Browne, who won silver behind Peacock in the T44 100 metres at London 2012, ran a superb 10.85sec to equal Peacock's world record at the Star Athletics Sprint Meet in Monteverde, but was goaded by his rival on the micro-blogging site despite his impressive performance in the non-IPC sanctioned event.

"Do it when it counts and from the front then maybe I'll take notice," tweeted the 20-year-old Peacock, who has become one of the Paralympic Movement's poster boy's since his win in London last summer.

But the American has not taken well to the comment, and has told of how he plans to wipe the smile from his rival's face in Lyon next month.

"Jonnie is the rival, he's the icon," said Browne.

"He's at the top of the game right now but I want to knock him off.

"I'm not going to lie to you, I'm kind of tired of him winning and I'm tired of his mouth.

"I want to shut him up and knock him off when it counts, just like he said in his tweet."

The 21-year-old American wasn't one of the favourites to take a medal in the T44 100m, but he maintains that he always had the confidence in his abilities to take a medal in the event, despite the field being laden with some of the world's best known Paralympic athletes. 

"I was not surprised by what I achieved in London," he said.

"I kind of went under the radar.

"I had a really good season leading up to the Paralympics with my times continuing to drop.

Jonnie Peacock led from start to finish in the T44 100m final at London 2012, leaving Browne to settle for silver

"At London people were looking at Blake [Leeper], Oscar [Pistorius] and Jerome [Singleton] to challenge Jonnie, not me.

"It felt good to knock them off their pedestal though.

"It would be even better to knock Jonnie off his pedestal too in Lyon.

"I haven't beaten him yet though.

"I don't feel 100 per cent fit yet, but by Lyon I'll definitely be 100 per cent.

"It's me versus him.

"It will be the race."

Browne insists that he is feeling more confident than ever after returning from two months injured to equal Peacock's record- much to his own surprise- and is hitting form just at the right time leading into the National Championships this weekend and the World Championships, which are due to take place between July 19 and 28.

"It was a huge surprise [equalling the world record]," he said.

"It also gave me a lot of confidence that the knee will hold up and that I'll be able to run well again at the Nationals and at the Worlds.

"I was in complete and utter shock as there were two Browne's in the race and when they called out the times and said Browne 10.85 and Browne 11.06, I figured it was me who ran the 11.06 just outside my personal best.

"Only when it came up on the board did I realise."

The American may be approaching peak form, but he will have to produce something special to defeat Peacock, who also made a successful return from injury last month in the 100m at the GreatCity Games on the streets of Manchester, defeating American Blake Leeper with a time of 11.46 - his slowest time since 2011.

The Englishman had not competed since undergoing ankle surgery in the aftermath of London 2012.

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