At the start of the 2012 Paralympic Games, Team GB set themselves a target of 103 medals. Today, they surpassed that with Sarah Storey equalling the British record for the most successful paralympian, Hannah Cockroft destroying those around her and Bladerunner and Oscar Pistorius getting beaten again, this time by a Brit. Here's the round-up:
Athletics: Beverley Jones scored a Seasonal Best mark of 30.99m in the Women's Discus - F37 class. It was only enough to get bronze though as China's Xu Qiuping scored a Personal Best mark of 32.08 and Mi Na, also of China, set a World Record of 35.35 to win gold.
20-year old Hannah Cockroft wins her second gold of the games by beating Netherlands' Amy Siemons by almost three seconds, setting a Paralympics Record of 31.90, in the Women's 200m - T34 class.
Ola Abidogun took bronze in the Men's 100m - T46 class. Abidogun finished behind Cuba's Raciel Gonzalez Isidoria and China's Zhao Xu, who set a Regional Record of 11.05 to claim gold.
Ben Rushgrove set a Personal Best time of 24.83 in the Men's 200m - T36 class. It was enough to win bronze with Hong Kong's So Wa Wai also recording a Personal Best time of 24.77 to claim silver and Ukraine's Roman Pavlyk recording a Regional Record time of 24.70 to win gold.
Bronze was also the colour for Paul Blake in the Men's 800m - T36 class. Russia's Artem Arefeyev took silver with a Personal Best time of 2:06.13 and Evgenii Shvetcov, also of Russia, winning his third gold with a Paralympics Record of 2:05.32.
Dan Greaves won silver in the Men's Discus - F44 class. He scored a Season's Best of 59.01 but it wasn't enough to beat USA's Jeremy Campbell who set a Regional Record of 60.05.
David Weir won his third gold medal of the games in the Men's 800m - T34 class. He finished .21 seconds ahead of Switzerland's Marcel Hug to secure his hat-trick of golds.
Johnnie Peacock was the second man to beat Oscar Pistorius. Peacock won gold in the Men's 100m - T44 class with a Paralympics Record of 10.90. Pistorius only managed fourth with fellow South African, Arnu Fourie, setting a Regional Record of 11.08 to win bronze and USA's Richard Browne taking silver with a Personal Best time of 11.03.
Road Cycling: Sarah Storey once again grabbed the headlines by winning her 11th gold in the glittering Paralympics career. She equals Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson's record to become the most successful paralympian in British history, making it 22 medals overall. Storey finished seven seconds ahead of silver medallist Anna Harkowska of Poland. Storey was so quick that she had managed to catch up with the men's race that started earlier. Storey is also now set to become a Dame after such a mesmerising achievement.
Sailing: Helena Lucas took gold in the Single-Person Keelboat (2.4mR). The strong wind meant that the medals had be awarded earlier than build with Lucas winning overall after ten rounds.
Alexandra Rickham and Niki Birrell were also awarded a medal after ten rounds. They took bronze in the Two-Person Keelboat (SKUD18). They finished behind USA and gold medallists Australia.
Swimming: Two medals medals were taken in the Women's 200m Individual Medley - SM9 class. South Africa's Natalie Du Toit won her third gold of the games with Stephanie Millward, winning her fourth medal, claiming silver and Louise Watkin, her third medal, winning bronze. Claire Cashmore made it a 2-3-4 for Team GB.
15-year old Josef Craig set a World Record to win gold in the Men's 400m Freestyle - S7 class. He finished 3.41 seconds ahead of the rest in World Record time of 4:42.81. China's Shiyun Pan claimed silver with an Asian Record of 4:46.22.
Susannah Rodgers won her third bronze medal of the games in the Women's 400m Freestyle - S7 class. She set a European Record of 5:18.93 but still finished behind USA's Courtney Jordan and Australia's Jacqueline Freney winning her seventh gold medal of the games in a World Record time of 4:59.02.
Heather Fredriksen took her third medal of the games with her second silver in the Women's 100m Freestyle - S8 class. She finished 2.44 seconds behind USA's Jessica Long who took won her fifth gold medal of the games with a World Record time of 1:05.63.
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