IT'S MIDDAY. THE MEN'S SPRINT CYCLISTS JUST MISS OUT ON A PLACE AT THE TOP OF THE PODIUM, BUT A KIWI PAIR FULFIL GREAT EXPECTATIONS AND TAKE HOME GOLD. FIJI TROUNCES GREAT BRITAIN IN THE FINAL OF THE MEN'S SEVENS, AS THE COUNTRY CELEBRATES ITS FIRST-EVER OLYMPIC MEDAL. AND NEW RESEARCH CONFIRMS NZ BOARDROOMS ARE STILL A BOYS-ONLY CLUB. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. WE CAN FINALLY REPORT SOME DETAILS OF THE INVESTIGATION INTO SO-CALLED FIGHT CLUBS AT AUCKLAND'S MT EDEN PRISON. SERCO TRIED TO BLOCK THE FINDINGS, BUT THE HIGH COURT REJECTED THAT, AND WE CAN REVEAL AN INVESTIGATION SUGGESTS ORGANISED FIGHTS WERE HAPPENING AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK OVER WINTER LAST YEAR. POLITICAL REPORTER ANDREA VANCE'S BEEN GOING THROUGH THE JUDGEMENT THIS MORNING. ANDREA, WHAT MORE IS IN THE COURT'S RULING? This judicial review isn't the full report, but it does quote large chunks of it. It's a 92 page report, and what they have found is that fight clubs were occurring at Mt Eden,up to once a week in August 2015. These fights were taking place in their units daily, so gang members were organising them. Prisoners were used to distract the guards, and the injuries were serious. SO, WHY DID SERCO TAKE LEGAL ACTION TO STOP THE PRISON INSPECTOR'S REPORT BEING RELEASED? After the fight club scandal broke, Serco were stripped of their contract for Mt Eden. They have been fighting to keep it a secret. They were considered the interviews were anonymous and it was unfair to them. The judge has decided the report should be released publicly. That will take place once they are stripped of privacy and security concerns OVERSEAS, AND A SEASIDE RESORT IN SOUTHERN THAILAND HAS BEEN HIT BY BOMBS THIS MORNING, KILLING ONE PERSON AND INJURING 20 OTHERS, INCLUDING TOURISTS. MFAT SAY THERE'S NO INFORMATION TO SUGGEST THERE WERE ANY NZERS INVOLVED IN THE ATTACK IN HUA HIN, WHICH SAW BOMBS HIDDEN IN PLANTERS ON A BUSY STREET WITH OPEN-FRONT BARS. THE WOMAN WHO DIED WAS A STREET-FOOD VENDOR. IT'S NOT CLEAR WHO WAS BEHIND THE ATTACK, BUT THAILAND-WATCHERS SAY THE ATTACK WAS AIMED AT EMBARRASSING THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT THAT TOOK POWER TWO YEARS AGO. THE UNITED NATIONS IS INVESTIGATING REPORTS OF A CHLORINE GAS ATTACK IN THE SYRIAN CITY OF ALEPPO. SUCH AN ATTACK WOULD BE A WAR CRIME. JUST A WARNING ` SOME OF THE IMAGES IN QUENTIN SOMMERVILLE'S REPORT ARE DISTRESSING. THE BATTLE FOR ALEPPO IS A DESPERATE STRUGGLE, A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH. LAST NIGHT, WHAT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A CHEMICAL ATTACK HIT THE PEOPLE OF THE ZUBDIYA NEIGHBOURHOOD. AS THE HOSPITAL STRUGGLED TO HELP, THERE WAS EVEN WORSE TO COME. BANG! CHLORINE GAS IS SUSPECTED. THIS LITTLE GIRL IS BARELY 2. WHEN CHLORINE GAS GETS INSIDE SMALL LUNGS IT CAN DO TERRIBLE DAMAGE. BABY CRIES CHILDREN AND BABIES ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE. TRANSLATOR: WHEN THE ROCKET EXPLODED, WE SMELLED GAS. MY EYES WERE HURT AND BURNING. I HAD DIFFICULTY BREATHING. IT WAS A