The 20-year-old backstroker won the S8 100-metre final last night to claim New Zealand's first gold in Tokyo.

Neiufi says she could feel her challengers closing in as she got closer to the finish...

Neiufi races again in the 50-metres freestyle on Wednesday.

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23 Aug: Kiwi Zoe Pedersen has won gold in the 50 metres butterfly at the World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships in Romania, clocking 25.63 seconds to beat her own national age record

03 Aug: Kiwi swimmer Erika Fairweather has finished 7th in the women's 800 metres freestyle final at the World Champs in Singapore

02 Aug: Heartbreak for veteran New Zealand swimmer Laura Quilter at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore - despite a victory in her heat

01 Aug: Swimmer Erika Fairweather has qualified for the 800 metres freestyle final at the World Championships in Singapore

31 Jul: Lewis Clareburt has made tonight's final of the 200-metre medley at the swimming world championships in Singapore after a semi-final in which Leon Marchand broke the world record - Erika Fairweather finished sixth in the 200-metres freestyle

30 Jul: Lewis Clareburt will need to improve to reach the final of the 200m medley at the world swimming championships in Singapore

30 Jul: New Zealand swimmers Amber George and Savannah-Eve Martin have failed to progress out of their 50m backstroke heats at the World Championships in Singapore

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