Paralympics Update: Friday, September 6

It's the last weekend of the Paralympics...only 5 more events for our wāhine!

Here’s what happened since yesterday’s email:

• Para Swimming - Lili-Fox Mason, Gabriella Smith - 400m Freestyle S10

  • Lili-Fox swam 5:00.42 and Gabriella swam 5:02.31, both just short of the time needed to advance to the finals. Gabriella will compete again on Saturday night in the 200m Individual Medley SM10. This ends Lili-Fox’s Paralympic journey - this was the debut Paralympics for the 19-year-old swimmer from Christchurch.

• Para Swimming - Tupou Neiufi - 50m Freestyle S8

  • Tupou swam 33.40, just short of the time needed to advance to the finals. This ends the Paralympic journey for this Tokyo 2021 gold medalist. To learn more about Tupou, this Instagram reel shares her story (and she’s featured in the “Grit + Glory” documentary on TVNZ+).

How to watch the New Zealand women tonight (Friday, September 6th) and early tomorrow morning (Saturday, September 7th) - all on TVNZ!

• 7:35pm - Para Cycling Road

  • Nicole Murray - C4-5 Road Race

• 8pm - Para Athletics

  • Anna Grimaldi - T47 Long Jump

• 5am - Para Athletics

  • Holly Robinson - F46 Javelin

*qualification-dependent

A peek at what’s coming up on Saturday (schedules will be in tomorrow’s email!):

• Para Swimming, Para Athletics

Medal Tracker:

Gold: None yet

Silver: 3 (Anna Taylor - Para Cycling Track, C4 3000m Individual Pursuit; Dani Aitchison - Para Athletics, T36 200m Sprint; Dani Aitchison - Para Athletics - T36 100m Sprint)

Bronze: 3 (Nicole Murray - Para Cycling Track, C5 3000m Individual Pursuit; Anna Grimaldi - Para Athletics - T47 100m Sprint; Holly Robinson - Para Athletics - F46 Shot Put)

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