HORRIBLE SMELL ` SO HORRIBLE I CANNOT DESCRIBE IT. THE MEDICS HERE AT AL QUDS HOSPITAL HAVE HAD TRAINING FROM BRITISH DOCTORS IN DEALING WITH CHEMICAL ATTACKS. THE INJURIES WERE CAUSED BY CHLORINE ATTACKS IN THE AREA. WHEN WE CHECKED THE INJURED, WE DISCOVERED IT WAS FROM CHLORINE SUBSTANCE. THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD WAS HIT BY AS MANY AS FOUR BARREL BOMBS FROM REGIME HELICOPTERS, SAY EYE WITNESSES. THE REMAINS OF SHELLS WERE TAKEN AWAY FOR ANALYSIS. DESPITE EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY, THE REGIME HAS DENIED USING CHEMICAL WEAPONS. THE ATTACKS COME AT NIGHT BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN'T SEE THE GREEN GAS IN THE DARK. IT'S A DESPERATE TACTIC AND IT'S HORRIBLY EFFECTIVE. A MOTHER AND TWO CHILDREN WERE KILLED IN THIS ATTACK IN ALEPPO LAST NIGHT. A CANADIAN MAN PREVIOUSLY BANNED FROM ASSOCIATING WITH ISIS PREPARED A MARTYRDOM VIDEO AND WAS ABOUT TO COMMIT AN ATTACK, BUT DIED AFTER DETONATING HIS EXPLOSIVE DEVICE IN A TAXI AND BEING SHOT AT BY OFFICERS WHO SAY THEY WERE TIPPED OFF BY THE FBI. IT'S UNDERSTOOD THE 24-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS PLANNING TO CARRY OUT A SUICIDE BOMBING IN A PUBLIC AREA IN AN URBAN CENTRE DURING RUSH HOUR. FIREFIGHTERS IN PORTUGAL CONTINUE TO BATTLING OVER 185 WILDFIRES ACROSS ITS MAINLAND, WITH ALMOST 4500 FIRE-FIGHTERS IN ACTION. THE PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT'S REQUESTED HELP FROM OTHER EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES, MOROCCO AND RUSSIA. IN NEIGHBOURING SPAIN, FIRES HAVE ENGULFED AN AREA IN THE NORTHWEST OF THE COUNTRY. OUR WORLD CHAMPION SPRINT CYCLISTS TO OLYMPICS NOW, NZ'S FORTUNES HAVE REVERSED FROM A DISAPPOINTING START TO THE WEEK AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN RIO, WITH OUR FIRST GOLD AND TWO SILVER MEDALS, OUR WORLD CHAMPION SPRINT CYCLISTS WERE ALSO RIDING FOR GOLD AT THE VELODROME. THEY WERE THE FASTEST QUALIFIERS, SETTING AN OLYMPIC RECORD ON THE WAY TO A RIDE OFF OVER GREAT BRITAIN. PAUL HOBBS WAS AT THE TRACK. I'VE JUST COME OUT OF THE VELODROME, WHERE A LARGE CONTINGENT OF KIWI FANS HAD HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR A GOLD MEDAL. IT WAS A TOUGH EQUATION ` THREE RIDES INSIDE JUST OVER 2.5 HOURS. EDDIE DAWKINS HAD TOLD ME THEY'D PREPARED FOR THAT SCENARIO, AND IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE DOING A GOOD JOB. IN THEIR QUALIFYING TIME FOR THEIR GOLD MEDAL RIDE AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN, THEY POSTED THE FASTEST TIME OF THE NIGHT AT THAT POINT ` AN OLYMPIC RECORD. BUT THE GOLD MEDAL RIDE AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN PROVED TO BE A NAILBITER, AND GREAT BRITAIN PULLED OFF AN ABSOLUTE FLYER IN THE FINAL LAP AND PIPPED NZ BY A TENTH OF A SECOND. WORLD CHAMPIONS FOR TWO OF THE PAST THREE YEARS, THIS TEAM REALLY ONLY HAD GOLD IN THEIR SIGHTS, AND WHILE THEY'LL HAVE TO SETTLE FOR SILVER, THEY HAVE A CHANCE FOR INDIVIDUAL REDEMPTION TOMORROW WHEN THE INDIVIDUAL SPRINT STARTS. AND NZ'S ADDED TO ITS SILVER STREAK IN