David Weir had another superb day on the track winning his second gold medal in as many days in the T54 1500 metres as well as setting a new championship record in the heats for the T54 100m.

The 27-year-old Surrey athlete beat Mexico’s Saul Mendoza to the line in the 1500m in a time of 3:15.82.

Earlier in the day Weir also qualified for the final of the T54 100m, finishing top in both the heat and semi-final - lowering the previous games standard set by Britain’s David Holding in 2002 in the process.

Sixteen-time Paralympic medallist Tanni Grey-Thompson, was also back on winning form taking silver in the 200m final of the T53 800m behind Amanda McGrory of the USA.

Grey-Thompson, who is the world record holder over 800m, crossed the line in 2:11.85 to win Great Britain’s second medal of the day.

“I’ve been really sick for a few days so I was just happy to be racing on Monday," she said. "I thought I would struggle to get a medal but if I pushed really well I could get bronze - so getting silver was really good.”
 
The 37-year-old Redcar-based athlete had earlier in the day also won her heat for the T53 200m to qualify in the fastest time for the final. 

It was Bathteenager Ben Rushgrove who won Britain’s third medal of the day, taking bronze in the T36 200m. The 18-year-old ran a personal best of 25.44 to just beat fellow Brit Graeme Ballard to 3rd place.  

Rushgrove, who is competing at his first World Championships, said: “It’s fantastic. I wasn’t in the zone today and that was a big problem for me.

“It wasn’t my best start but when I got to the 100m I thought pull it together and lets go.”

There was however consolation for Ballard who found out last night that he would be presented with the silver medal for the T36 100m. The Chorley-based athlete had won the silver medal earlier in the week but it was initially thought the race would be re-run because of a disputed false start.

Visually impaired runner Tracy Hinton was also presented with her silver medal today for the T11 800m. Cardiff-based Hinton won silver yesterday but was initially disqualified when it was thought her guide runner had crossed the line before her.

These results bring the British medal tally so far to five golds, five silvers and four bronze medals after four days of competition.