The 25-year-old New Zealand-born amputee Reid, who lost her leg in a boating accident when she was 16, was in fantastic form as she surpassed her previous lifetime best of 5.05m, which she set in the McCain JumpsFest at Barnet Copthall in London seven days ago, by a centimetre in round one.

She then went on to record 5.05m in round two before again breaking her own world record with her 5.09m jump in the third round.

Reid credited her coach Dan Pfaff and the rest of her team for the regime they have created for her at the UK Athletics’ National Performance Centre at Lee Valley.

Reid, who competed for Canada at the Beijing 2008 Paralympics in the 200m before switching allegiance to Britain, said: "I really want to attribute everything to Dan and the rest of my team, I feel like they’ve totally re-worked my whole philosophy.

"I’ve always been a really hard worker but they’ve taught me how to work a lot smarter.

"I feel like I’ve finally crossed that line between intermediate and elite, especially with the consistency.

"In the past I’ve wasted so many great jumps with fouls and it was a simple correction which we’ve worked on.

"I’m so thrilled to have the team that I do.

"When I go out now I really want to do justice to the training I’ve had from them and put into action what they’ve taught me - I don’t want it to go to waste."

Reid, who has British parents, has always maintained that her decision to compete for Britain was based on the quality of the performance programme delivered in this country.

And judging by her impressive results since moving to Pfaff, particularly in the long jump, the move to Britain appears to be fully vindicated.

Pfaff said: "In the past Steph has been more about volume and long runs, components that I felt weren’t compatible with running fast and jumping far.

"We’ve changed how she looks running down the runway in terms of acceleration, posture and how to set up the jump a little more."

British F57 javelin star Nathan Stephens continued his return to action following 11 months following a shoulder operation in March.

In only his second competition since the surgery, Stephens secured a personal best of 38.62m which secured him the A standard qualification mark for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics World Championships in New Zealand next January.

Jade Jones was impressive as she claimed a trio of victories in the T54 200m, 800m and 1500m and there sprint doubles from both Katrina Hart and Libby Clegg.

Clegg won the T37 100m and 200m while Clegg secured two victories in the T12 100m and 200m.

Mickey Bushell won the men’s T53 100m in 14.71 ahead of double Paralympic champion David Weir, though Weir later went on to take the T54 1500m win in a tactically sound 3min 22.58sec in one of the highest quality line-ups of the day.

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