Paralympic champion Anna Grimaldi has broken her national long jump record in finishing second in her classification at the para athletics world championships at Paris.
Meanwhile, several New Zealand athletes featured at a Diamond League meeting in Poland, with shot putter Tom Walsh and javelin thrower Tori Peeters both securing bronze medals.
Grimaldi, 26, capped a memorable meet, after earlier picking up bronze in the women's 100m T47 class final.
In an epic head-to-head showdown in the long jump, it took a world record of 6.23m from Ecuador's Kiara Rodriguez to deny the Kiwi, who produced an outstanding series, topped by 5.96m.
Rodriguez, who won the 100m gold, added 22cm to a long jump record that had stood for 10 years.
Grimaldi said she was thrilled to grab silver.
"It has to be one of my favourite competitions I've ever been in," she said.
"I've never felt like that jumping before ever. I feel overwhelmed to produce a series like that, which is something you dream of at a major.
"I knew she [Rodriguez] was capable of jumping really big and she is fast, as we know from the 100m. Knowing I was in the best shape of my life and to jump the best that I could, regardless of the world record... I am so proud."
New Zealand have won eight medals at Paris - their biggest haul at a world championships in 17 years - with one day of competition remaining.
Meanwhile, Walsh couldn't match the distance of US powerhouse Ryan Crouser, who won the men's shot put with a best distance of 22.55m at the Diamond League meet at Silesia.
American Payton Otterdahl was second with 21.88m, while Walsh's longest throw came in the final round with 21.78m, more than 40cm short of his season's best. New Zealander Jacko Gill also couldn't find his best form, placing sixth (21.38m).
Peeters produced her longest throw in the women's javelin in the first round with a distance of 62.73m.
She was eclipsed by a massive 67.04m by Japanese winner Haruka Kitaguchi, who set a met record with the longest throw of the year by any woman.
A New Zealand highlight was a personal best in the 1500m for Sam Tanner, who finished fifth in a lightning-fast race. Tanner clocked 3m 31.24s, surpassing his previous best by 0.10s.
He finished less than a second off the podium in a race that saw the top eight runners break their personal best time.
Nobody came close to Norwegian winner Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who broke the European record in a stunning time of 3m 27.14s.
Of the other New Zealanders in action, Zoe Hobbs placed eighth in the women's 100m with 11.15s, while Hamish Kerr was also eighth in the men's high jump with a best of 2.24, well short of Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim, who cleared a world-leading 2.36m.
