHAT ABOUT TRIPLE? WHAT ABOUT TRIPLE? > < NO! JOHNNY GOT THAT ONE. HE IS PLAYING MIND GAMES ALREADY. HE'S SUCH A NATURAL. THANKS AGAIN TO CHANNEL FOUR FOR THAT. AFTER THE BREAK, WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL. 5 WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL HAS BEEN A PARALYMPIC SPORT SINCE THE FIRST GAMES IN 1960. IT'S A SPORT DOMINATED BY THE AMERICANS. THE WOMEN'S TEAM WINNING GOLD YESTERDAY AND TODAY, THE MEN PLAYED SPAIN IN THE FINAL. WE PICK UP THE ACTION IN THE SECOND QUARTER. SPAIN JUST HANGING IN THERE. GARCIA. THAT'S A GOAL, AND WE'RE TIED AT 12. MINUTE AND A HALF GONE IN THE SECOND QUARTER. ASIER GARCIA HAS TIED THE SCORE UP. IT WAS THE SECOND QUARTER THAT THE U.S. STARTED TO STRANGLE THE POINTS OUT OF TURKEY IN THE SEMI-FINAL. AND THAT PASS. WHA`? THAT WAS A THREE-CUSHION SHOT THERE AS PABLO BROKE UP THE PASS. IT HIT THE PLAYER'S ARM, THE PLAYER'S CHAIR. IT WAS FINALLY TAKEN BY ALEJANDRO. GARCIA MISSES THE LAY-UP. STIX HAD THE REBOUND. IT'S TAKEN AWAY FROM HIM AND TUREK NOW COMES UP. CAN THEY GET A BREAK OUT OF THIS? TUREK, SCOTT AND SERIO. SCOTT TO SERIO, AND HE LAYS IT IN. 14-12. NICE LITTLE THREE-ON-TWO THERE, AND SHREWD USE OF THE BOUNCE-PASS. I DON'T KNOW THERE'S ANOTHER TEAM WHO USES IT BETTER THAN THE UNITED STATES. LONG PASS. AND THAT ONE'S BROKEN UP. SERIO DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB` OH! AND THAT'S A GREAT PASS FOR TUREK WHO USES THE LEFT HAND AND BANKS IT IN. 16-12. U.S. BY FOUR. SOMEWHAT OF A RISKY PASS WHICH RESULTED IN THE TURNOVER FROM SPAIN. IF YOU PLAY A TOP-RANKED TEAM, YOU THINK YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL OTHER THAN YOUR NORMAL GAME, AND GIVE UP SOFT TURNOVERS THAT YOU WOULDN'T IN ANOTHER GAME. AND THE THING IS, THE SPANISH WILL LOOK DOWN COURT AND THEY'LL SEE ONE OF THE PLAYERS IN THERE WITH A SMALLER MAN ON THEM, AND THINK IF THEY THROW THE HIGH PASS, IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD. BUT SERIO GOT UP. HE GOT HIS ARM UP AS HIGH AS ZARZUELA AND TOOK IT AWAY. AND PABLO MISSES THE SHOT, AND JENIFER WITH THE REBOUND. THESE GUYS WANT TO COME DOWN QUICKLY. SCOTT MOTORING TOWARDS THE` TUREK CUTS THROUGH THE LANE, AND TUREK'S FOULED BY RUIZ. DOES HE GET THE BASKET? YES, HE DOES. A COUPLE OF MINUTES, AND THE AMERICANS ARE SUDDENLY GETTING AWAY, AND SO IT CONTINUED. WE REJOIN THE MATCH NEAR THE END. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANOTHER SPORT WHERE COACHES ARE ALLOWED TO WORK THE OFFICIALS AS THEY DO HERE. (LAUGHS) AND NOT SO VISIBLY AND OBVIOUSLY. I MEAN, A LOT OF TIMES YOU GET` OOH. THAT'S AN OFFENSIVE FOUL, YOU HEARD THE OFFICIAL CALL THERE. YOU GET BASEBALL MANAGERS YELLING FROM THE DUG-OUT AND YOU GET FOOTBALL COACHES YELLING FROM THE SIDELINE OR TALKING TO THE OFFICIAL AS HE RUNS PAST HIM ON THE SIDELINE WHO PAYS NO ATTENTION, GENERALLY, TO