RIO, WITH PADDLER LUUKA JONES CREATING KIWI HISTORY, COMING SECOND IN THE WOMEN'S CANOE SLALOM FINAL. FOLLOWING A LESS CONVINCING SEMI-FINAL, THE WORLD-RANKED-22 HAD THE RUN OF HER LIFE WHEN IT MATTERED MOST. KIMBERLEE DOWNS REPORTS. THE RUN THAT MADE LUUKA JONES AN OLYMPIC SILVER MEDALLIST AND CREATED NZ HISTORY,... I WAS JUST SO STOKED THAT IT ALL CAME TOGETHER FOR THAT FINAL RUN. ...THE 27-YEAR-OLD STILL BEAMING HOURS LATER, ABSORBING SUCCESS FEW OUTSIDE OF THE CANOE SLALOM WORLD PREDICTED. I HOPE I'VE INSPIRED PEOPLE A LOT. YOU KNOW, I WENT INTO THE COMPETITION AS AN UNDERDOG, AND I REALLY BELIEVED IN MYSELF, AND I WORKED REALLY HARD TO PUT MYSELF IN THE BEST POSSIBLE POSITION, SO YEAH, I HOPE IT INSPIRES PEOPLE. I GUESS THE FURTHER OUT OF REACH THAT GOAL IS AND THE MORE OF A SURPRISE IT IS, JUST THE COMPLETE ELATION THAT GOES THROUGH THE WHOLE TEAM IS REALLY EXCITING. THE PERSON YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, LUUKA JONES, ISN'T JUST A SILVER MEDALLIST; SHE'S ALSO CREATED NZ HISTORY. IT'S NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST EVER MEDAL AT THE CANOE SLALOM AT THE OLYMPICS; NOT ONLY THAT ` IT'S THEIR FIRST MEDAL EVER AT ANY MAJOR WORLD EVENT. JONES' FIRST EVER OLYMPIC FINAL IN HER THIRD GAMES HAD PLENTY OF HEARTSTOPPING MOMENTS, FROM THE AUSTRALIAN AHEAD OF HER GETTING A RETROSPECTIVE PENALTY TO THE LONG WAIT AS PADDLER AFTER PADDLER TRIED TO KNOCK HER OUT OF THE MEDALS. IT'S ALL A DREAM. (LAUGHS) YEAH. YEAH. THOSE CLOSEST TO THE TAURANGA PADDLER JUST AS THRILLED. THEY INCLUDE ONE OF HER TEAMMATES, FRIEND AND BIGGEST FAN. I COULDN'T THINK OF ANYONE THAT DESERVES IT MORE. THAT'S PROBABLY THE THING THAT HIT ME THE HARDEST IS SHE'S WORKED SO HARD. DAWSON AMONG THOSE TO DIVE IN THE WATER TO CELEBRATE ONCE HER MEDAL WAS CONFIRMED. WHAT'D YOU THINK WHEN EVERYONE DIVED IN THE WATER THERE AT THE END ON YOU? I WAS, LIKE, OH MY GOD, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. (LAUGHS) LIKE, THIS IS REAL! A FITTING TRIBUTE FOR AN ATHLETE WHOSE DEDICATION AND PERSEVERANCE TO HER SPORT HAVE FINALLY BEEN REWARDED. AND YES, SHE'S ALREADY LOOKING AT GOING ONE BETTER IN 2020. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, ONE NEWS, RIO DE JANEIRO. FIJI HAS CLAIMED ITS FIRST OLYMPIC MEDAL, WITH THEIR SEVENS TEAM BEATING ENGLAND IN THE FINAL, THE TOURNAMENT FAVOURITES PUTTING ON A STUNNING DISPLAY TO CLAIM GOLD. IT'S A MILLION SMILES FROM FIJI. THEY'RE THE GOLDEN BOYS OF FIJI, THE COUNTRY'S FIRST EVER OLYMPIC MEDAL WINNERS, AND THEY MADE IT A GOLD. TRY AFTER TRY AFTER TRY, THE FIJIANS SMASHED THEIR WAY INTO THE HISTORY BOOKS. THE ONLY ONES MORE EXCITED THAN THE PLAYERS, THEIR FANS AND SUPPORTERS BACK HOME. MEANS A LOT. IT'S REALLY PHENOMENAL WHAT THE BOYS ARE DOING. FIJI SHUT DOWN AND PEOPLE HELD THEIR BREATH AS PLAYERS TOOK TO THE FIELD, BUT A TRY IN THE FIRST MINUTE QUICKLY TURNED THAT INTO CELEBRATION. CHEERING I'VE GOT BACK AT HOME THIS MORNING AND THEY'RE STILL DRINKING KAVA FROM LAST NIGHT, THEY'VE GOTTA MAKE SOME MORE KAVA FOR TODAY. WITH A FULL-TIME SCORE OF 43-7, YOU'D NEVER GUESS THE