First up for McFadden was a World Championship crown in the women's 800 metres T54 as the six-time Paralympic medallist led imperiously from start to finish to claim victory in a new event record of 1min 51.10sec.

Wenjun Liu of China finished second in 1:51.33 while Canada's Diane Roy took silver in 1:52.88.

Then, in the 200m F54 race, McFadden claimed a huge victory in the final of the 1,500m in 29.33 ahead of China's Zhang Ting in 30.33 and Switzerland's Manuela Schaer in 30.61.

"I am very honoured and very pleased because these women I compete against are so strong," McFadden told insideworldparasport.

"We have a great team that are really close and I am just happy to be a part of it.

McFadden, who was actually born with spina bifida in St. Petersburg, Russia, was abandoned in an orphanage where she spent the first six years of her life before being adopted by an American family.

After receiving her first wheelchair and medical attention, she displayed huge sporting talent which was harnessed and once again fully illustrated to the world by her phenomenal display here.

"It's been a long road to get here and I am just so happy and proud to be on this USA team," McFadden said.

McFadden's duel success marked another top quality day of athletics in Christchurch in which four world records fell.

In the men' 1500m T11 race, Brazil's Odair Santos led all the way and despite a buffeting wind eclipsed the world record by half a second in winning in 4:04.70 seconds.

He was chased home by Samwel Mushai Kimani of Kenya and Zhen Zhang of China.

In the men's long jump F44, Markus Rehm of Germany leapt 7.09 metres to take gold and the world record.

Andre Oliveira of Brazil was second while and Casey Tibbs of the United States took bronze.

Lahouari Bahlaz of Algeria was the star field performer of the morning session with a world record in the men's club throw F31/32/51 of 36.73m, defeating the old record by almost a metre.

Second was Radim Beles of the Czech Republic while Stephen Miller of Britain claimed bronze.

In the afternoon, Bahlaz's team-mate, Hocine Gherzouli, took gold and a world record in the men's shot put F40 with a throw of 12.21m.

Paschalis Stathelakosnof Greece took silver in 12.00 while his compatriot Alexandros Michail Kons the bronze in 11.01.

Meanwhile, South African Paralympic legend Oscar Pistorius qualified fastest for tomorrows 100m T44 final where is set to meet American Jerome Singleton in what promises to one of the highlights of the World Championships.

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