Germany’s Johannes Floors won the 100 metres T43/44 event in a European record time as action came to a close today at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Paris ©Getty Images

Germany’s Johannes Floors won the 100 metres T43/44 event in a European record time as action came to a close today at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Paris today. 

Floors raced home in 10.98sec at the French capital’s Charléty Stadium, adding to his impressive win over 200m yesterday.

A double gold medallist at last year’s European Championships, the 23-year-old was part of Germany’s gold medal-winning 4x100m relay quartet at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

With a change of coach and alterations to his training regime, the German is excited about what he can achieve at the World Para Athletics Championships in London in July.

"I've trained a lot and increased my training from five to 10 times a week, so I'm improving a lot and I’m happy to see what will happen in London," said Floors, who won world bronze in 2015.

"I’m much better than a year ago; I gained a lot of experience in Rio so we are improving a lot and we’ll have good results.

"Everyone wants a gold medal; I want gold."

South Africa’s Charl du Toit showed no ill-effects of recent injury problems in his first 100m race of the year, crossing the line just 0.23 seconds shy of his own T37 world record with a time of 11.65.

"I’m very thankful - I didn’t expect that time and I’m very, very happy," said du Toit, who won 100m and 400m T37 gold at Rio 2016. 

"These last couple of months haven’t been easy but my amazing team has stuck with me.

"To open up with 11.65 is just amazing - I’m very thankful for that and I’ll take it any day."

Paralympic champion Muhammad Zolkefli of Malaysia took top spot in the men’s shot put ©Getty Images
Paralympic champion Muhammad Zolkefli of Malaysia took top spot in the men’s shot put ©Getty Images

Du Toit’s compatriot Hilton Langenhoven was the fastest over 100m in the men’s T12 in 11.40, while Poland’s Mateusz Michalski took the win in the T13 class in 11.27 and Turkey’s T53 racer Hamide Kurt was the clear winner in the women’s 100m T33/53 in 17.84.

Kurt went on to win the 400m in 59.59.

There was no surprise as Algeria’s Abdellatif Baka led the way in the men’s 1,500m T13 in 3:49.55.

The reigning Paralympic champion had hoped to lower his own world record but just missed out.

There were a number of 400m races out on the Paris track with Paralympic silver medallist Anrune Liebenberg of South Africa among the winners.

The 24-year-old’s impressive performance in the women’s T47 class, posting a time of 57.27, sends her to the top of the world rankings.

Paralympic champion and world record holder Mohamed Amguoun of Morocco continued his stranglehold over the men’s 400m T13 in 48.24.

Italian star Martina Caironi, meanwhile, made a welcome return to the track as she finished first of the T42 sprinters in the heats of the women’s T42/43/44 in 15.12.

Out in the field, Paralympic champion Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli of Malaysia took top spot in the men’s shot put.

The F20 thrower managed 16.36m, just 48 centimetres less than the world record mark he set at Rio 2016.

Denmark’s Daniel Wagner claimed victory in the men’s long jump T42 in 6.37m, while Iceland’s F42 thrower Helgi Sveinsson triumphed in the men’s javelin with 56.07m.