JONNIE Peacock preened like all good sprinters should, David Weir took it three and easy and as for Sarah Storey, well that was just another tale in the most storied days of these Paralympic Games so far.
Last night, Great Britain passed their Beijing medal tally with so much more to come but remained locked in a battle with Russia for their target second place on the medal table.
But such statistics are inconsequential when set alongside the achievements of Peacock, who beat Oscar Pistorius to win the most eagerly anticipated event of the Games, the T44 100m final, Weir, who won his third gold in the 800m, and cyclist Storey, who became GB's most successful Paralympic women athlete with her 11th career gold and fourth in a week.
Peacock underlined his intent by setting a new 10.85 second world record earlier this summer but most expected him to struggle against world champion Singleton and Pistorius, who has one last chance to win an individual gold at these Games in his trademark 400m.
However, Peacock was quickest out of the blocks and led from gun to tape, flashing across the line in a Paralympic record 10.90sec while American Richard Browne took silver and South African Arnu Fourie third. Pistorius was fourth and Singleton a distant sixth.
Weir will now look to conclude his Games with a fourth gold in Sunday's marathon after adding success over two laps to wins over 1500m and 5000m.
"The marathon is going to be tough, you can't train for these emotions," said Weir. "I've done the mileage but I don't know what the last few days will have taken out of me mentally. I've got two days rest but it's 26.2 miles, not just a few laps of the track. Lots of the marathon guys are going to be fresh, ready and very fast. However, whatever happens I'll give it my best shot."
Storey's story is over, at least for these Games, but what a tale it's been. Her road race win was an 11th career gold for the former swimmer, who switched to cycling in 2005, moving her equal with former wheelchair racer Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson.
But Storey has also won seven silvers and three bronze medals, trumping Grey-Thompson's four silvers and one bronze.
"To equal Tanni's achievements is a huge honour," said Storey.
Scottish swimmer Andrew Mullen made the second final of his debut Games yesterday finishing fourth in the S5 50m backstroke. Mullen touched home in 39.54seconds – just over half a second shy of Hungary's Zsolt Vereczkei.
Mullen goes into today's 50m butterfly buoyed by his previous efforts. "The 50m butterfly is one of my main events and I am looking forward to that and seeing what I can do."
Fellow Scot Sean Fraser finished seventh in the S8 100m freestyle final.
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