Jonnie Peacock (Dan Pfaff / Benke Blomkvist, Charnwood) played his part in a classic Paralympic final, finishing fifth in the men’s 100m T64.

Competing at his fourth Paralympic Games, the 31-year-old got a great start and was prominent at the 60-metre mark.

The two-time Paralympic champion was passed by four athletes in the closing stages and crossed the line in fifth place in a time of 10.91s (+0.2).

Gold went to Sherman Isidor Guity Guity of Costa Rica in a stunning Paralympic record time of 10.65s. Italy’s Maxcel Amo Manu took silver in 10.76 with reigning champion Felix Streng of Germany in bronze medal position.

“I didn’t really have the form coming into these Championships which is disappointing,” said Peacock.

“But I am super proud to be a part of it. It is a great advert for para sport, but I just watched the T63s do a great advert for para sport too, so we are not the only ones anymore which is awesome to see.

“The first 60 metres gave me confidence, I really felt strong. I am just lacking that bit of top speed. And that’s race sharpness, that is something I’ve got to work on.”

Meanwhile, Nathan Maguire (Ste Hoskins, Kirkby) booked his place in a second Paralympic final in the men’s 1500m T54.

Having finished fourth in the 400m – his best-ever Paralympic result individually – Maguire returned to the purple track and safely navigated the heats of the 1500m.

Maguire was drawn in the first heat which ended up being by far the quicker of the two, won by China’s Jin Hua in 2:56.05 with the Brit sealing progression in third place with 2:57.41.

“I knew that was going to be a really stacked heat,” said Maguire. “It was not a rapid time but it wasn’t slow. The field is so strong that we can all do world record pace, so it is always going to be a quick one.

“Before the race, my coach said make sure you are in third place with 600m to go, well I thought I’d hedge by bets and make sure I was in third for the entire race just to make sure I qualified!

“All I knew at 200m to go is I had three people ahead of me and no idea who was right behind me, and I knew five went through, so I was just trying to hold that line for third or fourth, and I’m buzzing that I have done that.”

The second heat featured two British racers in David Weir (Jenny Archer, Weir Archer Academy) and Daniel Sidbury (Christine Parsloe, Sutton & District).

Weir and Sidbury finished sixth and seventh respectively in 3:05.35 and 3:05.44 and did not advance to the final.