FIJIANS HAD ONLY A QUARTER OF THE FUNDING OF MOST MAJOR TEAMS, THE WIN MADE EXTRA SPECIAL FOR COACH BEN RYAN, WHO LEFT AS THE HEAD OF THE ENGLISH SEVENS SQUAD IN 2013. THERE ARE ALREADY PLANS FOR DAYS OF CELEBRATION, AND NO DOUBT A HERO'S WELCOME WILL BE WAITING FOR FIJI'S FIRST OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS. SAM CLARKE, ONE NEWS. AND NZ AND FIJI HAVE JUMPED UP THE MEDAL TABLE, NZ NOW UP TO 17TH WITH THEIR THREE MEDALS TODAY. FIJI MAKE AN APPEARANCE ON THE MEDAL TABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN EQUAL 40TH POSITION. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` AND NEW RESEARCH CONFIRMS NZ BUSINESS IS A MAN'S WORLD, WITH WOMEN ROUTINELY MISSING OUT ON THE TOP JOBS. AND A NZ RUNNER FEELS THE HEAT FROM THOSE HE'S RATTED OUT AT RIO. THEY'RE SHUT OUT OF THE BIG JOBS, ARE LESS LIKELY TO SIT AT BOARD TABLES AND GET PAID LESS WHEN THEY DO ` NEW FIGURES CONFIRM ALL IS STILL NOT EQUAL BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN IN THE BOARDROOMS OF NZ. LISA DAVIES HAS THE STORY. THE GLASS CEILING BACK IN SHARP FOCUS. WE JUST PUT THE BIGGEST CRACK IN THAT GLASS CEILING YET. THIS TOP NZ BUSINESSWOMAN SAYS THERE'S STILL A BARRIER TO WOMEN'S SUCCESS HERE TOO. IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE TOP BOARDS IN NZ, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE ONE WOMAN ON THOSE BOARDS. NOW, YOU DO HAVE TO ASK, WHAT ARE THE LEGITIMATE REASONS, REALLY, FOR THAT? OF OUR TOP NZX-LISTED COMPANIES, WOMEN ARE THE MINORITY, ON 77% OF BOARDS. IN FACT, 32% OF OUR TOP BOARDS STILL HAVE NO WOMEN AT ALL. 32% OF CHAIRS ARE MALES. SO IN THE NEAR FUTURE, YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THIS BLACK AND GREY EQUAL RIGHT ACROSS THE FIGURES? I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT. THE INSTITUTE OF DIRECTORS SAYS ALTHOUGH THERE'S BEEN PROGRESS, THERE'S STILL A LONG WAY TO GO. YOU ARE GOING TO SEE EMBARRASSMENT COMING FROM THE PEOPLE THAT OWN THE CORPORATIONS. BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF SENIOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN, THEY ARE RECEIVING 10% LESS IN FEES THAN THEIR MALE COUNTERPARTS ` THE MEDIAN NON-EXECUTIVE FEE FOR MEN AT $44,000; WOMEN LAGGING BEHIND ON $40,000. THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT WE'VE GOTTA CLOSE THAT GAP AND WE'VE GOTTA CLOSE IT QUICKLY. THE GOVERNMENT'S ABOUT TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CABINET TO ENSURE PAY PARITY IN ALL WORKPLACES, BUT IT'S NOT HAPPENING IN A HURRY. THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ENDURING IMPROVEMENT, WHEN WE CAN GET THERE. