Corso, the double Paralympic silver medal winner, knocked more than a second off her previous 400 metres T35 world record at the Dubai Police Officer’s Club.

She clocked 1min 19.44sec to finish third in the women’s 400m T35/37 behind French world silver medallist Mandy Francois-Elie, an athlete from the less impaired T37 category, who won in 1:08.58.

Francois-Elie was also fastest in the women’s 100m T37/38 finals, crossing the line first in 13.65sec.

Germany’s Claudia Nicoleitzik improved her own T36 world record, leaping to victory in the women’s long jump with a penultimate jump of 4.11 metres.

This added two centimetres on to her previous world mark set in Dubai two years ago.

Switzerland’s Marcel Hug was another star performer, continuing to impress in the Middle East as he secured his second win of the Grand Prix with victory in the men’s 1500m T54.

Hug’s time of 3:01.50 was the fastest of the three finals with Frenchman Julien Casoli second in 3:02.82.

Hug’s Swiss teammate Catherine Debrunner won the women’s 1500m T54 in 3:39.69.

Two regional records fell in the women’s shot put F32/33.

Algeria’s Asmahane Boudjadar added 45 centimetres onto the African F33 record with her final winning mark of 5.56m.

Qatar’s Sara Hamdi Masoud broke the Asian record in the same category, finishing in second place with a best of 5.08m.

Morocco’s Saida Amoudi also broke the African record in the shot put F34 throwing 7.32m, a five centimetre improvement on her performance when finishing fourth at last year’s IPC World Championships.

Kenya’s Nelly Jeptoo Sile added nearly two metres on to her previous African record mark with a winning throw of 14.54m in the  F55 javelin.