WHAT'S GOING ON. THERE ARE OTHER SPORTS WHERE NO DIALOGUE IS ALLOWED WHATSOEVER, AND IT'S ALMOST UNCEASING IN BASKETBALL. WELL, IN CRICKET, FOR EXAMPLE, PLAYERS TALK TO THE UMPIRES ALL THROUGHOUT THE MATCH. YEAH. A MEASURE OF RESPECT THERE. YEAH. ONE SHOULD NOT ARGUE THE CALL. THAT WOULD BE BAD FORM. IT'S JUST NOT CRICKET. (LAUGHS) THAT PHRASE HAS LOST ITS MEANING IN THE PROFESSIONAL ERA. I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE. ANYTHING IS CRICKET THESE DAYS. EVER SINCE... WAS IT TREVOR CHAPEL WHO RODE THE BALL IN? UNDER INSTRUCTION, THOUGH. (LAUGHS) 'I WAS ONLY FOLLOWING ORDERS.' 'FROM MY BROTHER.' AND HINZE, HE'S GOT NO HESITATION. AND HINZE HITS AS THE SHOCK CLOCK WAS RUNNING OUT. WELL, THAT'S AN EMPHATIC END FOR THE U.S. DIALLO TAKES THE INBOUND PASS. THE CLOCK WINDS DOWN. AND IT LOOKS LIKE SPAIN WILL SIT ON IT HERE. SO THE U.S.A. ARE GOING TO COME THROUGH UNBEATEN AND TAKE THE GOLD MEDAL AS MANY EXPECTED, EVEN BEFORE THEY PLAYED THEIR FIRST GAME. BUT THEY HAVE NOT DISAPPOINTED. THEY HAVE PLAYED AT A HIGH QUALITY RIGHT THE WAY THROUGH. AND GOLD TO THE UNITED STATES IN THE WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL. IN THE END, A COMFORTABLE WIN TO THE U.S., BETTERING THEIR BRONZE IN LONDON FOUR YEARS AGO. TO ONE OF OUR FAVOURITES NOW ` WHEELCHAIR RUGBY WHERE IT WAS SEMI-FINAL TIME WITH CANADA TAKING ON THEIR NEIGHBOUR, THE U.S.A. WE PICK UP THE ACTION IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. AND THEY GET TO 40 POINTS, CANADA. THEY HAVE TO FIND AN ANSWER HERE FOR AOKI. HE HAS BEEN THE ACHILLES' HEEL OF THE CANADIAN DEFENCE ALL DAY, AND HE CONTINUES TO BE JUST THAT. HE COMES UP, HE ASSERTS HIMSELF. AND THE WAY IT'S GOING, HE HOPES IT'S GOING TO BE THE SECOND BEST MATCH THAT HE PLAYS IN THIS TOURNAMENT. MADELL RIGHT NOW RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF HIM. IT'S THIS DEFENDING RIGHT NOW THAT IS MOST IMPORTANT. EQUALLY TO THE SCORING BECAUSE IF THEY CAN'T STOP UNITED STATES... AND HERE THEY KEEP GOING. AND IT IS NOT ABLE TO BE ACCURATE ENOUGH AS HIRSCHFIELD WAS THE INTENDED TARGET. THEY ARE WITHOUT AN ANSWER TO CHUCK AOKI. HE HAS THE MASTER KEY FOR EVERY SINGLE DOOR THE CANADIANS ARE TRYING TO PUT UP. HE IS THROUGH IT AS QUICK AS THEY CAN BAT AN EYE. CHAD IS WORKING HARD, BUT PUDERBAUGH RIGHT ON HIM LIKE A SHADOW. AND LOOK AT THIS. IT'S AGAIN THE PRESSURE... IS TELLING AS THE UNITED STATES CAN FEEL IT FROM THIS DISTANCE. THEY'RE FIVE UP AND THEY CONTINUE TO APPLY IT. AND CANADA HAVE NOT BEEN IN A POSITION TO DO THAT TO THE UNITED STATES TODAY. THEY HAVE EARNED EVERY MOMENT THAT THEY ARE ENJOYING AHEAD IN THIS SCORELINE. MADELL IS IN A DIFFICULT SPOT. HE LEADS IT OUT TO CALDWELL. HE GRABS THAT WELL. TAKES IT IN WITH THE RIGHT ARM. IT'S BACK TO MADELL, AND HE'LL JUST RAM HIS WAY THROUGH. IT'S A GOOD SCORE AGAIN. CONSISTENT AND