Two-time Paralympic gold medallist Liam Malone says he'll have no need to go to the 2020 Tokyo games if he can break Usain Bolt's 100 metre record time beforehand
The Kiwi's got to make a fair bit of land to catch up on Bolt, running 10.9 at the Rio Paralympics - a significant 1.32 seconds behind the Jamaican's world record of 9.58.
But the 26-year-old isn't shying away from the challenge.
"The most important thing for me to do [in sprinting] is become the fastest man on the planet, run 9.5 seconds and use technology to do it," said Malone.
"[Breaking the world record] wouldn't have been done before and it's new and it's innovative and I might not be able to achieve so that's exciting."
Graduating from Victoria University with a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing and International Business on Tuesday, Malone's already got his future post-athletics figured out.
And it involves something that's very close to his heart.
"I want to work for a technology company that's changing the world, maybe Amazon, maybe Google or Facebook."
"I think they're all doing wonderful things that will have a profound effect on our future."
Malone knows the struggles of balancing study with outside interests all too well.
And while juggling study with being a Paralympian is rare, he's encouraging his peers to pursue other interests while studying.
"In economics there's no such thing as a free lunch so I pretty much spent my time running and reading books.
"It's important to be passionate and to have purpose otherwise what's the point in doing anything."
He also fears people are becoming too narrow sighted, saying it's much more important to do what's exciting in life.
"People think about themselves or define themselves by the sports they play, and that's a really limiting thing to do."
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