Jonnie Peacock wins T44 100 metres gold for Great Britain

Jonnie Peacock revived memories of London 2012 with a tremendous victory in the T44 100 metres on day three of the World Para Athletics Championships.

Peacock silenced the crowd before storming to Paralympic gold five years ago and the amputee sprinter retained his title in Rio last September.

And now the 24-year-old from Cambridgeshire has regained the world title he last won in Lyon in 2013 with an emphatic victory in front of over 30,000 spectators at the London Stadium.

Peacock clocked 10.75 seconds, with double amputee Johannes Floors of Germany second in 10.89secs and Jarryd Wallace of the United States third in 10.89s.

It was the hosts’ eighth gold medal after three days of competition.

Wheelchair racer Hannah Cockroft won Britain’s first gold on Friday night, with five more following on Saturday’s second day.

Stef Reid, Richard Whitehead, Hollie Arnold, Sammi Kinghorn and Sophie Hahn were also victorious.

And Aled Davies opened Sunday’s competition with a supreme success in the F42 discus.

Peacock was food shopping in Marks and Spencer at the nearby Westfield shopping centre earlier on Sunday, relaxing ahead of his qualification heat.

He qualified quickest for the T44 100m final in 10.64, 0.03 outside the world record set by Richard Browne of the United States in winning the 2015 world title.

His personal best and European record came as he was slowing down and looking to his right before crossing the line.

The priority for Peacock was the title, not the time, and he delivered on the big occasion once more.

Wallace got a good start, putting Peacock under pressure, but the Briton surged through and held off the fast-finishing Floors, who came through to take second.

Peacock emulated the success of his friend Davies earlier in the day.

The 26-year-old Welshman is now a five-time world champion, having won shot and discus events at the last two World Championships.

Davies burst to prominence with victory in the F42 discus at London 2012, but the event was removed from the Paralympic programme for Rio.

He focused on the shot put and won his second Paralympic gold in Brazil.

Davies, whose impairment affects his right leg, won a third straight discus world title with a best throw of 51.54m.

Tom Habscheid of Luxembourg was second with 46.83m and Dechko Ovcharov of Bulgaria took bronze with 39.22m.

Briton Maria Lyle claimed bronze in the T35 200m.

Isis Holt of Australia won in a championship record of 28.47, with Zhou Xia of China second in 28.64 and Lyle third in 29.87.