Storey shaved almost two tenths off the C5 3 kilometre pursuit world record of 3:32.170, which she set at the London 2012 Paralympic Games, to post a new one of 3:32.050 in qualifying on the ultra-fast Mexican track.

Following her to the finish line more than 12 seconds later was second-placed Anna Harkowska of Poland, with Greta Neimanas of the United States taking bronze.

"It's been great to get back to the winning form I was enjoying at London 2012 and to go that little bit quicker than London in the morning was just the icing on the cake," Storey told BBC Sport.

"The figures on the clock are really encouraging, and my target of going under three-and-a-half minutes over 3km should hopefully happen in the near future."

Jody Cundy claimed the second British gold medal of the day in Mexico ©Getty Images


Storey's compatriot Cundy took gold in the C4 1km time trial and also bettered his own previous world record by 3.678 seconds to clock 1:01.466.

Slovakia's Jozef Metelka claimed the silver and China's Guopin Wei won the bronze.

Australia's athletes also completed the same feat as the Britons to secure two golds for their nation today.

Paralympic champion Susan Powell took one of those top podium spots in the C4 3km pursuit, while the other was won by her teammate Jayme Richardson who claimed the rainbow jersey in the C1 class.

The C4 3km pursuit silver and bronze medals went to Alexandra Green, also of Australia, and China's Jianping Ruan respectively, while

The US' Jamie Whitmore won her second world title and set her second world record of the week in the women's C3 3km pursuit.

Whitmore briefly held the world record in the morning's qualifying round, before Germany's Denise Schindler bettered the mark, but the American broke it once more in the gold medal final, winning in a time of 4:07.487.

Schindler took silver, while Simone Kennedy cycled to bronze.

"It is a really great feeling to win and see the record broken three times," Whitmore told US Paralympics.

"It is kind of nice to not have a lot of expectations because you are so new to the sport, so there was more excitement than pressure, and I was just able to go out and ride as fast as I possibly could."

Alfonso Cabello sped to gold in the same event he won at the London 2012 Paralympic Games ©Getty Images


The C2 3km pursuit saw Paralympic silver medallist Alyda Norbruis of the Netherlands cycle to victory ahead of China's Sini Zeng and American Allison Jones who, last month, won bronze in the alpine skiing at the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics.

Spanish London 2012 champion Alfonso Cabello won gold in the men's C5 1km time trial and was followed to the podium by British double Paralympic medallist Jon-Allan Butterworth and Australia's Alistair Donohoe, while Argentina's Rodrigo Fernando Lopez secured the C1 1km time trial world title ahead of the Netherlands' Arnoud Nijhuis and Canada's Jaye Mille claiming bronze.

The other men's 1km time trial races saw China's Hao Xie and Gui Hua Lian finishing one-two in the C2, with Ivo Koblasa of the Czech Republic taking bronze, while Russia's Alexey Obydennov and Sergey Batukov finished one-two in the C3 class ahead of Belgium's Diedrick Schelfhout.

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