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 GOOD EVENING FROM RIO AND WHAT HAS BEEN AN AMAZING FIRST DAY OF COMPETITION FOR THE NZ PARALYMPIC TEAM. 19-YEAR-OLD ANNA GRIMALDI FROM DUNEDIN IS NZ'S NEW GOLDEN GIRL, WITH THAT AMAZING FINAL LEAP IN THE LONG JUMP. AND THAT IS WHERE WE WILL BEGIN OUR PROGRAMME, WITH THE MOMENT THAT WILL BE REPLAYED FOR YEARS TO COME. KIMBERLEE DOWNS WAS THERE. WELCOME TO RIO DE JANEIRO'S OLYMPIC STADIUM. THIS IS WHERE THE ATHLETICS IS. AND JUST LOOK AT THIS LINE OF PEOPLE COMING IN TO WATCH OUR PARALYMPIC ATHLETES IN ACTION. THIS IS THE SAME STADIUM WHERE WE SAW SOME MAGICAL KIWI MOMENTS WHERE VAL ADAMS WON HER SILVER, WHERE TOM WALSH WON BRONZE, WHERE ELIZA MCCARTNEY STUNNED AND NICK WILLIS WOWED. BUT NOW IT'S OUR PARALYMPIANS' TURN. AND THEY ARE DESPERATE TO KEEP THAT MEDAL-WINNING TREND GOING, STARTING TONIGHT WITH LIAM MALONE AND LONG-JUMPER ANNA GRIMALDI. LET'S HEAD INSIDE TO CHECK OUT THE ACTION. NOW, ANNA GRIMALDI OF NZ WHO IS SITTING IN BRONZE-MEDAL POSITION, HAS AN OPPORTUNITY. BEST OF 5.45 IN THE COMPETITION SO FAR. SO, THAT IS A PERSONAL BEST FOR HER. PREVIOUSLY 5.41. SHE'S HAVING A WONDERFUL COMPETITION. GUARANTEED A MEDAL. CAN SHE IMPROVE FROM THIRD? OH, MAYBE SHE HAS! CROWD ROARS COMES UP SMILING. THIS IS A NEW PB FOR GRIMALDI! THIS COULD BE REALLY SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR THE KIWI. HITS THE BOARD JUST RIGHT. DRIFTS A LITTLE LEFT IN THE PITCH, BUT THAT LOOKS BEYOND 5.5. WE'LL WAIT FOR THIS WITH SOME EXCITEMENT FOR YOUNG ANNA GRIMALDI. 5.62, AND SHE'S IN GOLD MEDAL POSITION! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? SHE CAN'T. BUT THERE'S STILL ONE TO COME. IT'S NOT OVER YET. SHE'S GOT TO WAIT FOR CASTILLO TO JUMP. AND IT'S OVER TO... SHE HAS BEEN LEADING THE COMPETITION UP UNTIL A MOMENT AGO. THAT'S A FOUL INDEED, AND SO CASTILLO IS PUSHED INTO SECOND PLACE. AND GRIMALDI HAS WON IT FOR NZ. WHAT A RESULT. A PREVIOUS BEST OF 5.41. 5.62. AND CARLEE BEATTIE COMES OVER TO CONGRATULATE GRIMALDI, WHO HAS PULLED OUT THE COMPETITION AND THE JUMP OF HER LIFE. WE ARE SEEING THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN, AND IT'S ONLY DAY ONE. THESE FIELD EVENTS ARE TURNING UP THE MOST BRILLIANT SURPRISES. AND CASTILLO HAD PRODUCED THE LEAP OF HER LIFE. IT WAS AN AMERICAS RECORD, A CUBAN NATIONAL RECORD, AND GRIMALDI'S COME AND BEAT THAT BY 3CM, SO WHAT A VICTORY FOR THIS 19-YEAR-OLD. WELL, HOPEFULLY THEY'RE ALL AWAKE IN DUNEDIN. IF THEY'RE NOT, THEY SHOULD BE FOR THIS. THIS IS MAGNIFICENT FOR NZ. AND WHAT A GOLD-MEDAL-WINNING PERFORMANCE BY ANNA GRIMALDI! WELL, PERHAPS SHE WAS INSPIRED BY THE WORLD CHAMPS BEING IN CHRISTCHURCH FIVE YEARS AGO. I KNOW MANY FROM NZ WERE. WELL, SHE WAS THIRD AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS LAST YEAR. SHE DID HERALD HER ARRIVAL AT THIS LEVEL. BUT UNDER THE PRESSURE OF THE LAST ROUND, SHE CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT SHE'S DONE. A PERFECT LAST JUMP FROM ANNA GRIMALDI. WELL, SCENES THAT WILL BE PLAYED AGAIN AND AGAIN AROUND NZ. SHE'S FROM DUNEDIN. SHE'S STUDYING SURVEYING. WELL, SURVEY THIS. GRIMALDI TAKES THE GOLD FOR NZ FROM CUBA'S YUNIDIS CASTILLO AND AUSTRALIA'S CARLEE BEATTIE GETS THE BRONZE. WELL, WHAT AN EVENING. ANNA GRIMALDI TAKING GOLD. SHE SURPRISED EVERYONE IN THE SPORT THAT SHE ONLY PICKED UP A MERE THREE YEARS AGO. NOT ONLY THAT, SHE DID IT WITH A PERSONAL BEST 21CM LONGER THAN SHE HAS BEFORE, AND HERE IS THE WOMAN OF THE HOUR. ANNA, CAN YOU EVEN PUT INTO WORDS WHAT YOU ARE FEELING RIGHT NOW? NO. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. IT HASN'T REALLY HIT ME YET. I JUST KINDA WAS FLOODED WITH EMOTIONS AS SOON AS IT HAPPENED, BUT NOW I'M JUST KIND OF, LIKE, 'WHOA'. 'WHAT'S HAPPENED?' I HAVE NO IDEA. YOU'RE A GOLD MEDALLIST. THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED. HOW DOES THAT TITLE SIT WITH YOU? IT'S CRAZY. I MEAN, I IMAGINED` LAST NIGHT, ESPECIALLY, GOING TO SLEEP, I IMAGINED SO MANY DIFFERENT SCENARIOS OF THIS TODAY AND THIS WAS DEFINITELY NOT EVEN ONE OF THEM, SO I'M SO EXCITED. THIS IS, YEAH, AMAZING. AND YOU MADE IT DRAMATIC. YOU LEFT IT TILL THE LAST JUMP. I HAD TO DO THAT TO EVERYBODY, DIDN'T I? WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR HEAD LEADING INTO THAT FINAL JUMP, KNOWING AS WELL THAT YOU'D FOULED THAT LAST ONE? WELL, I WAS SPEAKING TO RORY AND NICK SWEENEY, PART OF THE TEAM WHO WAS ON THE SIDELINE, AND I WAS JUST, LIKE, 'IT'S NOT HAPPENING.' LIKE, IT WASN'T GOING HOW I WANTED IT TO GO. AND WE WERE BOTH, LIKE, 'BY THE TIME YOU JUMP NEXT, YOU'LL KNOW IF YOU'VE WON BRONZE AND THEN YOU JUST NEED TO GO FOR IT. 