Danielle Aitchison has won her second silver medal at the 2024 Paralympics in the women's 100m T36 final.
The 23-year-old sprinter recorded a time of 13.43 to finish narrowly behind Shi Yiting of China who set a Paralympic record with a time of 13.39.
Aitchison had a strong finish but ran out of track before she could overtake Shi.
Danielle Aitchison narrowly finished second behind Chinese sprinter Shi Yiting. (Source: TVNZ)
Aitchison cruised through her first round heat with a time of 13.74 during the morning session at Stade de France.
"I just wanted to go out there and have fun no matter the outcome," said Aitchison. "I wasn't particularly happy with the 200. Out there I loved the challenge with Yiting Shi next to me, pushing each other along. I'm really happy with how the race went."
The Kiwi also picked up a silver medal in the women's 200m T36 on Monday, where she again finished second behind Chinese sprinter Shi.
"It is so special to have my family in the crowd. It is so different from Tokyo. It is so great to have them come over to Paris and celebrate with me and enjoy the experience. I'm really excited to get back into training in a couple of months, I know I can push myself and get that gold medal in LA."
Aitchison went one better than her finish in Tokyo where she won bronze in the same event.
This year at the Kobe 2024 Para Athletics World Championships she also claimed a silver medal in a time of 13.48 — finishing 0.13 behind Shi who set a world record.
Earlier at Stade de France, Holly Robinson won bronze in the women's Shot Put F46 final with a throw of 11.88m.
New Zealand now has four silvers and three bronzes at the Games in Paris.
Also overnight, our Kiwi Para road cyclists were in action with Nicole Murray finishing fourth in the women's C5 individual time trial with a time of 21:46.26.
Murray finished around 46 seconds outside the medals behind Australia's Alana Forster who finished with a time of 21:00.48.
"I would have liked to have been one level up but overall I'm happy with my placing considering who I was up against," said Murray. "Those girls are really strong with good endurance. The course was real fun. I liked the technical aspect and quick downhills and having a few climbs in there worked in my favour as well.
"Honestly, I don't want to undersell myself but fourth was as good as I probably could have hoped for today."
Para cyclist Rory Mead matched his performance at Tokyo 2020 by placing fifth in the men's H2 time trial registering a time of 29:22.41, and Anna Taylor placed seventh in the women's C4 individual time trial with a time of 23:48.67.
Only three out of the four Kiwi Para road cyclists competed overnight after Devon Briggs chose to pull out of the men's C3 individual time trial and men's C1-3 road race due to a fractured sacrum and dislocated coccyx which he sustained in a crash in his final training session in Switzerland.
Meanwhile, Louise Duncan made her Paralympic debut riding Showcase BC and placed 13th in the Dressage Individual Grade IV Para Grand Prix Test with a total score of 64.945%. To secure a spot in the Freestyle Grand Prix event on Saturday she had to finish inside the top eight.
Para shooter Michael Johnson ended his Paris campaign by finishing 19th in qualification for the R9 Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH2 with a total score of 616.8pts.
Watch the Paralympics live on TVNZ+ and TVNZ1 from August 29-September 9.
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