The National Indoor Arena played host to two sprint events, but unfortunately for the home crowd neither race was won by a British athlete.

Browne, who took T44 100 metre silver at London 2012 before adding relay gold at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics World Championships in Lyon last year, registered a season's best time of 7.18sec to take the men's 60m event.

The 22-year-old was followed by compatriot Paul Peterson and Germany's Felix Streng who both set personal best times of 7.43 and 7.49 respectively.

British runners Alex Tate and Michael Poulton finished in seventh and eighth positions, with Tate setting a personal best time of 8.24.

"I definitely would have liked to go a bit quicker but my execution was good," said Browne.

"I think I pushed a little bit hard and my coach will be pretty upset with me when I get home but my execution was good; my blocks and transition were good.

"It was a great race with great competitors and British Athletics and Sainsbury's did a great job putting this meet together."

In the women's T37/T38 60m race, triple Paralympic gold medallist Goncharova showed her undoubted class again by powering to victory with a personal best of 8.53.

Russian Margarita Goncharova set a personal best on her way to victory in the 60m race in Birmingham ©AFP/Getty Images



The Russian was pushed all the way though as Britain's Sophie Hahn took second spot with a time of 8.59 while Mandy Francois-Elie clocked the same time, registering another personal best in the event.

"It felt amazing out there," said 17-year-old Hahn, who announced herself on the international scene in Lyon last year taking gold in the T38 100m.

"It's great that Paralympic and Olympic athletes can come together at an event.

"It's a really big crowd and I was quite nervous but it was just about the race and getting it right.

"My new start position feels good, I want to get faster and stronger from the start and I feel I'm doing that."

Britons Millie Belbin, Jenny McLoughlin, Amy Wareing and Katrina Hart all set personal bests in the race also, as did the Czech Republic's eighth place finisher Anezka Vejrazkova.

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