Pascoe most successful NZ Paralympian of all time

Paralympian Sophie Pascoe just won GOLD in the Women's 100m Butterfly S10, becoming New Zealand’s most successful Paralympian of all time.
 
Pascoe has now matched New Zealand Paralympian Eve Rimmer’s record of 14 Paralympic medals, however by taking gold on September 12, Pascoe edged ahead of Rimmer in the standings, with a total of 9 gold, 5 silver and 0 bronze compared to Rimmer’s 8 gold, 5 silver and 1 bronze.


 
Pascoe set a Paralympic Record of 1:02.65 and just missed breaking her own World Record of 1:02.60 set earlier in 2016. She annihilated Yi Chen (China) and Oliwia Jablonska (Poland) by more than 4 and 5 seconds respectively.
 
The win continues her absolute domination of the pool her in Rio, making this her third GOLD medal in a row, to add to the SILVER she won earlier this week in a personal best time. Pascoe also had the honour of taking our New Zealand’s 200^th Paralympic medal.
 
The gold came just 20 minutes after kiwi Cameron Leslie completely smashed his own World Record and won New Zealand’s 5^th gold medal in the Men’s 150m Individual Medley SM4 Final. Pascoe is the third of four Para-Swimmers in the finals tonight, with Nikita Howarth still to come. 
 
You can read more about Sophie Pascoe here. 
 
Sophie Pascoe is one of New Zealand’s most recognisable athletes. She exploded onto the world stage at just 15-years-of-age, securing two Gold and a Silver medal at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. 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 New Zealand has ever produced. She comes into the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games in dominant form, after winning three Gold, a Silver and two Bronze at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championship. Read more here.
 
Viewers can catch the Team in action throughout the Games on DUKE and together with ONE News coverage, a special highlights programme will air every night on TV ONE and will be available online through TVNZ OnDemand and AttitudeLive.com. Further details https://www.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz-paralympics-schedule
 
The New Zealand Paralympics Team is 31-strong will compete at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games with an expected global contingent of 4,350 athletes from 160 countries, gathering to compete in the world’s largest multi-sport event for disabled athletes. New Zealand will contest six Para-Sports, chasing a target of 18 medals in total, including 12 gold medals.