Great Britain add five golds to medals haul at Para-athletics Championships

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Great Britain claimed five gold medals on the second day of the World Para Athletics Championships in London.

World Record holder, Richard Whitehead led the medals haul with gold in the T42 200m. Sophie Hahn triumphed over the same distance in the T38 class and Sammy Kinghorn won the T53 200m.

Stef Reid won T44 long jump - her first major global title - mon Saturday morning.

Hollie Arnold was victorious in the F46 javelin to take Britain's tally to six golds following wheelchair racer Hannah Cockroft's gold on Friday.

Whitehead clocked a championship record of 23.26 seconds.

Great Britain's Sophie Hahn celebrates winning the Women's 200m T38. Credit: PA

"As you come off the bend it just reignites those memories of 2012," he said, after a fourth successive world title over the distance.

"That whirlwind effect of pulling you to the finish line. When you're a British athlete and you're able to do it in your home stadium, it's special."

South Africa's Ntando Mahlangu took silver in 23.95secs and Briton Dave Henson, the Paralympic bronze medallist, was third again, in 24.73s. Mahlangu is just 15.

Arnold successfully defended her world title with a fine series of throws, the best of which saw her improve her own world record by one centimetre to 43.02 metres.

Great Britain's Samantha Kinghorn after winning the Women's 200m T53 Final. Credit: PA

Reid began the gold rush on day two and was overjoyed to shed her serial silver status.

The 32-year-old, who won Paralympic silver in 2012 and 2016, leapt to a best of 5.40 metres.

"There's that part of your brain where you think 'Gosh, I don't want to be the silver girl forever'," said Reid, a single lower-leg amputee.

Hahn, the Paralympic 100m champion, and Kadeena Cox, the 400m champion in Rio, met in the T38 200m.

Great Britain's Stef Reid celebrates winning gold in the T44 women's long jump. Credit: PA

Hahn won gold in a world record of 26.11 with Germany's Lindy Ave second in 27.02.

Cox, who won track cycling and athletics golds in Rio to become the first Briton in 32 years to claim titles in two sports at the same Games, was third in 27.15.

Hahn said: "It feels phenomenal. I never imagined I'd get the world record."

Kinghorn won T53 200m gold in a world record of 28.61 for her first world title. Defending champion Angela Ballard of Australia was second.

Britain had to settle for silver, bronze and fourth in the T33 100m won by Paralympic champion Ahmad Almutairi of Kuwait.

Toby Gold, Rio silver medallist, was second again and Andrew Small took bronze ahead of team-mate Daniel Bramall.