First, Pongsakorn Paeyo struck like thunder to claim gold with a personal best of 14.30s in the men's 100m T53. Immediately after that, Athiwat Paeng-Nuea was lightning fast to clinch gold in the men's 100m T54 with an Asian record of 13.76s.
The victory could not have been sweeter for Paeng-Nuea as he had ended the long lasting reign of Finland’s Pekka Leo Tahti, who has been ruling the sport ever since he won gold at the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games.
Tahti with a time of 13.85s settled for silver, while Mexico’s Pablo Juan Garcia Cervantes pocketed bronze.
Coming back to the men's 100m T53, Paeyo was elated that he could jump one place further than Rio and complete a grand double in Tokyo. Earlier in the week, he had clinched gold in the men's 400m T53.
Paeyo will be now looking to complete a hat-trick of titles in Tokyo when he competes in the men’s 800m T53 final on Thursday (September 2).
Swimmer Karolina Pelendritou celebrates gold 13 years after her last Paralympic title
Karolina Pelendritou has won gold in the 100m breaststroke SB11 and set a world record, 13 years after she won her last Paralympic title.
It was her third Paralympic gold medal, having last won the 100m breaststroke race in Beijing 2008 and in Athens 2004. She came fourth in Rio 2016.
The four-time world champion, who also won a bronze in Tokyo, hit the wall just ahead of China’s Ma Jia in 1:19.78 with Ukraine’s Yana Berezhna in third.
Blade Jumper Markus Rehm leaps to gold in long jump T64
Germany's Markus Rehm - known as the 'Blade Jumper' claimed gold after leaping to 8.18m in the men's long jump T64 event on Day 8 of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
The 33-year-old German star made his best jump on his fifth attempt to secure his third consecutive long jump title with no one challenging the world record holder during competition at the Olympic Stadium.
Whilst he was aiming to break his world record of 8.62m, which he set in Bydoszcz, Poland in June this year, it was enough for him to claim gold as the only competitor to break the 8m-mark.
Dutch young guns defeat Rio 2016 champions to win gold in the Wheelchair Tennis quad doubles
The Netherlands' Sam Schroder and Niels Vink have won gold in the quad doubles besting reigning champions Dylan Alcott and Heath Davidson of Australia 6-4 6-3 at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
It marked a changing of the guard as the 21-year-old Schroder and 18-years-old Vink won gold on their Paralympic debut and have undoubtedly shown the new generation of wheelchair tennis players are ready to make big waves.