'LIKE, TAKE A MARK BACK AND JUST GO FOR IT.' AND THAT'S WHAT I DID, AND IT WORKED. IT'S CRAZY. DID IT HELP, DO YOU THINK, KNOWING THAT YOU HAD A MEDAL IN THE BAG BEFORE YOU JUMPED? UM, DEFINITELY. I WAS SO EXCITED TO EVEN BE SITTING IN BRONZE AND IN SILVER FOR MOST OF THE WAY. I WAS, LIKE, 'OH MY GOSH, THIS IS CRAZY.' BUT, UM, YEAH, I DON'T EVEN KNOW. IT'S SO OVERWHELMING. IT'S AWESOME. THERE ARE THOSE FEW SECONDS AS WELL BETWEEN WHEN YOU'VE DONE YOUR JUMP AND WHEN YOUR DISTANCE COMES UP. WHAT WERE YOU DOING, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING IN THOSE SECONDS? UH, I WAS DEFINITELY THINKING THAT THAT WASN'T ANY BIGGER THAN MY LAST JUMP. I WAS JUST KINDA, LIKE, (GROANS) 'THAT WASN'T THAT GOOD.' AND RAYLENE, MY COACH, WAS JUST SAYING, 'YES, IT WAS. IT WAS BIGGER. 'JUST WAIT.' OH MY GOD. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT GOLD WAS, AND EVERYONE WAS CELEBRATING. I WAS, LIKE, 'OH MY GOD.' YEAH. COULD YOU IMAGINE THREE YEARS AGO WHEN YOU STARTED ATHLETICS THAT THIS COULD BE HAPPENING? 19 YEARS OLD, GOLD MEDALLIST RIO DE JANEIRO. I COULDN'T EVEN IMAGINE IT YESTERDAY, AND IT'S TODAY! LIKE, THREE YEARS AGO I DIDN'T EVEN THINK THAT I WOULD BE HERE IN RIO TODAY. SO TO BE TAKING HOME A GOLD MEDAL IS JUST RIDICULOUS. YOU'VE GOT A MESSAGE FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY? YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. I KNOW LOTS OF YOU HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING ME AND WATCHING ME TODAY, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. YOUR SUPPORT MEANS EVERYTHING. UM, AND IT'S NOT OVER YET. YOU'VE STILL GOT THE 100 AND 200 TO GO. HOW DO YOU CHANGE YOUR CONCENTRATION NOW TO FOCUS ON THOSE EVENTS? ALTHOUGH I GUESS YOU'VE GOT TO LET THIS ONE SINK IN FIRST. DEFINITELY. I THINK WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT` WELL, I'VE ONLY GOT A DAY FOR IT TO SINK IN AND THEN 100 IS THE NEXT DAY, SO I GUESS I'LL JUST BE, YEAH, TRYING TO FOCUS. UM, 100 IS DEFINITELY NOT MY BEST EVENT BUT WHO KNOWS? FROM TODAY'S PERFORMANCE, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. SO, YEAH, CAN'T WAIT. AND WITH TODAY'S PERFORMANCE, COMING INTO THE ENTIRE COMPETITION, DID YOU HAVE GOOD VIBES? YEAH. IT WAS ALL RIGHT. I DEFINITELY WASN'T FEELING` I MEAN, GOING INTO WORLD CHAMPS LAST YEAR, THAT'S THE BEST I'VE EVER FELT GOING INTO A COMPETITION. I HAD` IT WASN'T THE BEST FEELING GOING INTO IT. I FELT A BIT FLAT, BUT THAT DOESN'T MATTER NOW. YEAH, CRAZY. FANTASTIC. AND, ANNA, WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE? YOU'VE GOT YOUR MEDAL CEREMONY SHORTLY, STANDING TOP OF THAT PODIUM, MIDDLE OF THE STADIUM, HEARING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM? MM. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE AMAZING. I'LL PROBABLY BE CRYING MY EYES OUT. I HAVE NO IDEA. IT'S GONNA BE AWESOME JUST KNOWING THAT NZ'S BEHIND ME. IT'S SO EXCITING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. CONGRATULATIONS. THAT'S OUR GOLD MEDALLIST ANNA GRIMALDI, WHO STILL LOOKS LIKE SHE CAN'T QUITE BELIEVE IT. BUT BELIEVE IT, BECAUSE YOU ARE A GOLD MEDALLIST. CONGRATULATIONS. THAT'S AWESOME. THANKS. CHEERS, ANNA. RAYLENE, ONE OF THE MASTERMINDS, I GUESS, BEHIND THIS PERFORMANCE. BUT DID YOU SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT COMING? WELL, IT WAS QUITE INTERESTING, BECAUSE WHEN SHE WENT ON TO THE LONG-JUMP RUN-UP FOR THE LAST JUMP, IT WAS LIKE YOU JUST SAW THAT, I S'POSE, MONGREL IN HER EYES AND YOU JUST KNOW IT. YOU JUST SEE IT IN AN ATHLETE. AND I JUST THOUGHT TO MYSELF, 'SHE'S GOING TO DO SOMETHING REALLY BIG HERE.' AND, SURE ENOUGH, IT DID. IT HAPPENED. YOU KNOW, SHE JUST WORKED UP TO IT. SHE REALLY DID. YEAH. CAN YOU GIVE US SOME CONTEXT ABOUT JUST HOW REMARKABLE THIS IS? 19 YEARS OLD, ONLY PICKED UP THE SPORT RECENTLY. WELL, YEAH. WORDS FAIL ME, REALLY. SHE'S WORKED REALLY REALLY HARD, BUT WE KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING REALLY BIG IN THERE. SHE'S BEEN TRAINING REALLY REALLY HARD, VERY CONSISTENTLY, AND GENERALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN YOU GET A CONSISTENT PERFORMANCE, SOMETHING POPS OUT OF THE BAG, AND IT DID. IT POPPED OUT TODAY. BUT IT WAS WELL WITHIN HER REACH. SHE'S JUST A BEAUTIFULLY TALENTED ATHLETE, AND SHE WORKS HARD, BUT SHE'S GOT THAT BEAUTIFUL RUNNING STYLE, AND IT JUST MAKES IT SO MUCH EASIER. WHAT IS IT ABOUT HER THAT GIVES HER THAT EDGE? IS IT A PHYSICAL THING? IS IT A MENTAL THING? IS IT BOTH? OH, PROBABLY A BIT, AND I THINK ALSO WE'VE GOT A REALLY CLOSE-KNIT TEAM. