A FIFE athletics star made history as he broke a world record at his Paralympics debut.

Ben Sandilands, a member of Fife AC, competed in his first Paralympics at the Stade de France in Paris.

The 21-year-old, originally from Kirkcaldy, took part in the men’s T20 classification 1500 metre race today, claiming his first Paralympic gold and Britain’s fifth Para-athletics gold medal.

In addition to the gold, he also set a new world record for the T20 1500m race, clocking in a time of 3 minutes, 45.40 seconds.

This beat the previous record by 0.10secs, held by American Mikey Brannigan.

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Ben previously won gold at the 2023 Para Athletics World Championships and had been looking ahead to his debut at the Paralympics.

He trains as part of a group based at Pitreavie Athletics Centre, coached by Steve Doig.

Steve previously told the Press: “It’s a great achievement to be picked. It’ll be a great experience.

“It’s just a case of how you perform on the day. Certainly he has the capacity to be involved in a race for the front, for a medal position, because he was the world champion.”