The 27-year-old had gone into the competition in Qatar’s capital city holding the world record in the event of 8.29 metres. However, the additional 11 centimetres he achieved in his winning jump of 8.40m has caused people to glance towards the distances produced by elite level athletes in able-bodied competition.

In particular, the focus has been on the shorter 8.31m effort recorded by Britain’s Greg Rutherford, who was recently named the men’s European athlete of the year, when he claimed gold in front of his home crowd at London 2012.

Rehm, who produced the longest jumps at the last two German Championships against able-bodied athletes, has made his intentions of competing against them on the international stage clear with Olympic and World Championship appearances among his aims. The suggestion though that his prosthetic leg gives him an advantage has so far curtailed those ambitions.

Understandably, there has been caution over Paralympic athletes competing at the Olympics, with the now disgraced South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius having been the only amputee athlete to participate in track events at the Games. He competed at London 2012, but only after legal battles.

While an elite few, like Rehm, have produced performances to rival their able-bodied counterparts to date, it appears the governing bodies are fearful of setting a precedent now which they may have to then adhere to in the event technology does aid Paralympians to be Faster, Higher, Stronger.

The debate over the issue has to be considered a positive for Paralympic sport though, with the likes of Rehm refocusing attention on the achievements of Para-athletes outside of a Paralympic Games.

It would therefore be a shame if rows over eligibility overshadow the high quality performances being produced in Doha, although one does have some sympathy with the German, whose jump to take the gold was 1.14m further than his nearest rival.

"It is a shame that the IAAF just see the problems and reduce an athlete to the prosthesis," Rehm told BBC Sport after his victory. "They don't see the chance we have to bring Paralympic and Olympic sport closer and to show our sport to more people.

“I hope in the future I will have a chance to discuss how we can do this. I think it is a good chance for a great advert for the sport and I want to show people there are great athletes here."

A similar point was made to me by a British Rio 2016 hopeful during an interview last year, who said that the stage which they had to compete on was crucial to continuing both the development of Paralympic sport and its growing profile.

Perhaps then it is not so extreme a proposition for the three-time world and London 2012 Paralympic champion to compete alongside the likes of Rutherford in certain events throughout the calendar.

A head-to-head battle between the Olympic and Paralympic champions would prove an intriguing affair, with Rutherford having produced a distance of 8.41m, just one centimetre further than Rehm produced yesterday, to secure gold at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing in August.

As fans of sport we ultimately watch to see strong competitors pushing and challenging each other. A Rutherford v Rehm showdown would prove an interesting proposition.

Should that not prove possible then the pursuit of including more Paralympic events alongside top level able-bodied competition, such as when this year’s IPC Athletics Grand Final was held as part of the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games at the London 2012 Olympic Stadium, would surely be an aim.

With IAAF President Sebastian Coe reassessing the athletics calendar, could elite-level Paralympic competition be included as part of events such as the Diamond League, which would help ensure that Para-athletes are competing in front of large crowds?

It must have been slightly underwhelming for Rehm to have produced a world record performance to claim gold in a sparsely populated venue in Doha. While there is no doubt that a strong drive to sell tickets and increase numbers watching the biennial event was staged, it appears a shame that, three-years on from seeing a sold-out 80,000 stadium at London 2012, the IPC Athletics World Championships are unable to attract full house.

Maybe Rehm’s world record and the subsequent debate over Olympic eligibility has been needed to drive more people through the entrance in Doha, but perhaps in the coming months growing closer ties between top level competition at Olympic and Paralympic level could be mutually beneficial.