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF EXPERIENCE THERE. THEY EDGE EACH OTHER ON. THEY HELP EACH OTHER. THEY, YOU KNOW, TRY TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AS MUCH AS THEY CAN, SO I THINK IT ALL HELPS. I THINK IT ALL COMES TOGETHER. YEAH. YOU EXPECTED HER TO DO WELL. 21CM FURTHER THAN HER PREVIOUS PB. DID YOU EXPECT HER TO DO THAT WELL? I'M ALWAYS HOPING. (LAUGHS) NO, I MEAN, IT WAS GREAT. I MEAN, WE HAD SOME BRILLIANT JUMPS IN SAN DIEGO, AND, AS I SAID, THEY WERE CONSISTENT JUMPS ALL THE TIME, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE OUT THERE, SO I KNEW THERE WAS A BIG JUMP COMING. UM, IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF ON THE DAY, GET THE ADRENALINE GOING, GET THE SUPPORT FROM THE CROWD AND SURE ENOUGH IT CAME, YEAH. SO, THE T47 WOMEN'S LONG JUMP. ANOTHER SUPERB COMPETITION. ANOTHER AMAZING STORY. AND ANNA GRIMALDI OF NZ A NEW STAR IN HER COUNTRY. PA: BRONZE MEDALLIST REPRESENTING AUSTRALIA (SPEAKS PORTUGUESE) CARLEE BEATTIE! CARLEE BEATTIE, ALTHOUGH STILL THE WORLD-RECORD HOLDER, NEVER ACTUALLY LED THIS COMPETITION. IT WAS YUNIDIS CASTILLO AND THEN ANNA GRIMALDI. BUT, UH, SHE'S HAD PLENTY OF SUCCESS AT PARALYMPIC AND WORLD-CHAMPIONSHIP LEVEL. CARLEE BEATTIE, GOLD AT THE WORLDS LAST YEAR, SILVER FOUR YEARS AGO IN LONDON AND BRONZE IN RIO. CHEERS, APPLAUSE PA: SILVER MEDALLIST REPRESENTING CUBA, (SPEAKS PORTUGUESE) YUNIDIS CASTILLO! YUNIDIS CASTILLO A HIGHLY DECORATED ATHLETE ON THE TRACK. SHE'S WON FIVE GOLD MEDALS ` 100M, 200M AND 400M IN LONDON FOUR YEARS AGO, AND SHE NEARLY TOOK THE LONG JUMP IN RIO. WASN'T TO BE THOUGH, BECAUSE ANNA GRIMALDI PRODUCED THE LEAP OF HER LIFE WITH HER LAST ATTEMPT. PA: GOLD MEDALLIST AND OLYMPIC CHAMPION, REPRESENTING NZ, (SPEAKS PORTUGUESE) ANNA GRIMALDI! CHEERS, APPLAUSE AND THAT LITTLE SHAKE OF THE HEAD WE SAW AS HER NAME WAS ANNOUNCED AND AGAIN, SHE CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT SHE'S DONE. SHE'S STEPPED OUT OF THE PIT AFTER THAT LAST JUMP AND JUST ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BURST INTO TEARS WITH THE JOY OF DELIVERING A PERSONAL BEST WHEN IT MATTERED MOST. AND IT'S BEEN GOOD ENOUGH. GOOD JOB. YEAH, YOURSELF! THANK YOU. WELL DONE. THANK YOU. THAT'S AWESOME. NZ WON SIX GOLD MEDALS IN LONDON, AND THEY'VE ALREADY GOT ONE ON DAY ONE OF COMPETITION IN RIO. AND THEY'LL BE CELEBRATING FROM DUNEDIN AND RIGHT THROUGHOUT NZ. MAN SPEAKS PORTUGUESE OVER PA 'GOD DEFEND NZ' PLAYS (MOUTHS) ANTHEM CONTINUES CHEERS, APPLAUSE (MOUTHS) ANTHEM CONTINUES ANTHEM CONTINUES ANTHEM CONTINUES ANTHEM FADES CHEERS, APPLAUSE PA: LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE WOMEN'S T47 LONG JUMP! ANNA GRIMALDI'S ONLY BEEN INVOLVED IN PARALYMPIC SPORT FOR A FEW YEARS. SHE SAID SHE WAS RELUCTANT TO TURN UP AND TRY. SHE THOUGHT IT WAS INTIMIDATING; DIDN'T KNOW AS MUCH AS THE OTHER ATHLETES. WELL, HERE SHE IS, JUST A FEW YEARS LATER ` GOLD MEDAL AROUND HER NECK, A PARALYMPIC CHAMPION. YOU KNOW, BEING A KIWI IN THE CROWD, THAT IS THE SORT OF MOMENT THAT GIVES YOU ABSOLUTE CHILLS, ABSOLUTE GOOSEBUMPS. WHAT A REWARD FOR A WONDERFUL ATHLETE AND A WONDERFUL PERSON. AND WHAT A WAY TO GET THE MEDAL COUNT GOING IN SOME SERIOUS STYLE AT THE PARALYMPICS AND HERE AT THE HOME OF ATHLETICS IN RIO DE JANEIRO. WHAT A DAY FOR ANNA, HER TEAM AND HER FAMILY. LATER, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER MAGIC MOMENT FROM THE TRACK, BUT NEXT UP, WE REVIEW A MEDAL-WINNING DAY FROM THE POOL. TONIGHT WE'LL SEE REBECCA DUBBER PERFORM IN THE 100M BACKSTROKE EVENT. AT THE LONDON GAMES SHE PERFORMED BELOW HER EXPECTATIONS. FUNKY MUSIC ONE FO THE MAIN REASONS I CHOSE SWIMMING WAS BECAUSE I WASN'T REALLY ALLOWED TO DO MUCH ELSE. PEOPLE WERE ALWAYS TRYING TO TELL ME THAT I COULDN'T DO OTHER THINGS. I WENT TO AN ALL-GIRLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, AND THE ONLY EXTRA-CURRICULAR SPORTING ACTIVITY THEY OFFERED WAS NETBALL, AND AS MUCH AS I REALLY WANTED TO GET INVOLVED AND PLAY, THEY TOLD ME THAT I COULDN'T, BECAUSE NETBALL WASN'T A SPORT FOR PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS, WHICH REALLY ANNOYED ME. I WAS BORN WITH A CONDITION CALLED LUMBER SACRAL AGENESIS. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE LUMBAR PART OF MY SPINE DIDN'T FORM IN UTERO, SO THAT AFFECTED THE DEVELOPMENT THE LOWER HALF OF MY BODY. REBECCA SWAM AT THE LONDON 2015 PARALYMPICS, BUT NO ONE REALISED SHE WAS CARRYING A MEDICAL CONDITION AND NEEDED MAJOR SURGERY. SHE WAS OUT FOR THE 2013 SWIM SEASON, AND THEN HAD TO START FROM SCRATCH TO GET HER FORM BACK FOR RIO. UPBEAT MUSIC A FEW CONVERSATIONS HAD WITH SURGEONS AND PHYSIOS WERE IF THE CONDITION WASN'T CORRECTABLE, I MIGHT LOSE MY SWIMMING CAREER AS A RESULT. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT KIND OF PUSHED ME TO BE LIKE, 'NO. THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. 