Paralympics 2012: Athletics – in pictures

The first races in the evening session are the first round heats of the Mens T54 5000m. Kurt Fearnley of Australia was in action in the first heat and finished second Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Here's a close up shot showing the stadium reflected in Marcel Hug's helmet Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

And here he is in action during the second heat which he won in a time of 11 mins 31.78 secs Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

The third heat sees David Weir of GB win in a time of 11 mins 28.88 secs Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

The next race is the Women's T34 100m final featuring Team GB's Hannah Cockroft. Her astonishing hand speed after a slow start saw her win by a margin of several chair lengths Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

She didn't break her own world record, but did set a new Paralympic record of 18.05 seconds Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

It was an emphatic victory by the 20 year old from Halifax Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

She had every reason to be happy with her day's work Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

It wasn't just her opponents that got licked by Cockroft Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

The Yorkshire lass responds to the ovation from the 80,000 crowd that greeted her medal presentation Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Russia's Roman Kapranov broke the world record in the Men's 200m T37 final when he beat China's Guangxu Shang of China by 0.05 seconds to win gold in 23.10 seconds Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian