The 24-year-old delighted the rapturous crowd by storming to gold in the T44 100 metres in a blistering 11.04sec before cruising to a comfortable victory in the T42/44 400m, recording a time of 47.28 in the penultimate race of the event.

Alan Fonteles Cardoso de Oliviera of Brazil and Blake Leeper of the United states claimed silver and bronze respectively in the 100m while British duo Ian Jones and Richard Whitehead were second and third behind Pistorius in the 400m.

"I'm chuffed," Pistorius said.

"I came out here to enjoy the race and didn't have any eyes on breaking world records so to do it is fantastic.

"I wanted to run at my own pace and see where it would take me and that's exactly what happened.

"I'm so happy and blessed to have the support I do here and I wish I could thank everyone.

"I've been running here for the past seven years and it's great to run in a place so passionate about Paralympic sport and so educated when it comes to disability.

"I truly am blessed and over the moon."

Away from the track, Leicestershire-born discus thrower Dan Greaves (pictured) was the undoubted star as he smashed his own world record with a throw of 59.27 metres as he cruised to gold F42/22 competition.


Greaves' monumental effort saw off challenges from America's Jeremy Campbell and Britain's Aled Davies, who finished second and third respectively.

"I am really happy about today's event," said Greaves.

"It has been fantastic to perform in front of a home crowd with family and friends, especially as they could not all be there in New Zealand in January when I won the World Championship.

"I am pleased that the hard work is paying off.

"My aim is to break new records and this is a great stepping stone."

Another world record came in the field as Tunisia's Raoua Tlili threw 9.73m in the F40 shot put.

Britain's Sophie Hancock came third, and her compatriots Holly Neill and Vicky Silk finished in fourth and sixth respectively.

Back on the track, Katrina Hart was pushed all the way to victory in a gripping T36/37 100m encounter, with Russian Elena Ivanova and Britain's Jenny McLoughlin finishing closely behind.

However, it was roles reversed in the T36/37 200m as Ivanova responded to her earlier loss by beating Hart, who had to settle for silver, and McLoughlin, who finished third.

Paralympic and world champion Michael McKillop (pictured) of Ireland showed exactly why he is favourite for gold at the London 2012 Paralympics with victory in the T36/37 800m while it was also a successful day for South African sprinter Fanie Van Der Merwe, who finished with a T36/37 100m gold and T13/36/37 200m silver.


In the other day's events, Cuba's Castillo Yunidis secured two golds with victories in the T46 100m and 200m while 17-year-old British star Ola Abidogun secured gold in the T46 200m and later the silver in the 100m.

His competition with Russian Yury Nosulenko, who finished top in the 100m and second in the 200m, was one of the highlights of the day and each will be happy with their two medals-a-piece.

Britain's Libby Clegg also walked away with a pair of medals, a silver and a bronze, after terrific performances in the T12 200m and T12 100m respectively.

Elsewhere there were victories for Poland's Pawel Piotrowski in the F36/37/42/44 javelin, Brazil's Terezinha Guilhermina in the T12 200m, China's Juan Wang in the F44/46 long jump and Americans' Josiah Jamison in the T13 100m and April Holmes in the T44 100m.

The overall results of the day saw the Rest of the World team take maximum points in the team trophy standings, with Americas in second, Britain in third and Europe in fourth.

The overall standings, following the wheelchair basketball and athletics events, are the Americas and the Rest of the World joint top of the table with Britain in third and Europe trailing in fourth.

The final day of competition will tomorrow see swimming take place at the Manchester Aquatics Centre.

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