'I WANNA SWIM, AND I WANNA SWIM IN RIO.' OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS I'VE WATCHED A YOUNG LADY MATURE INTO A VERY VERY PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE. SHE HAS A GREAT ` WHAT WE CALL ` A 'BACK END', WHICH IS THE SECOND HALF OF THE RACE. IN 2015 WORLD CHAMPS SHE WAS BEHIND LIKE SIX SECONDS OR SEVEN SECONDS AT THE 200M MARK, BUT WAS ONLY BEATEN BY A SECOND WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO IT. MY GOALS FEEL PRETTY SIMPLE. I WANT TO BE AS FIT AS I'VE EVER BEEN, AS STRONG AS I'VE EVER BEEN AND I WANNA SWIM FASTER THAN I'VE EVER SWUM BEFORE. WOMEN'S 100M BACKSTROKE ` S7 FINAL. NIKITA HOWARTH, ONE OF THE TWO ATHLETES TO REPRESENT NZ IN THIS FINAL. FINISHED FOURTH AT THE LAST TWO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. REBECCA DUBBER. ALSO FROM NZ. SILVER MEDALLIST FROM THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS LAST YEAR. SEEDED SECOND IN THIS FINAL. THE WOMAN TO BEAT, KE LITING. THE NEW PARALYMPIC RECORD HOLDER. WHISTLE BLOWS TAKE YOUR MARKS. BEEP! THE WOMEN'S 100M BACKSTROKE S7 FINAL, AND IT'S A VERY STRONG START IN LANE THREE FOR NIKITA HOWARTH OF NZ, THE BLACK CAP OF THE KIWI ATHLETE. OFF TO A VERY QUICK START BUT IT'S NOT FOR LONG, COS KE LITING, THE NEW PARALYMPIC RECORD HOLDER, ALREADY UP ON HER SHOULDER AND LOOKING TO TAKE THE LEAD IN THIS 100M FINAL. WELL, KE LITING IS A VERY STRONG SWIMMER, BUT WATCH OUT FOR THE BACK END OF REBECCA DUBBER, THE 23-YEAR-OLD FROM AUCKLAND WHO'S GOT SUCH AN INCREDIBLY STRONG FINISH. NEVER TO BE DISCOUNTED, SHE GOES IN LANE FIVE. SHE'S WELL OFF THE PACE AT THE TURN, HOWEVER. IT IS KE LITING OF CHINA WHO TOUCHES AHEAD OF ZHANG, HER COMPATRIOT GOING IN SIXTH. IT IS HUANG OF CHINA GOING IN LANE TWO, TOUCHES THIRD FASTEST AHEAD OF HOWARTH AND DUBBER, WHO'S GOT THAT INCREDIBLY STRONG FINISH, IS BEING LEFT BEHIND HERE, BUT HAS SHE GOT ENOUGH LEFT TO CLOSE OUT AND EVEN CHALLENGE FOR A MEDAL IN THE CLOSING STAGES? BUT AT THE MOMENT KE LITING IS BEING CAUGHT BY THE REMAINDER OF THE FIELD. IS SHE GOING TO HOLD ON? WELL, IT'S SO CLOSE BETWEEN THE THREE CHINESE ATHLETES ACROSS THE POOL. AT THE MOMENT IT'S HUANG, KE, ZHANG WHO SEEM TO BE BATTLING IT OUT. THE THREE ATHLETES FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, BUT HAVING A STRONG FINISH AS WELL, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE POOL, IT LOOKS AS THOUGH DUBBER IS COMING BACK INTO THE MIX. WELL, IT WAS KE WHO WON FOR THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, ZHANG TAKING THE SILVER MEDAL AND REBECCA DUBBER OF THE USA JUST SPOILING IT FOR CHINA. THEY ALMOST ARE ONE-TWO-THREE, AS KE LITING, FROM THIS MORNING, ZHANG YING, THE SILVER MEDALLIST ALONGSIDE HER TEAM MATE. AND THE BRONZE GOING TO REBECCA DUBBER OF NZ, WITH A DELIGHTED SMILE WITH HER BRONZE MEDAL THERE. WELL, IT WAS A VERY SOLID SWIM FROM KE LITING (20). SHE HELD FROM START TO FINISH, VIRTUALLY, BUT, UH, SHE WAS BEING CLOSED OUT BY NOT ONLY ZHANG YING, AND REBECCA DUBBER WAS FINISHING SO STRONGLY. SHE JUST LEFT HERSELF WITH A LITTLE TOO MUCH TO DO IN THE CLOSING STAGES, BUT CAME WITHIN HALF A STROKE OF CHALLENGING FOR EVEN THE GOLD MEDAL, NEVER MIND THE SILVER. LESS THAN 0.8 OF A SECOND SEPARATING THE TOP THREE. SO NZ, A VERY STRONG SWIMMING NATION, GET THEIR FIRST MEDAL IN THE POOL. THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA DOMINATING THAT RACE. KE LITING, THE FAVOURITE, WINNING THE GOLD MEDAL. REBECCA, CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. BRONZE MEDAL, OUR SECOND MEDAL TODAY. TALK ME THROUGH THAT RACE. UM, I WAS SO, SO, SO NERVOUS. UM, I WAS TRYING REALLY HARD NOT TO CRY AND THROW UP SO I'M JUST REALLY HAPPY THAT I PULLED IT TOGETHER. I DID A PB THIS MORNING. THE GOAL WAS TO TRY AND SWIM FASTER TONIGHT, WHICH I DIDN'T QUITE MANAGE, BUT IT'S THE SECOND FASTEST TIME I'VE EVER SWUM, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED AND SO HAPPY ABOUT IT. THIS SI YOUR SECOND PARALYMPIC GAMES AND I KNOW LONDON DIDN'T QUITE GO ACCORDING TO PLAN, BUT SINCE THEN YOU'VE FACED HUGE ADVERSITY WITH SURGERY AND COMING BACK FROM INJURY, DOES THAT MAKE THIS JUST EXTRA SPECIAL? OH, SO, SO, SO MUCH. I MEAN, NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW THIS BUT I WAS IN HOSPITAL FOR A COUPLE FO DAYS JUST OVER A WEEK BEFORE WE ACTUALLY LEFT TO COME AWAY, SO THAT DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, MADE ME NERVOUS ABOUT THINGS. BUT I BOUNCED BACK, I HAD A GREAT THREE-AND-A-HALF WEEKS AWAY OF TRAINING. MY FAMILY AND MY COACH AND EVERYONE AROUND ME HAVE JUST BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE AND THAT HAS DEFINITELY HELPED ME PRODUCE THAT SWIM TONIGHT. PLEASE WELCOME THE MEDALLISTS. THERE'S NZ. REBECCA DUBBER. DELIGHTED WITH HER BRONZE MEDAL. SHE LEFT IT LATE IN THE RACE, BUT SUCH A STRONG FINISH. A TIME OF 1.23.85. LESS THAN 0.8 OF A SECOND OFF THE GOLD MEDAL. IT WAS ALL DOWN TO THAT STRONG FINISH. THAT GOT DUBBER ON TO THE PODIUM. REBECCA DUBBER, FOR NZ. BRONZE MEDALLIST. THE MEDALLISTS FROM THE WOMEN'S 100M BACKSTROKE S7, AND PARALYMPIC CHAMPION ALONG WITH COMPATRIOT ZHANG YING THE SILVER MEDALLIST. AND NZ'S REBECCA DUBBER, THE NEW BRONZE MEDALLIST. A MULTI-SPORT SWIMMER, A WHEELCHAIR RUGBY PLAYER, FROM NZ, CAMERON LESLIE (26) GOES IN LANE TWO. GOLD MEDAL IN THE 50M FLY IN BEIJING. BUT THE RECEPTION FOR DANIEL DIAS IS APPROPRIATELY DEAFENING AT THE OLYMPIC AQUATIC STADIUM. THE SUPERSTAR FROM BRAZIL TAKING TO THE POOL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AN EVENT IN WHICH HE'S THE WORLD RECORD HOLDER. CROWD ROARS WELL, OFF TO A VERY GOOD START IS RODRIGUEZ IN LANE EIGHT, BUT DIAS