“I set the benchmark pretty high four years ago setting the world record with a 2min 25s and to finally turn around tonight and see a 2:24 I am just absolutely stoked”.
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“I have grown in the four years since London and to come out here and take on another challenge of doing five races in a row is tough in itself and today the 200m IM (individual medley) is the toughest of them all”, said Pascoe, who won gold in the women’s 100m backstroke S10 yesterday. New Zealand is aiming to win 18 medals, including 12 gold, according to Paralympics NZ.
Nigeria’s Lucy Ejike won another gold medal to take the country’s tally to five medals, as they now occupies 16th spot on the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games medals table.
In athletics, Liam Malone won silver in the men’s 100m final.
Rower Tom Aggar took bronze in the men’s single sculls, taking Britain’s overall medal haul to 11 silvers and 15 bronzes in addition to the golds, keeping GB well clear of Ukraine and second only to China in the medal table.
Hunter Woodhall from the United States claimed silver in a time of 21.12s, while Germany’s David Behre had to settle for bronze in 21.41s.
Ejike also shattered the Paralympic and World Record three successive times to dominate the women’s -61kg event in Powerlifting.
Four years later, she won three Gold and three Silver medals at the London 2012 Paralympic Games, cementing herself as one of the most successful Paralympians that New Zealand has ever produced. Both Paralympians did not qualify for their respective finals.
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Over at the Olympic Stadium, debutant Paralympian William Stedman set a Paralympic record of 5.35m on his first attempt in the Men’s Long Jump T36, surpassing his personal best by 13cm. Stedman finished in fifth place.
