The Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) athlete finished in a time of 3min 52.08sec at the Olympic Stadium, edging past Hristiyan Stoyanov of Bulgaria to win by 0.55sec.

Iaremchuk is the reigning European champion in the event having won it at Bydgoszcz in Poland in June 2021 in a championship record of 3:51.91, and clinched a bronze at the World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai in 2019.

His victory in Bydgoszcz was his second European title, having also earned gold at Grosseto in Italy in 2016.

This was Iaremchuk’s debut at the Summer Paralympic Games, but he has previously appeared at the Winter equivalent on home soil at Sochi 2014.

Now 26, Iaremchuk competed in the men’s cross-country skiing 10-kilometre standing event and three biathlon events at Sochi 2014, coming closest to a medal with a fifth-place finish in the men’s 7.5km standing.

Iaremchuk has also appeared at two Nordic Skiing World Championships in Solleftea in Sweden in 2014 and Cable in the United States a year later.

He was born in Shangaly, where he took up Para athletics, and is now based in Saint Petersburg.

Iaremchuk is missing his left forearm, with T46 races in Para athletics for those whose primary impairments are affecting their shoulder or elbow joint.

Iaremchuk’s training consists of two runs per day, and his philosophy is: " You need to be confident in yourself, otherwise nothing will work out.

"You should know that you are doing everything right and trust your coach."

He holds the titles of Master of Sport of International Class in both Para athletics and Para Nordic skiing.