IMMEDIATELY INTO HIS SWIMMING STROKE. AND ANDREW MULLEN, AS HE BREAKS THE WATER, IS UP ALONGSIDE ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER. BUT THIS IS ALL ABOUT DIAS. WELL, CURIN HAS FALLEN OFF THE PACE IN THE SILVER MEDAL RACE, BUT, INDEED, MULLEN TOUCHING THIRD-FASTEST BEHIND PERKINS WHO'S SET UP NICELY FOR SILVER AS HE LOOKS TO GAIN A LITTLE DISTANCE AHEAD OF THE GREAT BRITISH SWIMMER. BUT THE CROWD IS ONLY FOCUSED ON ONE MAN INSIDE THE OLYMPIC AQUATIC STADIUM. IT IS BRAZIL'S SUPERSTAR. THREE-TIME LAUREUS SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR WITH A DISABILITY WHO'S GOING TO GIVE BRAZIL THEIR FIRST GOLD. WHAT AN ENORMOUS RESPONSE, AS EXPECTED, FOR DANIEL DIAS. THAT RACE, FOR ME, WAS MORE ABOUT JUST GETTING USED TO THE ATMOSPHERE AND GETTING A RACE UNDER MY BELT EARLY BEFORE MY MAIN RACE IN A FEW DAYS' TIME. SO, IS IT A GOOD OR BAD THING HAVING THIS EVENT BEFORE YOUR MAIN ONE? IT'S GOOD, BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO THE MAIN EVENT THERE'S NOTHING NEW. I'VE BEEN THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THE CALL ROOM, AND GOT USED TO THE BUZZ AMONGST THE CROWD AND THE STADIUM AT CAPACITY AND THAT SORT OF THING, SO IT'S GOOD. THE SWIMMERS REALLY ARE THE CORE OF THIS NZ TEAM, SO WE'LL SEE PLENTY MORE FROM THE POOL THROUGHOUT THESE GAMES. BUT NEXT UP, OFF TO THE ATHLETICS. IT WAS ONLY A HEAT, BUT HOW GOOD WAS LEAH MALONE? WE'RE TAKING YOU BACK TO THE TRACK AND FIELD NOW, WHERE A YOUNG GUY WHO'S BETTER KNOWN FOR HIS LONGER DISTANCES PULLED OUT A STUNNER IN THE 100M SPRINT. LIAM MALONE LOOKED STRONG AND CONFIDENT. KIMBERLEE DOWNS WAS THERE. IT'S BEEN ONE OF THOSE DAYS FOR ATHLETICS TODAY WHERE THEY'VE SIMPLY EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS. AND WHILE ANNA GRIMALDI WILL RIGHTLY GET MOST OF THE PLAUDITS FOR THAT WONDERFUL GOLD, OUR T44 SPRINTER, LIAM MALONE, HAS ALSO SURPRISED WITH A STUNNING PERFORMANCE IN THE HEATS OF HIS LEAST FAVOURITE EVENT ` THE 100M, A RACE WHICH TYPICALLY FAVOURS SINGLE-LEG AMPUTEES. JARRYD WALLACE OF GEORGIA, 200M WORLD CHAMPION IN LYON, AND IN THE 4X1, THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS THERE IN 2013. ATHLETE OF THE YEAR, 2013 IN THE UNITED STATES. FROM GEORGIA WILL BE WELL-SUPPORTED. LANE 3. GOLD IN THE 4X1 AT THE LAST EUROPEANS AND THE WORLDS, AND THE FORMER EUROPEAN 200M CHAMPION FOR GERMANY, FELIX STRENG. HE'S WITH A VERY STRONG BAYER LEVERKUSEN CLUB. BOLIVIAN-BORN HE IS, BY THE WAY. LIAM MALONE OF NZ. JOHANNES FLOORS OF GERMANY. AND HERE IS ` ALAN OLIVEIRA. AGAIN, FROM JUST DOWN THE COAST IN SAO PAULO. HE HAD A BRILLIANT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 2013, WHEN HE WON GOLD IN THE 100, 200 AND 400. MHLONGO OF SOUTH AFRICA. SATO OF JAPAN. AND HETTIARACHCHI. HIS FIRST MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP FOR SRI LANKA. KEITA SATO IS THE ASIAN GAMES CHAMPION ` 100, 200 AND 4X1. THIS WILL BE COMPETITIVE. WALLACE IN 2, STRENG IN 3, MALONE IN 4, FLOORS 5, ALAN OLIVEIRA IN 6. LOOKING FOR FURTHER PARALYMPIC GAMES GLORY HERE. MHLONGO, SOUTH AFRICAN, 7. KEITA SATO IN 8. AND HETTIARACHCHI OF SRI LANKA IN LANE 9. IT'S A VERY VERY HIGH-STANDARD EVENT, THIS MEN'S 100M T44. AGAIN, THE TOP THREE INTO THE FINAL. SO, AWAY THEY GO AND ALAN OLIVEIRA WHO'S OFF VERY VERY SLOWLY INDEED. IT'S A BRILLIANT START BY MHLONGO OF SOUTH AFRICA. OLIVEIRA'S HAVING TO FIGHT BACK. WALLACE GOING BRILLIANTLY FOR THE STATES. IT'S MALONE WHO TAKES IT FOR NZ. 10.90. BRILLIANT RUNNING BY MALONE IN THE T43 CATEGORY. I THINK THAT'S A PARALYMPIC GAMES RECORD. A T43 FOR MALONE. HE LOOKED BRILLIANT THERE. ASTONISHINGLY GOOD. THAT IS A PARALYMPIC RECORD FOR LIAM MALONE. PARALYMPIC GAMES RECORD. WALLACE IN 2ND PLACE. 11.02. AND STRENG WAS THIRD. 11.12. AND ALAN OLIVEIRA MIGHT NOT HAVE MADE THE FINAL. IF HE DOES, IT'LL BE THE FASTEST LOSE. 11.26 WAS HIS TIME. WHAT A STUNNING RUN FROM MALONE. HE SHAVED ABOUT 0.3 OFF HIS PERSONAL BEST. LIAM, WHAT A RUN. WINNING THE HEAT. PB, I BELIEVE. WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? AH, I MEAN, I'VE BEEN TRAINING SO DAMN HARD FOR THE LAST FIVE` SINCE WORLD CHAMPS. I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TIMES THAT THOSE GUYS RAN AT WORLD CHAMPS, WHAT I WAS RUNNING. I DROPPED NEARLY A SECOND. I JUST TRAINED SO HARD, EH? AND TO RUN A PB AT THE PARALYMPICS ON MY FIRST RUN IS` IS AWESOME. WHAT WAS THE ATMOSPHERE LIKE OUT THERE? RUNNING ALONGSIDE A BRAZILIAN AS WELL? I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT, HONESTLY. IT'S JUST NOT WHAT I THINK ABOUT WHEN I'M JUST, UH... I'M JUST RUNNING IN A STRAIGHT LINE, ONE LEG IN FRONT OF THE OTHER. THAT'S ALL IT IS. WASN'T THIS SUPPOSED TO BE YOUR LEAST FAVOURITE DISTANCE, LIAM? YEAH. UH, IT IS. IT IS, FOR SURE. I'M A TWO FOUR RUNNER, AND THAT'S FAVOURED TO DOUBLE AMPUTEES. UH, I WAS JUST HOPING TO MAKE FINAL, FOR REAL, AND I JUST HAD NO EXPECTATIONS. I HAVEN'T SLEPT FOR, LIKE, THE LAST FOUR NIGHTS. I'M JETLAGGED. I FEEL DEAD, HONESTLY. SO I WASN'T EVEN THINKING ABOUT` SORRY, JUST SPAT ON YOU. IT'S ALL RIGHT. (LAUGHS) I WASN'T EVEN THINKING ABOUT ANYTHING. I JUST WANTED TO GET THE RACE OVER AND DONE WITH AND GO HOME AND GO HAVE A SLEEP AND EAT SOME FOOD. YOU WANTED TO GET IT OVER AND DONE WITH. MAYBE THAT'S WHY YOU DID IT IN YOUR OWN RECORD TIME. