McFadden competed in four events within hours of each other after yesterday evening's track session was postponed due to severe weather conditions, but the Russian-born T54 star revelled in the challenge and stormed to victory in the 100 metres, 200m, 800m and 5,000m, with the 1500m and 400m in her midst tomorrow.

"Today was hard because we had the storm last night," said McFadden, a 10-time medallist at the Paralympic Games.

"I was only supposed to have the 100 today because tomorrow was supposed to be a pretty tough day.

"It is difficult doing four events but it is almost like another training day.

"We train high endurance and high intensity for days like this."

Tatyana's younger sister Hannah also performed well, finishing second to her sister in the three events that she competed in.

And the two sisters will face off again tomorrow in the 400m, and Tatyana has no intentions of being charitable towards her younger sibling in the competitive arena.

"She's just another competitor," she said.

Elsewhere, sprinter Blake Leeper woke up to the news that the T43 100m world record he shared with Oscar Pistorius had been broken by Brazil's Alan Oliveira in Berlin, and the 23-year-old did not hide his disappointment at hearing the news.

Leeper (right) was devastated to learn that the T43 100m record he held with Oscar Pistorius (left) was bettered by Brazil's Alan Oliveira (centre)

"I am not going to lie, I was upset when I read that Alan broke the record," said Leeper, who learned of Oliveira's new world-best time on Twitter.

"It took me years to tie Oscar's record, which stood for a few years.

"I took pride in the world record.

"To be able to represent my country as a world record holder, it was an honour."

But the London 2012 silver and bronze medallist is confident that he can use the disappointment of losing his record as motivation to produce an even faster time at the IPC World Championships in Lyon next month.

"The good thing about the Paralympic Movement is that world records are being set every day," he said.

"It lights a fire under me.

"I am fired up to face Alan in Lyon because he is a great competitor.

"It is not anything that I can't do,"

Leeper ran a time of 11.39 in the T43 100m to finish first, but there was disappointment for Paralympic silver medallist Richard Browne, who aggravated a leg injury and finished last in 18.96.

The American squad for Lyon is due to be announced on June 18 (Tuesday).

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