On the third day of Athletics at the National Stadium, medals were awarded in 17 events. Many nations celebrated double wins and new heroes were crowned as former champions relinquished their titles.
Women's 100m - T46
The first world record of the evening was set by Yunidis Castillo of Cuba. She took off to a flying start, leaving her competitors far behind, winning gold and beating her own world record (12.16 seconds) by clocking 12.04s. Coming in second was Russia's Elena Chlistilina with 12.65s and very close behind her for the bronze was Alicja Fiodorow of Poland with the time of 12.66s.
Men's 1500m - T46
Kenya's Abraham Cheruiyot Tarbei paced himself and took a steady route in the Men's 1500m - T46 to win the gold medal and land himself the world record title with 3:52.50. The silver went to Samir Nouioua of Algeria, finishing the race in 3:53.46, and close on his heels was Spain's Abderrahman Ait Khamouch with the time of 3:53.63.
Men's 100m - T12
Adekunle Adesoji of Nigeria may still be the Men's 100m - T12 world record holder (10.75s), but had to settle for 10.95s to come second behind Joshua Jamison of the United States who finished the race in 10.89s to win gold. China's Yang Yuqing took the bronze (10.96s) while teammate Li Qiang, who committed a false start, came in fourth.
Men's 400m - T13
The Cuban anthem was heard once again as two of the country's athletes took their place on the first and second steps of the medal podium. Luis Manuel Galano won the gold in the Men's 400m - T13 with the Paralympics record time of 49.12 seconds, while teammate Freddy Durruthy took the silver in 49.52s. The third spot (49.99s) went to Ioannis Protos of Greece.
Men's 800m - T12
Spain's Abel Avila seemed to have everything in control, taking the lead from the start and holding it until halfway into the second lap when Lazaro Raschid Aguilar of Cuba overtook and sped off. It looked like Aguilar had sealed the deal when suddenly 10 meters from the finish line, Tunisia's Abderrahim Zhiou stole up from behind and won in a world record-breaking 1:52.13. Aguilar settled for silver with 1:52.40, and Odair Santos of Brazil took the bronze by finishing 1:53.73. Avila finished fourth with 1:55.17.
Men's 400m - T38
It was double joy for Tunisia when Farhat Chida and Abbes Saidi finished first (51.14 seconds) and second (51.97s) to take gold and silver, respectively. Chida now has two gold medals to his name, having won one on Tuesday evening in the Men's Long Jump F37/38 (F38 world record 6.44m). Third place and the bronze medal went to Andriy Onufriyenko of Ukraine when he finished in 52.45s.
However, it was an unfortunate evening for Athens 2004 gold medalist and world record holder (50.30s) Tim Sullivan of Australia. He fell during the race. Determined not to give up, he declined help from officials and volunteers and made it to the finish line.
Men's 400m - T36
Roman Pavlyk of Ukraine beat Russia's Artem Arefyev's world record of 55.28 to clock his own record time of 54.13 seconds to win gold. This is Pavlyk's second gold in Athletics, in addition to the one he won on Tuesday in the Men's 100m T36. Arefyev earned the silver medal with a run of 55.59s, while China's Che Mian took home the bronze medal in 55.70s.