LONDON, Sept 7: British teenager Jonnie Peacock cemented his status as the world’s fastest amputee runner by winning the men’s T44 100m title at the London Paralympics on Thursday.

World record holder Peacock, 19, won the final at the Olympic Stadium in a Paralympic-best time of 10.90 seconds. Richard Browne of the US finished second ahead of Arnu Fourie and defending champion Oscar Pistorius of South Africa.

“To go in front of 80,000, it was crazy,” Peacock, who had his right leg amputated at age five, told the BBC. “To hear the crowd chant my name was amazing. That’s going to live with me forever.”

Pistorius, 25, also failed to defend his 200m title from four years ago following his surprise loss to Brazil’s Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira. Pistorius, known as the “Blade Runner,” last month became the first amputee runner to compete at an Olympic Games.

Peacock’s gold medal was one of five won by Britain on Thursday, who rose to second in the medals standings. With three days of competition remaining, China lead with 70 golds and 183 in total.

Britain and Russia each have 31 golds, though the hosts have won 23 more total medals.

Wheelchair racer David Weir added the 800m T54 to his 1,500m and 5,000m titles as he seeks to win four golds in London, while fellow Briton Sarah Storey won the women’s cycling C4-5 road race for her fourth gold at the games and a record-tying 11th of her career.

Storey is tied her with wheelchair racer Tanni Grey-Thompson as Britain’s most successful female Paralympian. She won her first gold as a 14-year-old swimmer in 1992 and went on to win five in that sport before switching to cycling.

“To be even on the same page as Tanni, I don’t know if it will ever sink in,” Storey, 34, told Channel 4.

China, meanwhile, embraced their 300th gold in Paralympic history when amputee Zhao Xu won the men’s 100m T46 final in a record time of 11.05 seconds.

“The win is a breakthrough as China never got any medal in this event before,” said Zhao after the race.

In the pool, South Africa’s Natalie Du Toit won the women’s 200m individual medley SM 9 for her third gold medal in London, Australia’s Jacqueline Freney set a world record to win the women’s 400m freestyle S7 with a time of 4:59.02 seconds, and Britain’s Josef Craig broke the world mark to take the men’s race in a time of 4:42.81.

Mohamed Berrahal of Algeria set a world record in winning gold in the men’s F51-53 discus with a throw of 12.37 metres.

France beat Spain 2-0 to advance to the five-a-side soccer gold-medal game against Brazil, who defeated Argentina 1-0 in a penalty shootout after the teams finished goalless. Australia and Germany advanced to the women’s wheelchair basketball final. —Agencies