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. FOR SURE. FOR SURE. HOW DOES THE GAME PLAN CHANGE NOW THAT YOU HAVE MADE THE FINAL? I MEAN, YOU ALWAYS GO OUT TO WIN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT SORT OF LOGIC IT WOULD BE IF YOU WEREN'T. IT'S JUST MOST OF THE TIME YOU DON'T WIN. AH, JUST GO AND DO MY BEST TOMORROW. THIS ISN'T MY FAVOURITE EVENT, SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. BUT AFTER TONIGHT, WHO KNOWS? HOW GOOD DOES IT FEEL? FIRST PARALYMPICS, TO PUT IN A RACE LIKE THAT IN YOUR FIRST RUN? YEAH, IT FEELS GREAT. HONESTLY, THE BEST PART ABOUT IT IS JUST HAVING, LIKE` I'M ONLY HERE BECAUSE THE NZ PEOPLE, THEY BACKED ME FROM DAY ONE. GOT ALL MY BOYS HERE. THEY'VE ALL FLOWN OVER WHICH IS AWESOME. TRYING NOT TO CRY BUT, UH, YEAH, I JUST HOPE TO DO EVERYONE PROUD. MAYBE THE TEARS ARE DOWN TO SOME SLEEP DEPRIVATION AS WELL, MATE. YEAH, I HOPE SO. WE'LL RUN WITH THAT. AH, I'M GONNA GO. ALL THE BEST. THANKS VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, LIAM. WELL, THE STADIUM IS NOW EMPTY AND THE LIGHTS HAVE DIMMED ON WHAT HAS BEEN A WILDLY SUCCESSFUL DAY FOR OUR TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES HERE IN RIO DE JANEIRO. AND IT'S AMAZING TO THINK THAT THIS COULD JUST BE THE BEGINNING. TOMORROW LIAM MALONE WILL HAVE THE FINAL OF HIS 100M. JACOB PHILLIPS RUNS AS WELL, AND RORY MCSWEENY GETS HIS BIG CHANCE TO WIN A MEDAL IN THE JAVELIN. YES, A POWERFUL PERFORMANCE WITH PLENTY OF PROMISE FOR THE DAYS AHEAD. NEXT UP, KATE HORAN'S BID FOR BRONZE AT THE VELODROME. 1 WELCOME BACK. WE'RE OFF TO THE VELODROME NOW, WHERE FORMER ATHLETICS SPRINTER KATE HORAN WAS MAKING HER DEBUT IN A NEW DISCIPLINE. PAULA TESORIERO WAS THERE. I'M STANDING OUTSIDE THE VELODROME AT THE RIO 2016 PARALYMPIC GAMES, WAITING TO GO INSIDE AND WATCH KATE HORAN RACE THE FINAL OF THE 3K INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT. BACK IN BEIJING, KATE AND I WERE TEAMMATES. I WAS ON THE BIKE, AND SHE WAS RUNNING. NOW EIGHT YEARS ON AND HER THIRD CHILD, SHE'S HERE THIS TIME RACING ON THE BIKE. THE MOST EXCITING PART OF MY... SPRINTING CAREER WAS WINNING A SILVER MEDAL IN BEIJING. IT'S ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS THAT YOU JUST DREAM OF. AND STAGGER, AND SHE FALLS. SHE'S TAKEN OUT LE FUR ALMOST, AND HORAN WILL GET UP TO A SILVER! AFTER BEIJING, I DEFINITELY DIDN'T THINK I WAS DONE. AT THAT POINT, INJURIES, BREASTFEEDING, NOT READY TO LEAVE MAX, BUT I WAS NOT DONE WITH SPORT. SO SHE CHANGED GEARS, TAKING UP A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SPORT, TRACK CYCLING. NZ HAS AN AMAZING BIKE TEAM, BEST COACHES IN THE WORLD. I THOUGHT I'D GIVE IT A SHOT. WELL CYCLING WAS NOT SOMETHING I WAS NATURALLY GOOD AT. I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE ON THE BIKE. I DIDN'T HAVE VERY GOOD BIKE-HANDLING SKILLS. ALL SHE HAD WAS A $200 BIKE AND SPACE IN A FRIEND'S FARM SHARE TO STORE A WIND-TRAINER. BUT HER KNOWLEDGE OF ELITE SPORT GAVE HER AN EDGE. PRETTY MUCH THROWN THE BOOK AT KATE OVER THREE YEARS. IT IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT, BUT DEFINITELY HELPS HAVING SOME NATURAL FAST PUSH FIBRES AND REALLY GOOD REACTION TIMES. THE BIGGEST THING FOR HER IS JUST TIME ON THE BIKE. SHE JUST HAD TO GET OUT AND RIDE AND DO THE HARD YARDS AND LET THAT TRANSITION HAPPEN NATURALLY OVER TIME. I HADN'T REALISED HOW BEING AN ATHLETE FOR SO LONG, HOW MUCH I'D LEARNED. SO I GUESS I SORT OF ROCKED INTO CYCLING THINKING, YOU KNOW, 'I'M STARTING FOR THE BOTTOM.' BUT I DEFINITELY HAD THAT MENTAL EDGE. AND THIS TIME ROUND, I DEFINITELY FEEL THAT I'VE EMBRACED EVERY MOMENT. YOU KNOW, YOUR LIFE IN SPORT IS SHORT, AND YOU'VE GOTTA MAKE THE MOST OF IT. AS YOU'RE WATCHING THE RACING TONIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF DISABILITY. THERE'S A REALLY ROBUST CLASSIFICATION PROCESS THAT SITS BEHIND THIS, THOUGH, PLACING ATHLETES INTO CLASSIFICATIONS ACCORDING TO THEIR LEVEL OF FUNCTION, AND THAT ENSURES THE INTEGRITY OF PARALYMPIC SPORT. KATE HORAN IS A SINGLE BELOW-KNEE AMPUTEE, SO YOU'LL SEE HER TONIGHT COMPETING AGAINST ATHLETES WITH A SIMILAR LEVEL OF FUNCTION, COMPARED TO, SAY, A DOUBLE ABOVE-KNEE AMPUTEE, WHO HAS A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF FUNCTION ON THE BIKE. NEXT UP, THE BRONZE-MEDAL FINAL OF THE WOMEN'S 3000M INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT. SO KATHERINE HORAN. PA: FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MEGAN FISHER. CHEERING AND IT'S A GOOD START FOR BOTH ATHLETES, RIDING OFF FOR THE BRONZE MEDAL THIS