Safronov, a four-time world champion, ran 11.39sec, breaking the 11.77 world record he, his team-mate Artem Kalashian and Ukraine's Ihor Tsvietov shared.

Kalashian finished in the bronze-medal position, breaking his personal best - and the former world record - in 11.75.

Another RPC athlete, David Dzhatiev, finished fourth in 11.82, also setting his personal best (PB).

In the 200m, Safronov followed up his earlier success with another storming run, clocking 23.00, breaking Tsvietov's world record by 0.04 seconds.

Kalashian again finished in the bronze-medal position, once again setting a new PB of 23.75.

Safronov is a four-time world champion, having won 100m and 200m T35 gold in Lyon in France in 2013 and in Doha in Qatar in 2015.

In the 2019 International Paralympic Committee Athletics World Championships, he won a silver and a bronze in the 200m T35 and 100m T35 respectively.

Safronov claimed the European title earlier this year, edging out Kalashian as the pair both broke the world record.

Born in Dzerzhinsk in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, where he is still based, Safronov took up sprinting at 16 due to his football coach.

"The main reason was the coach," he said via Olympics.com. 

"I played football and she taught athletics and physical training with us at the same time. 

"She spotted my talent and encouraged me to run."

He holds the title of Honoured Master of Sport in the Russian Federation for his sporting achievements.