Local swimmer Tupou Neiufi has won a gold medal in the 100m backstroke S8 category at the Paralympics in Tokyo.
The Mangere East product, who swims out of the Pukekohe Swimming Club, claimed New Zealand’s first gold medal of the Tokyo Games.
The 20-year-old, who won a silver medal in the 2016 Rio Paralympics, beat Kateryna Denysenko of the Ukraine and America’s Jessica Long in the final.
Neiufi is set to compete in the S8 50m freestyle on Wednesday.
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