Cycling: Gold, world record for Kiwi at Paralympics

Wellington cyclist Paula Tesoriero has won the gold medal at the 500m time trial at the Beijing Paralympics, breaking the world record in the process.

Tesoriero recorded a time of 43.281s to finish ahead of a rider from Germany and Australia.

Tesoriero was elated with the victory, but doesn't plan to stop at just one gold medal.

"I feel fantastic. Absolutely fantastic," she said straight after her win.

"The race went exactly to plan. It was a bit tight toward the end, but I finished around half a second between gold and silver. My next race is on Wednesday and I want to do it again," she said.