Team USA | Jaydin Blackwell and Daniel Romanchuk score electrifying victories at the Stade de France

It was a real showpiece moment under the lights for Jaydin Blackwell as he took gold in the men's 100 metres with a time of 10.64 seconds, breaking his own world record in the process. Daniel Romanchuk was less flashy than his younger US teammate, but he too stepped up a gear and also took gold in dramatic fashion on the home straight of the men's 5,000 metres.

Almost 70,000 fans cheered loudly for all athletes and experienced an unforgettable night for Team USA on Saturday evening at the Stade de France.

The flamboyant Blackwell – often referred to as the “Noah Lyles of Para-athletics” – started the US engine, while Romanchuk ultimately set the pace and won his race about an hour and a half later.

Blackwell, 20, came out of the starting blocks with an explosive run and never looked back, winning the key race with apparent ease and adding Paralympic gold to his four world titles.

“It was a perfect race – I focused on what I really needed to do to get out there and finish as fast as I could,” Blackwell said in response to a question from Team USA. “I'm just happy that I can do the things that I can do.”

“As I drove into the starting block, I just said to myself: just step on the gas, go out and run, you can do it. I came out of my drive phase, stood up straight and drank it.

“It felt a little slow, but when I crossed the finish line I looked at the little screen and saw 10.64 and thought, OK, here we go,” he said. The rising star in disability sport broke his own world record of 10.72, which he set on July 20 in Miramar, Florida.

Blackwell put on sunglasses and posed for photographers in Hollywood style in front of the screen on which the world records were recorded.

“I had to bring a little something, something fun, here,” Blackwell said, laughing.

Blackwell's equally extroverted US teammate Ryan Medrano showed a perfect lean at the finish line and took silver by just 0.02 seconds, giving Team USA a one-two. The 27-year-old Medrano ran a new personal best of 10.97 seconds.

“Ryan is having a fantastic day – he's set a personal best and takes silver at zero two. I knew he was right there and then I looked at the screen and thought my name is second,” exclaimed Medrano, referring to himself in the first person. “I've been on TV before but that was fantastic. 70,000 people all watching us at the same time and the buzz of the stadium when we came out.

On executing his silver medal-winning 100-meter race, Medrano said, “I have strength, but my problem is that I can't keep up with their speed when I hit the ground. I worked a lot on my rhythm with Coach Mac and Noah (Lyles) and I stayed calm and didn't tense up at the end.”

“It was amazing to get that 0.02 lean at the end,” said the sprinter from Texas. “I couldn't have done anything better than to break the world record like Jaydin did.”

“Ryan, he hit a personal best – we congratulated each other, he and I are really close,” said Blackwell. “We have a lot in common and we push each other to the absolute limit. I'm really happy to have him in my life and as a teammate.”