Vdovin's time of 49.34sec saw him become the first man to break the 50 second barrier in this event.

His closest challenger was the United States' Nick Mayhugh with 50.26sec, while the RPC secured a second spot on the podium as Chermen Kobesov finished third in 50.44sec.

Earlier at Tokyo 2020, Vdovin was the RPC's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony.

He also earned a silver in the men's T37 100m, setting a new European record of 11.18sec. He missed out on gold to a world record of 10.95sec from Mayhugh.

Vdovin has been a leading competitor in the T37 sprint events for several years, winning nine gold medals across three World Para Athletics Championships.

At Doha 2015 and Dubai 2019, he clinched gold medals in all three of the T37 100m, 200m and 400m races.

In 2013 in the French city of Lyon, he triumphed in the T37 100m and 200m, and contributed to the Russian team winning the T35-38 4x100m relay.

In Dubai in 2019, Vdovin set a world record time of 50.45sec in the T37 400m event, which stood until he bettered it at Tokyo 2020.

Vdovin also enjoyed success at the European Para Athletics Championships in Bydgoszcz in Poland in June 2021, clinching gold medals in the T37 100m, 200m and 400m to go alongside his world titles.

The 27-year-old has cerebral palsy and began training aged 10 in Dzerzhinsk, where he was born and is still based.

His international debut came in 2013, and he earned the Second Breath prize at the Return to Life Awards in the same year, which honour Russia's Para-athletes.

In 2014, with the Winter Paralympic Games held in Russia in Sochi, Vdovin carried the Paralympic Torch in Nizhny Novgorod.

At the RPC Return to Life Awards in 2019, Vdovin was granted the By Personal Example prize, and he holds the Honoured Master of Sport in the Russian Federation title.

Vdovin's gold was the RPC's ninth in Para-athletics at Tokyo 2020.