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOT RUSH. SO LOOK OUT FOR CHANGE ON EVERY LEVEL... THERE'S STILL A LONG WAY TO GO. ...TO SHATTER THE GLASS CEILING FOR GOOD. LISA DAVIES, ONE NEWS. TO THE US, AND HOT OFF THE BACK OF CONTROVERSIAL COMMENTS ABOUT DEALING WITH HILLARY CLINTON, DONALD TRUMP'S NOW SUGGESTED SHE COFOUNDED TERROR GROUP ISIS WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA. HERE'S THE ABC'S DAVID WRIGHT. I CALL PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HILLARY CLINTON THE FOUNDERS OF ISIS. THEY'RE THE FOUNDERS. DONALD TRUMP IS HAMMERING AWAY AT THAT NEW LINE OF ATTACK. ISIS IS HONOURING PRESIDENT OBAMA. HE IS THE FOUNDER OF ISIS. HE'S THE FOUNDER OF ISIS. I WOULD SAY THE CO-FOUNDER WOULD BE CROOKED HILLARY CLINTON. CONSERVATIVE RADIO HOST HUGH HEWITT PRESSED HIM ON THAT. TRUMP ALSO MOCKED THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN FOR ALLOWING THE FATHER OF THE ORLANDO SHOOTER TO SIT BEHIND HER AT ONE OF HER RALLIES. WHEN YOU GET THOSE SEATS, YOU SORT OF KNOW THE CAMPAIGN. Four times on the cover of time in the last four months. That was very close, but we need help. I have a this problem in Utah. He entertained the idea that he might not win. BUT RIGHT BEHIND TRUMP IS MARK FOLEY, THE EX-FLORIDA OUR WORLD CHAMPION SPRINT CYCLISTS WERE ALSO RIDING FOR GOLD AT THE VELODROME. THEY WERE THE FASTEST QUALIFIERS, SETTING AN OLYMPIC RECORD ON THE WAY TO A RIDE OFF OVER GREAT BRITAIN. PAUL HOBBS WAS AT THE TRACK. vALERIE is in action tomorrow Rio time around about midday. She is looking to win her third successive medal in shot put. Mahe Drysdale is trying to defend his medal in London 2012. He has been in good form through the heats and quarter-finals in the semifinals. Emma Twigg is back, former world champion looking to win her first Olympic gold medal. Both the eights and skulls and pair, all six rowing crews from New Zealand and finals over the weekend. I'm going to watch some golf tomorrow to see how Danny Lee and Ryan Fox get on. WHILE WE ARE REVELLING IN HAMISH BOND AND ERIC MURRAY'S GOLD MEDAL, IT DIDN'T GO ALL NZ'S WAY ON THE WATER TODAY. THE MEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT FOUR FINISHED OUT OF THE MEDALS IN FIFTH POSITION IN THEIR RACE. BUT THERE ARE MORE MEDAL CHANCES ` BOTH MEN'S AND WOMEN'S EIGHTS QUALIFIED FOR THEIR FINALS. GENEVIEVE BEHRENT AND REBECCA SCOWN, WHO ARE IN THE EIGHT CREW, WERE BACK ON THE WATER IN THE PAIRS AND BOOKED THEIR FINAL SLOT, AS DID THE WOMEN'S DOUBLE SCULLS CREW OF SOPHIE MACKENZIE AND JULIA EDWARD, QUALIFYING FIFTH FASTEST. BUT THE MEN'S DOUBLE SCULLS CREWS, WHO WERE CONSIDERED MEDAL HOPES GOING INTO THESE GAMES, FAILED TO PROGRESS. THERE WAS HEARTBREAK FOR NZ SWIMMER LAUREN BOYLE. SHE HAS JUST MISSED OUT ON MAKING THE 800M FREE-STYLE FINAL, FINISHING JUST ONE PLACE OUTSIDE THE TOP EIGHT. BOYLE'S HOPES WERE DASHED BY AMERICAN SUPERSTAR KATIE LEDICY. SHE BROKE THE OLYMPIC RECORD IN HER HEAT AND DRAGGED ANOTHER FOUR SWIMMERS WITH HER. HE HASN'T EVEN BEEN IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE A DAY, BUT ONE OF NZ'S MOST OUTSPOKEN ANTI-DOPING ATHLETES IS ALREADY SENSING ANGER FROM THOSE HE'S ACCUSED OF CHEATING. ZANE ROBERTSON, WHO'S SET FOR THE 10,000M RACE, HAS SPOKEN OPENLY ABOUT DOPING IN KENYA, WHERE HE MOVED TO TRAIN WITH HIS TWIN BROTHER JAKE NEARLY A DECADE AGO. HE SAYS HE HAS ALREADY SEEN KENYAN COMPETITORS IN RIO. ARRIVED LAST NIGHT AND I'VE ALREADY SEEN THEM IN THE DINING HALL. I GOT SOME ANGRY STARES BUT I JUST FOUND IT FUNNY AND THIS MORNING ON