After a powerful start, Smyth never looked in danger as he sped to a time of 10.61sec to finish comfortably clear of South Africa's Jonathan Ntutu, with Radoslav Zlatanov of Bulgaria taking bronze.

Smyth had already won the 200m earlier in the week and, after a similar double at last summer's London Paralympics, he has now emulated his roommate Michael McKillop who yesterday secured a "double-double" over 800m and 1500m.

It was particularly satisfying for Smyth as he was forced to miss the last IPC Athletics Championships, in 2011 in New Zealand, due to injury.

Jason Smyth's victory followed success earlier in the week over 200m





"It's fantastic to be here and finished," said Smyth.

"I've crossed the line twice and won both gold medals.

"Not making New Zealand just makes it a little sweeter this year, so I'm just delighted all the work I've put in has paid off."

American Tatyana McFadden confirmed her status as the Championships' outstanding performer as she sped to two gold medals in one session, to take her total tally to five victories for the week.

She first won the 1500m T54 with a trademark burst to power clear of her rivals in the final 300m, before returning to the track to triumph over 100m after battling hard with Chinese rival Wenjun Liu to win in 16.42.

Amanda Kotaja of Finaland took silver and Great Britain's Georgina Oliver was upgraded to bronze after Wenjun Liu was disqualified.

American Tatyana McFadden on way to her first of two victories on day six, this one in the 1500m T54 , which was quickly followed by a win in the 100m


McFadden has already won gold over 200m, 800m and 5,000m and has a chance to add a remarkable sixth individual title in  the 400m final on Saturday (July 27).

Another American to continue his domination was teenager Raymond Martin, who won his fourth gold medal of the week in the 200m T52 final.

For Great Britain it was also a day for the youngsters as 15-year-old Scott Jones won gold with a world record throw of 13.38 metres in the F34 shot put, after adding over two metres to his previous best of 11.09m.

"It's all a bit surreal really, I thought I'd finish about seventh or eighth and then I threw a world record on my fifth throw and thought I can win this," he said.

"I knew it felt special because it flew from my fingers and instantly knew it was further than my 12.90m I threw earlier on.

"I knew I had a chance if I managed the distances I'd be throwing in the training camp and then I was thinking, I'm 15 this shouldn't happen, but it has."

There was also a British bronze medal for Holly Neill in the F41 discus behind Raoua Tlili, who won, with a best throw of 27.84, ahead of fellow Tunisian Fathia Amaimia.

Scott Jones on way to a world record and gold medal in the F34 shot put


Elsewhere, there was another dual sprinting champion as Poland's Mateusz Michalski won the 100m T12 in 10.79 to follow his earlier 200m victory.

There was a surprise in the women's 100m T55 as Marlou van Rhijn of the Netherlands won in 13.02, ahead of the home favourite Marie-Amelie Le Fur, while two other female sprinting winners were Yunidis Castillo of Cuba in the 200m T46, and Brazil's Terezinha Guilhermina's in the 400m T11.

In the 1500m races, another Brazilian in Odair Santos dominated from the gun to win the T11 category, while there were two Algerian victories, for Samir Nouioua in the T46, and for Abdellatif Baka in the T13.

Abderrahim Zhiou, in the T12 1500m, and Ktila Walid in the T34 800m, secured a similar double for Tunisia, with Walid taking his third gold medal of the Championships.

Ukraine's Mariia Pornazan threw 31.42m to beat her own world record and win the women's discus F35/36, and by doing so take her country's ninth gold medal in the field events.

David Casinos Sierra has now taken two titles at the last two world championships as the Spaniard won the F11 shot put to follow his earlier discus victory, while Russia's Alexey Ashapatov secured a double for the third consecutive time after winning the shot put F58 title with 15.41m.

Algerian Lahouari Bahlaz set a world record of 37.51m to retain his club throw F31/32/51 title, while Helgi Sveinsson of Iceland set a Championship best of 50.98m for javelin F42 gold.

The IPC Athletics World Championships are due to continue through to Sunday (July 28).

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