Manchester’s BT Great City Games delivered as usual, with stellar performances throughout the day.
The women’s IPC long jump was first to the streets, and saw Netherlands Iris Pruysen steal the win, from Paralympic gold and silver medallists, Kelly Cartwright, and Stefanie Reid.
Reid went onto secure third place once more, in the IPC 100m, with a time of 14.64seconds.
The Britain spoke of her race: “The result wasn’t there today, but we change a lot and the timing is coming.”
Adding: “Athletics doesn’t have to be complicated, it started with people running in the street – not quite like this – this is how it should be.”
This years event marked the first year of Paralympic presence at the Games, with headline names such as Jonnie Peacock, and Alan Oliveira, taking to the streets.
Today was Peacock’s first race since claiming gold in London 2012, and the Brit stormed to victory in his specialist 100m event.
Peacock spoke of his first ever street running experience: “I was a little bit nervous, but not as nervous as I thought I would be.
“I managed to do what I was working on today. We’ve still got a few things to work on in the latter part of the race though.
“This is a big leap for Paralympics.
“I’m over the moon to see it progress the way it has.”
In double the distance, Oliveira claimed an equally emphatic win over a strong field, with a 22.30second clocking, in the IPC 200m.
Back at Albert Square, Malte Mohr, part of Germany’s pole vaulting trio, sealed victory over a tough field, with Greg Rutherford following in his foot steps for the men’s long jump.
With a winning jump of 7.99 metres, Rutherford spoke: “I felt a bit flat today. I was a bit gutted to not get over eight metres, but all in all, it wasn’t too bad.”
Elsewhere, the all British women’s 100m was won by Margaret Adeoye.
Jack Green marginally lost out on first in the 200m hurdles, to Lj Van Zyl, trailing the Russian by just one hundredth of a second.
Hansle Parchment, bronze medallist at London 2012, displayed a convincing win in the 110m hurdles, over Britain’s William Sharman, in second.
In an American dominated 100m hurdles, Tiffany Porter battled it out for second place, with Dawn Harper carrying on with her winning ways in first.
Porter spoke: “I came out with the win, so I’m happy with today.
“I love that you can interact with the fans as much as you can, I really do like this environment.”
Perri Shakes-Drayton secured a British victory in the 200m hurdles, quite impressively too, as she glided her way to a UK record of 25.74seconds.
In a hotly contested men’s 100m, Kim Collins fought off three tough British opponents, in the form of Richard Kilty, Mark Lewis-Francis and Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, for a joyous win.
With one of the most comfortable wins of the day, Allyson Felix strode away in the 150m, and in doing, so broke the world, USA and Great City Games records, with an impressive 16.36second clocking.
Felix spoke of her feat: “I saw what the time was, but I hadn’t ran a 150 before so I wasn’t sure what to expect.
“You always have time at the back of your mind when you know they’re out there, so I definitely wanted to go for it.”
In the final event of the day, Christophe Lemaitre claimed victory for France, as he stormed away with the men’s 150m, in 14.90seconds.
