New Zealand continued to reinforce their reputation as a force in the pool on day six of the IPC swimming world championships in Montreal today (Sun, NZT) Photo / Getty Images.
New Zealand continued to reinforce their reputation as a force in the pool on day six of the IPC swimming world championships in Montreal today (Sun, NZT)
Sophie Pascoe and Cameron Leslie once again led the way with a gold medal each; with Pascoe breaking the Oceania record in her
event as New Zealand moved past Australia to sit in sixth place on the medal table.
Not to be outshone, team-mate Nikita Howarth secured bronze. With one day to go of the world championships the New Zealand medal tally is now 12, including nine golds.
Sophie Pascoe swam a gripping race in the women's 100m Backstroke S10, setting a new Oceania record of 1min 5.95sec, just five hundredths of a second off the world mark. She led Nina Ryabova of Russia (1:10.50) and Katherine Downie of Australia.
London Paralympic gold medallist and world record holder Cameron Leslie went into the men's 150m individual medley SM4 clear that he would defend his title.
