Mary Fisher. Photo / Brett Phibbs.
The New Zealand Paralympic Team have continued day 2 of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games as they started with an outstanding morning in Rio. Two Paralympic records and two personal best times were set across the eight competing Para-Athletes.
Amanda Cameron and Hannah van Kampen (sighted pilot) were the first
New Zealand Paralympians to compete today in the Women's B 1000m Time Trial.
As the 7th tandem pairing out to ride they produced a personal best time of 1:11.737, taking nearly one second off their previous personal.
Cameron and Van Kampen finished in 6th place. They were followed by fellow Kiwi tandem pairing of Emma Foy and Laura Thompson (sighted pilot) who flew around the track in a time of 1:10.187, finishing 4th.
The action then moved to the Aquatic Centre where Sophie Pascoe was the first New Zealander in the pool, setting a Paralympic record in a time of 27.95 in the Women's 50m Freestyle S10.
