New Zealand swimmer Sophie Pascoe has claimed her 10th Paralympic gold medal with victory in the women’s S9 100 metres freestyle final in Tokyo.
The Kiwi swimming sensation looked strong from the start of the race. She led by a second at the halfway point and then held off a late charge from Spain’s Sarai Gascon to win by 0.4 of a second.
Mariana Ribeiro of Brazil took bronze.
It was Pascoe’s third Paralympic medal in the 100m freestyle. She won gold at the 2012 London Games and silver five years ago in Rio.
Pascoe is New Zealand’s most successful Paralympian. Her latest medal is her 18th Paralympic medal in total – and third of these Games.
But it is not over for Pascoe and she sti;; has more opportunity to add to her tally. She is contesting the SM9 200m individual medley on Wednesday, before completing her fourth Paralympics with the 100m butterfly on Thursday.
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lucky nz i’m an nz
Damm she’s good at swimming
She is the man at swimming may god bless her with all of those wisdom and strength
wow
Wow! Sophie is an amazing swimmer and I’m glad that she’s pushing herself to do her best so we can win more medals.
wow I wish I could swim that well. amazing effort Sophie we all love you and will help you through anything 🥰
This is incredible.
Amazing!
This is amazing for pascoe
That’s incredible. Well done!!
she is so good!
Same
I wish I could swim like that. Great effort Sophie. We are all with you on this one. Keep it up NZ
I look up to her she is so amazing
well done Sophie