Goncharova trailed Great Britain's Jenny McLoughlin when she was handed the baton going into the final 100m, but stormed passed the Briton to take the gold and set a world record of 53.53sec in the process with bronze going to Germany.

Russia also claimed gold in the day's other relay race as their men's T11-T13 4x100m team took the honours ahead of France and Spain.

That was one of five golds for Russia on the final day of the Championships in Swansea which put them top of the overall medals table ending with 89 in total that included 41 gold.

Alexey Ashapatov claimed the men's F57 discus crown, the women's F32/F33 shot put title went to Svetlana Krivenok while Elena Pautova took the win in the women's T12 1,500m.

Ukraine ended the Championships with 17 gold medals helping them to finish second overall as they collected three more today.

The women's F38 discus title went to Viktorya Yasevych with a throw of 28.69 metres which was quickly followed by gold for Mykyta Senyk in the men's T38 long jump.

A personal best of 49.46m was enough to see Dmytro Ibragimov take the men's F46 discus title.

Aled Davies sent Welsh fans home happy with his second gold medal at the IPC Athletics European Championships ©Getty Images



Meanwhile, the sole British success came when Paralympic and world champion Aled Davies completed the set by claiming gold in the men's F42 discus to help Britain claim its 16th gold of the event and finish third overall.

The Welshman made up for his disappointment at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, where he claimed a silver, by taking gold today with a throw of 46.46m to finish ahead of Tom Habscheid of Luxembourg and Bulgarian Dechko Ovcharov.

The 23-year-old won shot put gold earlier in the week and was delighted with his performance on home soil and thanked the fans at the Swansea University International Sports Village for their support.

"It's been an awesome Championships," said Davies, who broke the F42 shot put world record in Grosseto, Italy in May.

"I love a good crowd and I love a great atmosphere.

"It's great to see them coming out to support [us] and I just wanted to deliver a much better performance than I did in Glasgow."

Michael McKillop proved his status as the world's best Paralympic middle distance runner with his victory in Swansea today ©Getty Images



Another man to secure his second gold of the Championships was Ireland's Michael McKillop, who cemented his position as the world's preeminent Paralympic middle distance runner as he added the T38 1500 title to the 800m.

The 24-year-old double world and Paralympic champion led from the gun in a tactical race, upping the pace to stretch out the field at the half way mark before cruising home to a comfortable victory in 4min 16.73sec.

"I really enjoyed it, it's been a tough couple of months for me with injuries," said McKillop, who finished ahead of Frenchman Louis Radius and Dean Miller of Britain.

"It's great to be able to come here and do a job for my country - it makes me very proud."

Timothee Adolphe of France also doubled up as he added the men's T11 400m to the 200m title, but was helped by the fact that pre-race favourite Gerard Desgarrega Puigdevall was disqualified for failing to cross the finish line ahead of his guide.

World record holder Markus Rehm was one of two German gold medal winners as the Paralympic and world champion leaped his way to the European title with an effort of 7.63m in the T42/T44 long jump.

The 26-year-old was followed to the top of the podium shortly after by compatriot Birgit Kober after she was the victor in the women's F34 shot put.

Markus Rehm impressed on his way to taking the T42/T44 European long jump title
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Bulgarian Ruzhdi Ruzhdi and Mindaugus Bilius of Lithuania took the men's F53/54/55 and F37 shot put titles, while Pole Bartosz Tyszkowski claimed the F41 crown with a personal best throw of 12.83m.

A personal best of 56.20m also helped Spaniard Hector Cabrera Llace to the men's F12 javelin European crown.

Meanwhile, Marcel Hug continued to take advantage of the absence of great rival and Paralympic champion David Weir of Britain by powering to victory in the T54 1500m, while compatriot Manuela Schaer completed a Swiss double by taking the women's title.

Turkey celebrated two wins in the form of Oznur Yilmazer in the women's T20 1500m and men's T11 1,500m champion Semih Deniz.

Elsewhere, Finland's Henry Manni was the man in the T34 400m, while Hungarian Ilona Biacsi took the women's T20 1500m title.

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