THE TRAILS I STARTED A BIT EARLIER THAN THEM SO I WAS ALMOST DONE BUT I JUST AVOIDED THEM. ROBERTSON'S PREVIOUSLY STATED HE'S RECEIVED DEATH THREATS FROM THE KENYAN PUBLIC FOR SPEAKING OUT. BACK TO THE OLYMPICS, AND POLE VAULTER ELIZA MCCARTNEY'S CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR RIO MAY YET PROVE A MASTERSTROKE. THE 19-YEAR-OLD SENT TWO SETS OF POLES TO RIO, ONE BY SHIP AND ONE BY PLANE, TO MAKE SURE THEY'D ARRIVE. THE ONES ON THE PLANE ARE YET TO TURN UP. STILL GOT A FEW DAYS THAT THEY COULD TURN UP IN. (LAUGHS) HOPEFULLY THEY'RE HERE. AND, YEAH, WE DID ACTUALLY SHIP A SET OVER AS WELL JUST TO BE CAREFUL. I WOULDN'T USUALLY TAKE TWO SETS TO AN EVENT, BUT I WOULDN'T REALLY WANT TO TURN UP AT THE OLYMPICS WITHOUT MY POLES. MCCARTNEY GOES THROUGH QUALIFIERS NEXT WEEK. A HISTORIC DAY HAS WRAPPED UP AT RIO, WITH NZERS RYAN FOX AND DANNY LEE WAY OFF THE PACE AFTER THE FIRST ROUND OF GOLF AT THE OLYMPICS IN 112 YEARS. GREAT BRITAIN'S JUSTIN ROSE STROKING HIS OWN PIECE OF HISTORY. LIKES THIS. HE LIKES THIS. HE'S GOT A HOLE IN ONE. JUSTIN ROSE HAS THE FIRST HOLE IN ONE AT THE 2016 OLYMPIC GAMES. BUT IT'S AUSTRALIAN MARCUS FRASER WHO IS WAY OUT IN FRONT. HE HAS CARDED AN EIGHT-UNDER 63 TO HOLD A THREE SHOT LEAD. RYAN FOX IS SEVEN SHOTS BACK AND DANNY LEE IS NINE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. AND SHE CAME FROM THE SLUMS OF THE 'CITY OF GOD' TO BECOME A NATIONAL INSPIRATION TO BRAZIL. NOW TO THE WEATHER. HERE'S HOW YOUR AFTERNOON IS LOOKING. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ FINALLY THIS MIDDAY ` BRAZIL ITSELF HAS NABBED JUST ONE GOLD MEDAL SO FAR ` IN JUDO. MEDALLIST RAFAELA SILVA GREW UP IN ONE OF RIO'S MOST NOTORIOUS AND POVERTY-STRICKEN FAVELAS. CNN'S SHASTA DARLINGTON WITH THE PEOPLE MOST PROUD OF HER. WE'RE IN 'CITY OF GOD' ` CIDADE DE DEUS, THE GRITTY FAVELA ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF RIO THAT INSPIRED THE FILM ABOUT SLUM VIOLENCE. IT'S ALSO WHERE JUDO ATHLETE RAFAELA SILVA GOT HER START. THE FIRST MAN WE MEET KNEW HER WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL. (SPEAKS PORTUGUESE) 'SHE WAS A FIGHTER,' HE SAYS ` 'A WARRIOR LIKE YOU JUST SAW.' THEY CELEBRATED WHEN THEIR HOMETOWN HERO BATTLED HER WAY TO BRAZIL'S FIRST GOLD MEDAL. (SPEAKS PORTUGUESE) 'THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE EMBARRASSED TO SAY THEY'RE 'FROM CITY OF GOD, BUT NOW WE HAVE HER,' HE SAYS. WE FIND SILVA'S FATHER AND EXTENDED FAMILY OUT ON THE CURB AFTER WATCHING HER EMOTIONAL VICTORY IN PERSON. (SPEAKS PORTUGUESE) 'EVEN IF IT HAD BEEN A BRONZE MEDAL, I'D BE CELEBRATING,' SAYS HER FATHER, 'BUT IT WAS GOLD.' ALL LAUGH THE LOCAL HERO IS ALSO CELEBRATED BY THE KIDS AT THE GYM DOWN THE ROAD WHERE SHE'S BEEN TRAINING FOR YEARS. THEY SAY THEY ALL WATCHED HER WIN AND WANT TO BE JUST LIKE HER. (SPEAKS PORTUGUESE) 'WITH HER BAD-GIRL FACE, SHE'S INTIMIDATING,' SHE SAYS. SHE'S THE GIRL FROM THE FAVELA ` NOW BRAZIL'S GOLDEN GIRL. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND CATHERINE DE CHALAIN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016.