DEPENDABLE ARE HIS HALLMARKS. AND THE UNITED STATES STILL KEEP POSSESSION. MADELL TRYING TO COME UP WITH THE LOOSE CHANGE THERE. AOKI HAS IT TAKEN FROM HIM. HERE'S MADELL. AND HE'LL JUST TAKE OFF AND GO AND SCORE. SO THERE'S A FLICKER OF HOPE FOR THE CANADIANS. HE POINTS TO THE BALL THERE. I'M NOT SURE. I'M NOT SURE WHETHER HE'S SUGGESTING IT WAS CONTACT ON HIS ARM OR WHETHER HE'S JUST TALKING ABOUT` OH! THEY'VE GIVEN IT UP! AND THIS COULD START TO CHANGE THINGS. HOOTER SOUNDS THE CANADIANS HAVE HELD STRONG. MADELL IS LIKE A RUNAWAY TRAIN. HE'S TRYING TO COME THROUGH THE MIDDLE. HE GETS HELD UP. AND THERE WILL BE A PENALTY. IS IT GOING TO COME TO AOKI? IT CERTAINLY SENSATIONALISES THINGS. IT BRINGS ATTENTION TO A SPORT LIKE THIS. AOKI WILL SCORE AGAIN. THEY'RE THROUGH 50, AND WHEELER AGAIN JUST GETS SPUN LIKE A TOP. SCORE QUICKLY, BUT THEY'VE GOT TO DEFEND EVEN QUICKER. AND HE WILL SCORE AGAIN. IT'S WITHIN FOUR, BUT IT'S INSIDE THE LAST MINUTES AND THE AMERICANS HAVE PUT WHAT LOOKS TO BE ANOTHER NAIL IN THE HOPES OF THE CANADIANS. UNDEFEATED SCORELINE ALREADY IN THIS TOURNAMENT. THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR THAT. AND WHILST IT WAS AN OVERTIME DEFEAT AGAINST AUSTRALIA, IN THIS SHORT TOURNAMENT, EVERY LITTLE DETAIL DOES COUNT. IT'S WHEELER WAITING TO GO ACROSS, AND THEY WILL COUNT IT AS A RESULT OF WHITEHEAD GOING ACROSS THE LINE. THREE SECONDS. ONE MORE PLAY FROM HIRCHSFIELD. IT'S IN. TO MADELL, AND I THINK HE'S GOING TO KEEP IT. HE HOLDS ON, AND THAT WILL BE THE GOLD MEDAL MATCH FOR THE UNITED STATES. THEY HAVE COME IN AND TAKEN CARE OF BUSINESS. AND A FINAL SCORELINE OF 60-55 OVER CANADA. SO THREE-TIMES SILVER MEDALLISTS CANADA ONLY GET TO PLAY FOR A BRONZE MEDAL TOMORROW AGAINST JAPAN WHILE THE AMERICANS PLAY AUSTRALIA FOR GOLD, WHICH IS ON DUKE AT 8AM TOMORROW MORNING. INTERESTING FACT ` NZ, AUSTRALIA AND THE U.S.A. ARE THE ONLY COUNTRIES TO HAVE WON THIS EVENT. NEXT UP, WE CHECK OUT ONE OF THE LONG JUMP FINALS. 1 NOW, THERE'S A HUGE NUMBER OF EVENTS IN TRACK AND FIELD HERE AT THE PARALYMPICS ` 177 IN ALL. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS LONG JUMP FINALS BECAUSE THERE ARE ATHLETES FROM SO MANY DIFFERENT DISABILITY CLASSES COMPETING. HERE'S ONE SUCH FINAL FROM TODAY ` THE MEN'S T42 LONG JUMP. IT'S FOR SINGLE-LEG AMPUTEES. YAMAMOTO WILL BE THE THIRD-LAST TO GO. THEY JUMP FROM EIGHTH TO FIRST FROM THE FOURTH ROUND ON. AND AS WE SAY, THE OLD STYLE OF DOING A RE-RACK FOR THE FINAL ROUND AGAIN IS GONE. AND TO BE HONEST, I THINK IT'S BETTER THAN WAY. IF THE LEAD CHANGES HANDS, IT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE DRAMA. HERE GOES YAMAMOTO ` 6.62. HE'S GOING FOR GOLD HERE! CAN HE GET IT? HE'S GONE OUT A GREAT DISTANCE! HE'S GONE OUT TO SIX AND A HALF. BUT WHAT INTEREST DOES HE HAVE IN IT? IT'S A WHITE FLAG. IT'S A BRILLIANT TAKE-OFF. HE USED IT PERFECTLY. HE FLEW IN THE AIR WELL. WE'RE WATCHING FROM A SLIGHT ANGLE. AND THAT ASIAN RECORD OF 6.62 HE'LL HAVE COME VERY CLOSE TO. BUT HE WON'T HAVE BEATEN. 