The 16-year-old, who defended her 200m crown on Sunday (July 16), sliced 0.14 seconds off her own previous best mark set in front of a home crowd in Sydney in April last year.

Paralympic champion Zhou Xia of China posted an Asian record of 13.56 to finish second and Great Britain’s Maria Lyle claimed bronze in 14.45.

Holt finished runner-up to Zhou in the 100m and 200m at Rio 2016 but has beaten her Chinese rival in both events here.

"It’s incredible coming here and running like that," she said.

"To come out in front of such a crowd and run that fast is an amazing feeling.

"Something I’ve worked on since Rio is to stay calm and concentrate on my own race.

"I’ve been able to do that and it’s made me stronger this year."

Another sprinter in fine form this evening was Cuba’s Omara Durand.

She eased to victory in the women’s 100m T12 in 11.52.

Durand was followed across the line by Germany’s Katrin Mueller-Rottgardt, the silver medallist in 12.04.

Poland’s Malgorzata Ignasiak was third  in 13.14. 

In the men’s 400m T47, Austria’s Gunther Matzinger triumphed in a season’s best time of 49.35 after Brazil's Petrúcio Ferreira dos Santos, the 100m gold medallist, had been disqualified for a false start.

Jamaica’s Shane Hudson also managed a season’s best, taking silver in 49.60, and Cyprus’ Andonis Aresti achieved the same feat in clinching bronze in 50.31.

Paralympic champion Ernesto Blanco of Cuba missed out on a medal in fourth place.

"I was really nervous and really anxious at the start and I think those two things combined resulted in what you all saw," Ferreira dos Santos said.

"I will try to keep my head up because I have the 200m on Friday (July 21).

"I need to keep on."

The United States’ Tatyana McFadden was in superb form once more, clocking a season’s best 1min 47.82sec to secure the women’s 800m T54 title and make it four victories from the four events in which she has competed at these Championships.

McFadden, who had suffered problems with blood clots earlier this year which hampered her training, added to her triumphs from the 200m, 400m and 1500m.

Switzerland’s Manuela Schaer was the silver medallist in 1:49.47 and McFadden’s compatriot Amanda McGrory came away with bronze in 1:49.64.

In the men’s 1,500m T13, Rio 2016 gold medallist Abdellatif Baka led an Algerian one-two ahead of twin brother Fouad.

Just 0.25 seconds separated the siblings with world record holder Abdellatif posting a Championship record of 3:52.82 and Fouad registering a season’s best 3:53.07.

Completing the top three was Australia’s Jaryd Clifford in an Oceania record of 3:53.31. 

The women’s 400m T13 saw Ukraine’s Leilia Adzhametova complete a hat-trick of gold medals having already won the 100m and 200m crowns. 

The 23-year-old triumphed in a personal best 56.58 with Morocco’s Sanaa Benhama second in 56.66 and Portugal’s Carolina Duarte third in 57.52.

Benhama and Duarte’s times were also personal bests. 

The women’s 400m T53 final was an extremely close contest with China’s Zhou Hongzhuan coming out on top in a Championship record of 55.22.

America's Chelsea McClammer came second in 55.50 and Britain’s Samantha Kinghorn pipped Australia’s Angela Ballard in the battle for the bronze medal.

Kinghorn crossed the line in 55.71, beating Ballard by just 0.02 seconds.

In the one other final on the track, Ukraine’s Ihor Tsvietov won the men’s 200m T35 in 25.52.

The silver medal was won by Argentina’s Hernan Barreto in a season’s best 26.35 and the bronze by Brazil’s Fabio da Silva Bordignon in 26.94.

In the field, the stand-out performance was undoubtedly that of Uzbekistan’s Aleksandr Svechnikov in the men’s javelin F13 as he broke his own world record with a throw of 71.01 metres.

The mark bettered the 70.00m set by the 19-year-old in Baku in May.

Iran’s Sajad Nikparast came away with the silver medal with 61.88m.

A season’s best 61.53m secured Spain’s Hector Cabrera Llacer the bronze medal.

Latvia’s Dmitrijs Silovs claimed the men’s javelin F37 gold medal with a Championship record throw of 55.89m.

Egypt’s Sayed Abdelmoneim El Saber El finished second with an African record of 48.35m and Poland’s Lukasz Czarnecki came third with a personal best 47.72m.

There was also a Championship record for China’s Wen Xiaoyan, winner of the women’s long jump T37 with a leap of 4.97m.

America's Jaleen Roberts took the silver medal with an Americas record of 4.60m, finishing ahead of Poland’s Marta Piotrowska, who won the bronze with a personal best 4.37m.

Tunisia's Raoua Tlili justified her status as pre-event favourite in the women’s shot put F41, winning with a Championship record of 10.04m to defend her title.

The 27-year-old Paralympic gold medallist had also won the discus throw F41 last Saturday (July 15).

Australia’s Claire Keefer finished in the silver medal position with an Oceania record of 8.44m and Tlili’s team-mate Samar Ben Koelleb came third with 8.23m.

The final field event was the men’s long jump T47, where China’s Wang Hao tasted victory with a season’s best 7.18m.

France’s Arnaud Assoumani had to settle for the silver medal with 7.13m and America's Tobi Fawehinmi won bronze with a season’s best 7.03m.

Paralympic champion Roderick Townsend-Roberts, winner of the men’s high jump T47 event three days ago, was fourth with 6.94m.

After six days of competition, China lead the medal table with 17 golds, 12 silvers and seven bronzes.

America are second with 15 golds, 12 silvers and 12 bronzes, and Britain third with 11 golds, two silvers and nine bronzes.

Action is due to continue tomorrow.