New Zealand has added two silvers and a bronze to the Paralympic medal tally.

Swimmer Sophie Pascoe has won her second medal, a silver in the S10 50m freestyle, while Mary Fisher also took silver in the S11 100m freestyle.

After taking gold in the S10 200m individual medley, 19-year-old Pascoe was beaten by 0.14 of a second by Canadian Summer Mortimer.

Fisher qualified fifth fastest for her final with an Oceania record and bettered that again in the final to finish 2.54 seconds off the winner in a time of 1:09:83.

"I'm really happy to get silver, going into the final stretch was really exciting, I could feel the girl next to me who got the gold, it must have been her kick on the last 25 metres, But it was amazing," said Fisher.

"This morning my second 50 [metres] was a lot slower than my first so I really tried to work on that and just keeping relaxed, but just over the moon, I can't believe I won a medal in the one hundred free, it's just amazing."

Cyclists Phillipa Gray and Laura Thompson have also added to the Kiwi medal haul by claiming bronze in the women's B 1km time trial.

The girls finished just two hundredths of a second ahead of the fourth placed pair from Great Britain, and behind two dominant crews.

Australia claimed gold in 1:08.91, Great Britani snared silver in 1:09.46 with Gray and Thompson in 1:11.24.

"We know our 500 is really good but at the time you've got no idea how fast you're going, whether you're creeping or flying so you just have to give it all you've got and hope it's enough," said Thompson.

"I just heard her [Phillipa] squeal when she looked up and saw we got the bronze". That's all I needed to see and I was like YES!" yelled a delighted Gray.

The pair is now looking to slip further up the dais on Sunday, where they will compete in their favoured event the 3000 metre pursuit.

In the athletics, shot putter Peter Martin has finished fifth in his event.

He threw a personal best 8:62m which was the third furthest throw but the classification means he finishes fifth overall.

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