She broke the Paralympic Record (PR) and World Record (WR) by lifting 136kg, followed by a lift of 138kg, and then a massive lift of 142kg.
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It is her third consecutive gold in the SM10 200m medley. Pascoe took the Gold over 6 seconds ahead of silver medallist, Aurelie Rivard (Canada), in 2:30.03, with Bianka Pap in Bronze position at 2:31.46.
Ntando Mahlangu of South Africa bites his silver medal during the awarding ceremony of the men’s 200m T42 final of athletics event at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sept. 11, 2016.
It’s Pascoe’s third medal of the Rio Paralympics, adding to the gold she won in the 100m backstroke on Sunday and the silver in 50m freestyle on Saturday.
It is New Zealand’s ninth medal of the Paralympics.
Sophie Pascoe is one of New Zealand’s most recognisable athletes.
The 37-year-old from Guildford, who made the transition from cycling to rowing after London 2012, won arms-shoulders single sculls to claim Paralympic gold just eight years after cycling time-trial gold in Beijing.
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The country now has a total of seven medals, which includes four gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze medal.
