The winning time of 2min 24.90sec was half a second under Pascoe’s own world record for the event in the SM10 class, set four years ago.
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New Zealand’s Sophie Pascoe celebrates her silver medal in the Womens 50m Freestyle S10 Swimming at the Rio Paralympics.
The 23-year-old, who won three golds at both the Beijing and London Games, broke down in tears after her victory, as she did after winning Saturday’s 100m backstroke.
Howarth, now ranked number 1 in world in the Women’s 50m Butterfly S7, will go into tonight’s final as the fastest qualifier in a time of 35.40.
The medal proved a golden end to day four for the New Zealand team, which began with a stand-out race from tandem para-cycling pair Emma Foy and Laura Thompson at the Rio Velodrome.
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.
“To win silver is a great achievement”.
The junior tandem pairing of Amanda Cameron and Hannah van Kampen did well to reach the ride-off for the bronze in the same event, just sixth months into their partnership, finishing fourth.
New Zealand is now at the top of world for medals per capita at the Rio Paralympics, after a swag of podium finishes over the weekend.
Athlete Anna Grimaldi, who won the women’s T47 long jump on Thursday, was fourth in the 100m final.
With a population of 4.53 million, New Zealand have won 1.99 medals per million people, just ahead of Slovenia at 1.93, Statistics New Zealand figures show.
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Silver medallist Liam Malone was back on the track again today in the hopes of a medal repeat in the heats of the Men’s 200m T44.
