Whilst Katrina Hart and Jenny McLoughlin of Great Britain received the loudest cheers when announced for the women's 100 metres event, Namibia's Johanna Benson was also vocally encouraged by the crowd; starting without the use of blocks, she earned a silver, finishing behind 's Mandy Francois-Elie by 15 hundredths of a second. There was a delay in announcing the bronze medallist, ultimately Neda Bahi of , because of the closeness of the finish which came down to a hundredth of a second separating her from fourth-placed Maria Seifert of . Later in the night, immediately following 's 200 metres final, Francois-Elie was awarded her gold medal whilst French athletes loudly sang their national anthem played . Pistorius's race was near the end of the programme, with the announcer hyping it throughout the evening's competition. When the announcer said Pistorius had entered the field of play, the crowd screamed. As he finally stepped up to be announced, the sound level increased and cameras flashed around the stadium. Pistorius ran his race taking the silver, losing to Brazilian Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira by less than a tenth of a second. Australians had a successful night, with earning a silver in the women's long jump F46 event, earning a silver in the men's 5,000 metres T54, earning a bronze in the women's 100 metres event and earning bronze in the men's 200 metres event. Ballard, competing in her fourth Games, said following her race: "It's really good especially after how I did at Beijing. So to go home with a medal is great. Hopefully I can do more with that over the rest of the week."
Whilst Katrina Hart and Jenny McLoughlin of Great Britain received the loudest cheers when announced for the women's 100 metres event, Namibia's Johanna Benson was also vocally encouraged by the crowd; starting without the use of blocks, she earned a silver, finishing behind 's Mandy Francois-Elie by 15 hundredths of a second. There was a delay in announcing the bronze medallist, ultimately Neda Bahi of , because of the closeness of the finish which came down to a hundredth of a second separating her from fourth-placed Maria Seifert of . Later in the night, immediately following 's 200 metres final, Francois-Elie was awarded her gold medal whilst French athletes loudly sang their national anthem . Pistorius's race was near the end of the programme, with the announcer hyping it throughout the evening's competition. When the announcer said Pistorius had entered the field of play, the crowd screamed. As he finally stepped up to be introduced the volume increased, and cameras flashed around the stadium. Pistorius ran his race taking the silver, losing to Brazilian Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira by less than a tenth of a second. had a successful night, with earning a silver in the women's long jump F46 event, earning a silver in the men's 5,000 metres T54, earning a bronze in the women's 100 metres event and earning bronze in the men's 200 metres event. Ballard, competing in her fourth Games, said following her race: "It's really good especially after how I did at Beijing. So to go home with a medal is great. Hopefully I can do more with that over the rest of the week."
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