Paralympics: Silver start for Kiwis

By HERALD ONLINE STAFF

The Paralympics in Sydney got off to a great start for New Zealand with cyclist Mark Inglis winning a silver medal in the mixed 1km cycling time trial in the LC3 disability category.

Inglis finished in the time of in 1 minute 23.169 seconds, the second fastest time behind world record holder Radovan Kaufman of Slovakia, who set a new Paralympic record of 1:21.393.

Beat Schwarzenbach of Switzerland grabded the bronze with a time of 1:23.225.

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