AFTERNOON, WOMEN'S SEED FOUR 3000M INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT. CHEERING SO, INTERESTING TO SEE HOW HORAN STARTS OFF HERE, BECAUSE SHE'S VERY GOOD AT THE TIME TRIALS OVER 500M. DOES SHE GET THE EXPLOSIVE START OVER FISHER? YES, SHE DOES. SO IT'S 2.6, THAT MARGIN AT THE MOMENT. BUT OVERALL, HORAN IS ONLY A SECOND FASTER THAN FISHER OVER 3000M. SO EXPECT THE AMERICAN TO LIFT AS THIS RACE GOES ON. IT'S ALREADY OUT TO THREE SECONDS. SO, KATHERINE HORAN RIDING VERY STRONGLY HERE. SLIGHTLY BUILDING ON HER LEAD, JUST EVER SO SLIGHTLY, ABOUT ANOTHER HALF SECOND OR SO. 0.6, SO FISHER JUST STARTING TO GET THAT MARGIN BACK. THE BACK END OF THIS RACE, THE SECOND HALF, WHO IS ABLE TO BUILD SPEED AND MAINTAIN? SHE'S GOT A BIG TASK AHEAD. WELL, IF ANYTHING, IT IS KATHERINE HORAN WHO IS GETTING TIRED AND JUST SWAYING THE BIKE A LITTLE BIT HEADING TOWARDS THE 3000M CONCLUSION. AND LOOK AT IT ` IT'S DOWN TO HALF A SECOND, HALF A SECOND IN THE FINAL 100M. SHE HAS TO LIFT HERE, HORAN, TO HOLD ON. AND SHE HASN'T. FISHER'S GOT HER! FISHER'S GOT HER RIGHT IN THE LAST HUNDRED METRES! WHAT A RIDE! WHAT A FINAL LAP! WELL, COULD NOT HAVE PREDICTED THAT. THAT'S EXTRAORDINARY. WELL, ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT WAS GOING FROM 2.7 SECONDS, TWO SECONDS, AND IT'S BEEN THE LAST 500M. AND I DON'T EVEN THINK THAT MEGAN FISHER CAN QUITE BELIEVE IT. I DON'T THINK SHE CAN EITHER. WELL, IT WENT FROM A RELATIVELY COMFORTABLE LEAD OF OVER THREE SECONDS, AND IT JUST SHOWS THESE 3000M SPEED ENDURANCE EVENTS, JUST HOW DIFFICULT THEY ARE. SO, WITH 1000M TO GO,... HORAN'S TIME WAS OVER THREE SECONDS... AHEAD OF FISHER. LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM IN THE END. BUT THERE WAS THREE SECONDS BETWEEN THEM ONLY FOUR LAPS EARLIER. INDISTINCT PA ANNOUNCEMENT KATE, CONGRATULATIONS ON A PHENOMENAL RIDE,... SO, SO CLOSE. YEAH, I HEAR IT WAS CLOSE. IT WAS SO CLOSE. YEAH. TELL US HOW HARD IT WAS OUT THERE. LOOK, I DUNNO. IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, I JUST NEED TO RIDE MY OWN RACE. SO I THINK IT'S HARD, COS YOU'RE PUSHING YOURSELF ABOUT AS HARD AS YOU CAN POSSIBLY GO. IT DOESN'T FEEL GOOD ` PUT IT THAT WAY. I THINK WHEN THE GUN WENT AT THE END, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW. I DIDN'T KNOW WHO'D GOT IT, TO BE HONEST. SO YEAH, IT'S REALLY DISAPPOINTING, BUT THAT'S SPORT, EH? YOU'VE JUST GOTTA GIVE IT GIVE IT YOUR BEST SHOT, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ABOUT IT. ABSOLUTELY. LOOK, IT WAS SO EXCITING WATCHING YOU. YOU KNOW, YOU WENT OUT REALLY STRONG. AND AT ONE POINT, YOU HAD HER IN YOUR SIGHTS, COMING DOWN THE STRAIGHT, AND I THOUGHT, 'YOU'RE GONNA TAKE IT.' DO YOU KNOW WHERE IT WAS IN THE RACE THAT YOU WERE REALLY REALLY WILLING YOURSELF TO GO FASTER? I THINK BEING A SPRINTER, UM,... FOR US, IT'S BEEN REALLY PACING. SO IT'S BEEN PACING THE FIRST THREE LAPS AND TRYING TO JUST HOLD ON TO THAT PACE. UM, IT'S BEEN QUITE A JOURNEY, BUT I'VE JUST HAD AN AMAZING MONTH WITH MY COACH AND TRAINING THE TANDEM GIRLS AND THE GUYS, AND I COULDN'T ASK FOR MORE. IT'S JUST WHAT IT IS, YEAH. MALCOLM, WHAT DO YOU WANT KATE AND THE NZ PUBLIC TO TAKE AWAY FROM THAT RACE TONIGHT? OH, LOOK, KATE CAME HERE THIS MORNING AND COMPETED IN THE QUALIFICATION. SHE DID A REALLY GOOD PB, WHICH WAS OUTSTANDING JUST TO GET A BRONZE MEDAL IN THE RACE. AND, LOOK, SHE'S LEFT NOTHING OUT THERE ON THE TRACK. SHE'S GIVEN IT EVERYTHING TONIGHT. SHE'S DONE ANOTHER VERY GOOD TIME AND WAS JUST BEATEN BY A BETTER ATHLETE ON THE DAY, AND THAT'S PARALYMPIC SPORT. AND NEARLY AN HOUR AFTER THE RACE, I'M STILL FEELING A BIT GUTTED FOR KATE HORAN. THIS WAS HER FAVOURED EVENT, AND I KNOW HOW SHE'S FEELING. BUT, YOU KNOW, SHE'S GOT A COUPLE MORE RACES HERE AT THE PARALYMPIC GAMES, AND IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO CAN PULL OFF A GUTSY PERFORMANCE, IT'S KATE HORAN. TIME NOW TO GO BACK TO GOLD-MEDALLIST ANNA GRIMALDI. WE CAUGHT UP WITH HER BEFORE SHE LEFT DUNEDIN FOR RIO, AND WE FOUND A FOCUSED ATHLETE WITH A BUBBLY PERSONALITY. GOING FROM JUST, LIKE, PLAYING NETBALL AND BASKETBALL, KIND OF, MORE SOCIALLY, THIS SORT OF ENVIRONMENT HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM, BUT I'VE LOVED IT. YOU PUT IN SO MUCH, AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU GET OUT THERE THAT YOU'LL BE AS PREPARED AS YOU CAN BE. YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY REGRETS OR SAY, LIKE, 'I WISH I'D TRAINED HARDER HERE,' OR, 'I WISH I'D DONE THIS THERE.' YOU WANNA KNOW THAT YOU'VE DONE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE SO THAT YOU CAN PERFORM AT YOUR BEST ON THE DAY. UPLIFTING ELECTRONICA MUSIC I WAS BORN WITHOUT MY RIGHT HAND JUST BELOW THE WRIST, SO, UM, I COMPETE IN THE CLASS, UM, T47, WHICH IS FOR BELOW-ELBOW AMPUTEES. ARMS PLAY A HUGE PART IN RUNNING IN GENERAL, ESPECIALLY STARTS AND STUFF. ARM-DRIVE IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND, I