6.57M. YAMAMOTO ` THE SILVER AT BEST. HE WON'T GET THE GOLD, BUT HIS SILVER IS UNDER PERIL. AND POPOW REMAINS OUR LEADER. DANIEL WAGNER JORGENSEN OF DENMARK. KNOCKED DOWN INTO THE BRONZE MEDAL POSITION BY YAMAMOTO. 6.57 IN THE THIRD ROUND. FOUR OF HIS FIVE ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN AROUND THE 6.50 MARK. CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE MAN WHO STILL IS WORLD CHAMPION. BUT THE BIG MOMENT FOR WAGNER. AND FOR POPOW TOO. IT WAS A COMBINED CATEGORY FOUR YEARS AGO. MARKUS REHM WON THAT. WAGNER WAS IN THIRD. OH, HE'S GONE OVER A GREAT DISTANCE! CHEERING HE SEEMED TO USE THE BOARD WELL. IT'S A WHITE FLAG. EXCELLENT FROM WAGNER. LITTLE TRAIL BACK AT THE END. 6.57 IN ROUND THREE. TARGETING 6.70, OR AT LEAST 6.63 TO GET THE SILVER. BRONZE FOR NOW. 6.57 ` AGAIN. SO IT'S BRONZE FOR DANIEL WAGNER, FOR DENMARK. HE GAVE IT A REALLY GOOD GO TODAY, BUT HERE IS OUR PARALYMPIC CHAMPION. HIS SECOND GOLD OF RIO. THE DELIGHTED` A GREAT CHAMPION, HEINRICH POPOW. CHEERING WORLD CHAMPION IN THIS IN 2011. HE WON THE LONG JUMP AND THE 100. FOURTH IN THE LONG JUMP IN 2012, WHEN IT WAS A COMBINED CATEGORY. AND REHM JUST FLEW OUT OF THE BLOCKS. CROWD CLAPS RHYTHMICALLY GOLD IN THE 4 BY 100 BY POPOW. JUST EDGED OUT OF THE MEDALS IN THE 100M, DOWN IN FOURTH. BUT HIS SECOND GOLD IN RIO. HIS THIRD PARALYMPIC TITLE OF ALL TIME HAS COME HERE. POPOW... FINISHING WITH SOMETHING SOLID. HE'LL GET THE WHITE FLAG, AND HE'LL GET THE GOLD MEDAL TOO FOR A VALIANT PERFORMANCE RIGHT THROUGHOUT THE DAY. IT WAS A VERY GOOD COMPETITION. AND AGAIN, THE LONG JUMP HAS NOT DISAPPOINTED HERE. EVEN THOUGH POPOW WENT OUT AT THE START ` 6.70M. AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY 6.33 ` HIS SHORTEST ATTEMPT IN THE END. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JUST BEFORE WE GO, LET'S CHECK THE FINAL NZ MEDAL TALLY. WITH TWO MORE BRONZES TODAY, THE TOTAL IS 21 ` NINE GOLD, FIVE SILVER AND SEVEN BRONZE MEDALS, ALL FROM SWIMMING, ATHLETICS AND CYCLING. NZ'S 12TH ON THE TABLE. BUT WAY OUT IN FRONT, CHINA OVER GREAT BRITAIN AND UKRAINE. THE KIWIS ARE ALL DONE HERE, AND THE ONLY EVENTS LEFT TOMORROW ARE... DUKE'S BACK LIVE FROM 20 PAST MIDNIGHT, WITH THE WHEELCHAIR RUGBY ON AT 8AM. WE'LL HAVE ONE LAST PROGRAMME TOMORROW NIGHT AT 9.30 HERE ON ONE. WE'LL LOOK BACK ON MANY MAGIC MOMENTS WE'VE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO WITNESS HERE AND HAVE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE CLOSING CEREMONY. UNTIL THEN, GOODNIGHT FROM RIO. RHYTHMIC DRUM MUSIC UPBEAT MUSIC UPBEAT MUSIC CONTINUES CAPTIONS BY ABLE. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016 UPBEAT MUSIC CONTINUES