The double Beijing 2008 Paralympic champion once again displayed great tactical awareness in a relatively slow race before he produced his trademark blistering sprint finish on the last lap to secure victory in 10min 48.43sec.

For the third time this week, Switzerland's silver bullet Marcel Hug finished just behind Weir to take second place in 10:48.70 while France's Julien Casoli finished in the bronze medal position in 10:48.97.

The 31-year-old Londoner told insideworldparasport: "After the first gold in the 800m, I realised that I've had the speed to go on and claim three golds and that feeling just increased after victory in the 1,500m.

"I knew they couldn't match my speed.

"I hit 22.2 miles per hour on the last lap in that race which is the fastest I have been since I have been here.

"I'm really happy."

Weir is now targeting what would be an astonishing fourth gold medal in the marathon T54 race on Sunday (January 30), the final day of competition.

Australia's Kurt Fearnley and South Africa's Ernst van Dyk are likely to be big threats to Weir in the event and Brit how is playing down his chances of a fourth gold.

He said: "The marathon is going to be tough and it is going to be really fast.

"It is a flat course and I don't really train on flat courses.

"I have also not really been training on the road lately but I'm just going to hang in there and do my best."

Weir's victory was the highlight for Britain in a relatively quiet day six which saw the team claim two bronze medals in addition to the gold of Weir.

In the morning session, Beijing Paralympic Games silver medallist Ben Rushgrove won his second medal of the Championships as he came through to take bronze in 25.27sec in the final stages of the men's T36 200m.

Rushgrove finished behind gold medal winner Roman Pavlyk of Ukraine and Mian Che of China but could not fail to hide his disappointment at the result.



"I went out for gold and I didn't get anywhere near gold, but the best man won on the day," admitted the 22-year-old Bath-based athlete who claimed silver in the T36 100m earlier in the week.

"I knew that Roman would get off to a good start and he ran the bend really hard.

"My starts haven't been sharp this year and I knew that I'd have it all to do going into the home straight. I ended up racing for silver and even that didn't quite work out.

"My legs started to fatigue and I tightened up too much.

"I hadn't done the training workload I needed to due to various niggles over the year and there was a definite lack of volume, but we did what we could in the time we had, and it's the work behind the scenes and the tweaks my coach has made to my training that have helped me achieve what I have done out here.

"The race went as expected but that doesn't stop me being annoyed or disappointed, I just hope these guys turn up at some of our events in the UK over the summer so we can race a few times before London, that's what we all need."

Meanwhile, Aled Davies picked up a bronze medal in the men's discus throw F42 event as the 19-year-old from Bridgend in Wales with a throw of 41.56 metres.

Davies finished behind Fanie Lombaard of South Africa and Gino de Keersmaeker of Belgium but admitted he was delighted with the result.

"It has been a fantastic experience to be out here and I am delighted to come away with a medal," said Davies.

"The goal now is obviously London 2012 and I have to keep improving from here."

Today's results mean that Britain have now claimed nine gold medals, sevens silvers and 14 bronzes from the Championships.

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