GUESS, THROWING YOURSELF INTO THE AIR, BEING AS EVEN AS POSSIBLE, IS GOING TO BE AN ADVANTAGE. UPLIFTING ELECTRONICA MUSIC CONTINUES ANNA WAS PICKED UP THROUGH A TALENT DEVELOPMENT CAMP AND SHOWED NATURAL ABILITY AND HAS BASICALLY GONE FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH SINCE THEN. ANNA'S STRONGEST EVENT IS THE LONG JUMP. SHE WAS THE BRONZE MEDALLIST IN DOHA IN 2015. SHE'S PROVEN THAT SHE CAN COMPETE AT INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS. SHE'S PROVEN THAT SHE CAN RISE TO THE OCCASION AND WE'VE GOT HIGH HOPES FOR ANNA. NO ONE'S PROUDER TONIGHT THAN ANNA'S FAMILY. THEY SPOKE WITH KIMBERLEE DOWNS. SO, HOW'S THIS FOR A STORY? WE'RE JUST PACKING UP FOR THE DAY, ABOUT TO LEAVE THE ATHLETICS' STADIUM AFTER SUCH A SUCCESSFUL DAY FOR OUR ATHLETES, AND WHO SHOULD WE BUMP INTO, BUT ANNA GRIMALDI'S PROUD PARENTS AND SISTER, TONY, DI AND ABBY. TONY, WE'LL START WITH YOU. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE TO WATCH? OH, IT WAS AMAZING. ABSOLUTELY JUST JUMPING OUT OF MY SEAT. THE BRAZILIANS WERE GOING NUTS ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND I THINK WE PROBABLY GAVE THEM A GOOD RUN FOR THEIR MONEY AFTER THAT LAST JUMP. YEAH, IT WAS` IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. JUST` I DID ASK ANNA TO GET ME GOLD FOR MY BIRTHDAY. DIDN'T THINK SHE WOULD, BUT SHE REALLY DID COME THROUGH. (LAUGHS) AMAZING, YEAH. BIRTHDAY TODAY, IS IT? UH, NO, 19TH, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S CLOSE. THAT'S CLOSE. (LAUGHS) CLOSE ENOUGH. LAUGHTER UH, AND DI, WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU TO SEE HER STANDING ON TOP OF THAT MEDAL PODIUM AS THE NATIONAL ANTHEMS PLAYED? YEAH, THAT WAS AMAZING, YEAH, SEEING THAT` HEARING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND SEEING HER UP THERE, AND I DON'T THINK SHE COULD QUITE BELIEVE IT EITHER, WHICH IS REALLY COOL, YEAH. SHE'S DONE AMAZING. LIKE, FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIMES SHE'S BEEN DOING ATHLETICS, ETC, SHE'S` SHE'S REALLY ACHIEVED. AMAZING, YEAH. HOW HAVE YOU SEEN HER, I GUESS, GROW AND TRANSFORM AS A PERSON SINCE TAKING UP ATHLETICS ONLY THREE YEARS AGO? YEAH. UM, SHE'S` SHE'S ABSOLUTELY BLOSSOMED. SHE'S GOT SO CONFIDENCE, AND SHE'S, UM` I THINK SHE'S JUST` YEAH, SHE'S JUST GROWN SO MUCH. IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL FOR HER. REALLY WONDERFUL. YEAH. AND, ABBY, HOW PROUD WERE YOU, WATCHING BIG SISTER GO OUT AND DO IT? UH, REALLY PROUD. LIKE, WE NEVER EXPECTED HER TO DO THAT WELL. IT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE IT. LIKE, IT WAS GOOD TO BE THERE AND ACTUALLY BE THERE WITH HER. PRETTY, UM, INSPIRING TO FOLLOW IN HER FOOTSTEPS, MAYBE? LAUGHTER YEAH, DEFINITELY. I DON'T KNOW HOW I CAN TOP THAT. WE'LL SEE. (LAUGHS) OH, WELL, FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. I KNOW YOU'VE GOTTA RUN OFF AND CATCH THE TRAIN, SO I'LL LET YOU GO, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FANTASTIC MOMENTS THAT ANNA AND REBECCA WILL CHERISH FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. TO THE MEDAL TALLY NOW ` CHINA, GREAT BRITAIN AND UZBEKISTAN ARE AT THE TOP OF THE TABLE. NZ'S TWO MEDALS ON DAY ONE HAVE US IN EQUAL 12TH PLACE ON THE BOARD. TOMORROW, THE KIWIS ARE BACK IN THE POOL WITH SIX-TIMES GOLD WINNER SOPHIE PASCOE MAKING HER FIRST APPEARANCE ALONG WITH MARY FISHER AND JESSE REYNOLDS. WE HAVE TWO TEAMS IN THE WOMEN'S KILO AT THE VELODROME, ALONG WITH BYRON RAUBENHEIMER IN THE MEN'S. AND IN TRACK AND FIELD, LIAM MALONE'S BACK FOR THE 100M FINAL AFTER THAT GAMES' RECORD IN THE HEATS, AS WELL AS RORY MCSWEENEY, A REAL PROSPECT IN THE JAVELIN. EXCITING PROSPECTS AHEAD. YOU CAN CARRY ON WATCHING LIVE ACTION JUST AFTER 1AM OVER ON DUKE, AND BACK HERE TOMORROW NIGHT, HIGHLIGHTS ON TV ONE, 9.30PM. UNTIL THEN, GOOD NIGHT. NOW, ANNA GRIMALDI OF NZ, WHO'S SITTING IN BRONZE-MEDAL POSITION, HAS AN OPPORTUNITY. BEST OF 5.45M IN THE COMPETITION SO FAR. SO THAT IS A` A PERSONAL BEST FOR HER. PREVIOUSLY 5.41. SHE'S HAVING A WONDERFUL COMPETITION. GUARANTEED A MEDAL. CAN SHE IMPROVE FROM THIRD? CHEERS, APPLAUSE OH, MAYBE SHE HAS! COMES UP SMILING. THIS IS A NEW PB FOR GRIMALDI. THIS COULD BE REALLY SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR THE KIWI. HITS THE BOARD JUST RIGHT! DRIFT A LITTLE LEFT IN THE PIT, BUT THAT LOOKS BEYOND 5.5. UPLIFTING GUITAR MUSIC WE'LL WAIT FOR THIS WITH SOME EXCITEMENT FOR YOUNG ANNA GRIMALDI. 5.62M, AND SHE'S IN GOLD-MEDAL POSITION! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? SHE CAN'T. BUT THERE'S STILL ONE TO COME. (LAUGHS) IT'S NOT OVER YET. SHE'S GOTTA WAIT FOR CASTILLO TO JUMP, AND IT'S OVER TO YUNIDIS CASTILLO, WHO'S BEEN LEADING THE COMPETITION UP UNTIL A MOMENT AGO. THAT'S A FOUL INDEED, AND SO CASTILLO IS PUSHED INTO SECOND PLACE, AND GRIMALDI HAS WON IT FOR NZ. 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