Sophie Pascoe now has 10 gold medals, 7 silvers and a bronze in Paralympics. Video / TVNZ
All the action from day 8 of the Tokyo Paralympics.
Kiwis in action
Para swimming – Nikita Howarth – Women’s 100m Breaststroke – SB7 heats up – into last
Para cycling-road – Rory Mead – Men’s H1-2 Road Race – ended up 5th
Para swimming – Jesse Reynolds – Men’s 200m Individual Medley – SM9 heats up – into last
Para swimming – Sophie Pascoe – Women’s 200m Individual Medley – SM9 heats up – into last
Para swimming – Tupou Neiufi – Women’s 50m Freestyle – S8 heats up – into last
Para sports – Danielle Aitchison – Women’s 100m – T36 Round 1 Heats – into last
Shooting Para sport – Michael Johnson – R5 – Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH2 certification – lost out on last
8.07pm – Para swimming – Nikita Howarth – Women’s 100m Breaststroke – SB7 last
9.31pm – Para swimming – Jesse Reynolds – Men’s 200m Individual Medley – SM9 last
9.39pm – Para swimming – Sophie Pascoe – Women’s 200m Individual Medley – SM9 last
10.10pm – Para sports – Danielle Aitchison – Women’s 100m – T36 last
10.36pm – Para swimming – Tupou Neiufi – Women’s 50m Freestyle – S8 last
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4.10pm: Mead gets another 5th positioned surface
Para-bicyclist Rory Mead has actually finished a gruelling males’s H1-2 roadway race in 5th location.
Mead, who likewise ended up fifth in the other day’s time trial in Paralympic launching, crossed the line at Fuji International Speedway in a time of 2 hours 23 minutes and 8 seconds.
That left the Kiwi – a previous leading motocross rider – more than 33 minutes behind gold-medal winner Florian Jouanny of France after 52.8 kilometres of racing.
3.50pm: Johnson simply misses on last
Veteran shooter Michael Johnson has actually hardly lost out on a possibility to include another Paralympic medal to his collection.
Johnson, 47, fell agonisingly except the top-eight location he required in certifying to reserve an area in the last of the R5 combined 10m air rifle vulnerable SH2, ending up ninth with a rating of 635.2 points.
That left the Kiwi 0.2 points beyond the leading 8 and indicated he left empty-handed from a 2nd occasion in Tokyo.
Johnson, who won gold in Athens 2004 and got a bronze at each of the next 2 Games, has one occasion to come on Saturday, the R9 combined 50m rifle vulnerable SH2.
2.20pm: Aitchison storms into 100m last
Danielle Aitchison is intending to go one much better in the 100m after declaring silver in the T36 200m previously today.
The Kiwi sprinter reduced into the last of the T36 100m with a very first positioned surface in the heats up with a time of 14.35, the very best out of the finalists.
She ended up ahead of the ROC’s Elena Ivanova, who had the 2nd finest certifying time.
The last is this evening at 10.10pm.
1.50pm: Neiufi into another last
Backstroke gold medal winner Tupou Neiufi has actually certified 4th fastest for tonight’s 50m freestyle S8 last.
The medal race has actually opened with British star Alice Tai taking out of the Tokyo Games since of injury.
Neiufi was 2nd in her heat with a time almost a 2nd slower than Brazil’s Xenia Palazzo, the 3rd fastest qualifier. The last is at 10.37pm.
1.20pm: Pascoe makes declaration in assortment heats up
Kiwi swim star Sophie Pascoe validated her frustrating favouritism in the 200m SM9 private assortment with a dazzling heat win.
The assortment supremo is anticipated to win gold in a canter at 9.39pm tonight. The world record holder’s time has to do with 10 seconds much better than the next finest at Tokyo.
Having currently won her 10th Paralympics gold medal after some preliminary fights at these Games, she looks all set to strike her finest type.
Pascoe wowed the analysts with what they called a near ideal swim. She reduced up in her heat however still had the fastest time, simply ahead of Zsofia Konkoly of Hungary.
Pascoe stated she was still feeling the results of her freestyle gold medal win the night prior to.
“I’m really happy with that swim,” she stated after the assortment heat.
“It’s the first time being ranked first going into a final here – it’s nice being in those yellow lanes, especially in the 200 IM. It gives me a little perspective around the pool, see what’s going on during the breaststroke.
“The body was a little tender from last night – it was really an excellent eliminate.
“I just felt really casual this morning, I wanted to make it really casual. I had strict plans to keep it easy, because I do tend to as soon as race mode goes I’m off. I wanted to pace it nicely.
“I understand it will be difficult tonight, these ladies will certainly press me … the next generation coming through.”
Jesse Reynolds qualified seventh fastest for the men’s 200m individual medley final at 9.30pm tonight, with two swimmers disqualified in the heats. It would be a surprise if Reynolds was in the medal hunt, going on the heat times.
12.10pm: Howarth into breaststroke final
Nikita Howarth, one of the Kiwi success stories in Rio five years ago, easily qualified for the women’s 100m SB7 breaststroke final at 8.07pm tonight.
Russian Mariia Pavlova stamped herself as the favourite with the most impressive performance in the heats, although a four or five-way battle for the medals is predicted.
Hamilton’s Howarth became New Zealand’s youngest Paralympian in London nine years ago, when aged 13, and won gold and silver in medley and butterfly events at Rio.
She had a highly promising crack at cycling before returning to the water for these Games.
Howarth said after her heat that she nearly didn’t make it to Tokyo because of a broken arm suffered in a skateboard accident four months ago. But a surgeon had advised her it was safe to do so.
“I’ve got no expectations since of the damaged arm,” she said.
“It was rather challenging for a while … then I chose to see a cosmetic surgeon who stated you are not going to harm it any even more. So I chose to try.
“My coach told me not to go super ahead (in the heat) so I’ve got a little bit more tonight for the final.”
ICYMI: Pascoe wins 10th gold
Sophie Pascoe declared her 10th Paralympic gold medal, with triumph in the S9 100m freestyle last night.
Pascoe is the very first New Zealander to reach 10 gold medals at the summer season video games – an accomplishment less than 40 professional athletes have actually achieved – to choose her 7 silvers and one bronze.
She was somewhat sluggish off the blocks however took the lead after 30m and was a body-length ahead at the turn.
Despite slowing over the last 25m, she held back the charging Sarai Gascon and Mariano Ribeiro to win by 0.4 seconds in a time of 1:02.37.
Pascoe is back in the swimming pool today at 1pm in the females’s SM9 200m private assortment heats up, where she is chasing her 4th medal of these Games.