An emotional Sophie Pascoe picked up a gold and silver at the Paralympics in Rio this weekend, to add to ten others won in London and Beijing in an outstanding sporting career.
Pascoe came first in the 100m backstroke S10 on Sunday morning (NZ time) in a time of 1:07.04 - nearly a full second ahead of Bianka Pap from Hungary and Great Britain's Alice Tai.
The Christchurch swimmer came into the final having qualified fastest in the heats, easily making it through in a time of 1:07.23, nearly two seconds ahead of her next rival, but well outside her personal best of 1:05.95.
On Saturday the 23-year-old won silver in the 50m freestyle S10 - a race in which she was narrowly beaten by a world record-breaking swim by Canadian Aurelie Rivard. She made history in this event, winning New Zealand's 200th Paralympic medal.
Pascoe has now amassed 12 Paralympic medals in total, winning three golds and three silvers in London four years ago, and three gold and a silver at Beijing in 2008.
New Zealand's Paralympic medal tally at Rio to date sits at seven, comprising three golds, two silvers and two bronzes.
Mary Fisher, who set a world record on Saturday to earn gold in the women's 100m backstroke S11, finished fourth in the 400m freestyle today. The Wellington swimmer recorded a time of 5:28:28. The gold was won by Lisette Bruinsma of the Netherlands in 5:15:08.
Dunedin long jumper Anna Grimaldi won New Zealand's first gold of the Paralympics on Friday, with a personal best 5.62m in the women's T47 event.
Other Kiwis in action
Paralympic debutant swimmer Hamish McLean made his first foray into the big leagues, setting a personal best time of 34.81 in the 50m freestyle S6 earlier on Sunday (NZ time).
The 16-year-old from Wanaka finished 19th overall in a time of 34.81 and won't contest the finals.
At the Velodrome, Para-Cyclist Byron Raubenheimer, of Auckland, was on track, setting a time of 5:08.570 in the 4km Pursuit C4.
At the Deodoro Stadium, Para-Shooter and Paralympic debutant Greg Reid has shot to 7th place in the R3 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 after coming into the event ranked number 11 in the world.
Reid, a 54-year-old mass meteorologist originally from Christchurch, now living in Wairarapa, shot a 103.7.
During the qualification rounds earlier today, Reid shot a total of 632.5, that took him from 30th in the field to 7th overall, earning him a slot in his first ever Paralympic final.
Four-time Paralympian Michael Johnson finished 5th in the R4 Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 event after shooting a 5.8 on his 9th shot.
Prior to this, Johnson, who lives in Waiuku, shot a solid qualification round at Deodoro Stadium qualifying 4th for the R4 Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 with a total score of 633.4.