The beautiful Italian city of Grosseto played host to the latest stop on the IPC Grand Prix circuit.
Athletes gathered from 32 countries at the Carlo Zecchini Stadium for event number six of the season with the countdown continuing to the European Championships in Swansea later this year.
And with less than 80 days to go, there were plenty of names putting down makers ahead of the competition in August in Wales -- none more so than Great Britain's Aled Davies.
The 23-year-old won gold in the Discus F42 at London 2012 and was at it again here as he smashed Fanie Lombaard's 12 year old world record with a massive throw of 48.69 metres.
Every competition I've done so far i've broken a World record. It's nice because we've trained so much over the Winter, training-wise, and technically as well,
so, we needed to change the route if we were going to try and progress, and keep pushing those barriers.
The progressions have come from being smart with my training now, and being very mature in what I do and taking things to the next level.
I'm training full time anyway so it allows me to get really good grafting in the Winter in the gym.
There were a lot of changes technically to my throw as well so I can't tell you the secrets, but it's coming together nicely in time for the majors coming up.
Another Paralympic champion who looked to have broken a new world record was long jump specialist Markus Rehm
The German showed that he is edging closer to the eight metre mark in the men's T44 class, after reaching a wind assisted 7.96m distance in Italy.
Had it not been for a 2.5 metres per second gust of wind, he would have added one cm to his own world record set at the 2013 World Championships in Lyon.
Well it was really good I started very well and I'm having a good series, yeh I'm really happy about the series and I really hoped at the end to go around 7.87, 7.90, so 7.96 is more than perfect and I'm very happy about it.
My goal is definitely the 8 metres, I just tried to beat the mark of 8 metres, no Paralympian has jumped that before,
so that's the big target for the coming season, and my whole sports career if I'm honest.
This year is the European Championships and they're the peak for my season so I hope I can push myself further than I have this time.
Double world and Paralympic champion Martina Caironi was also thriving in the windy conditions
as the home favourite clocked a season-best 15.26 in the 100m T42, and went on to break the world record in the 200m the following day.
Compatriot Giuseppina Versace had the fastest time though in the same mixed race as she claimed victory in the T43 category.
All eyes were on rivals Toni Piispanen and Alvise de Vidi in the Men's 200m T51/52.
Finland's Piispanen took gold ahead of de Vidi in the 100m at London 2012, clinched silver in Lyon last year,
once place ahead of Bronze medallist de Vidi and claimed two sprint double victories at Nottwil.
But it was the Italian who had the edge this time as the home favourite took advantage of the Finn's technical problems with his chair, to win the race in a time of 42.41.
I'm a little bit confused about what happened. I had curve problem: for half of the curve there was some kind of steering problem.
My steering problem was broken or something, so I lost the game after 50 metres.
He's the best now, out of our contemporaries, so I'm happy to beat him for the first time.
There was also plenty of rivalry in the Men's 200m T44 with an impressive line-up
including world record holder Jarryd Wallace, former World Champion Arnu Fourie of South Africa and up-and-coming sprinter Felix Streng.
In a tight contest with just 0.11 seconds separating the front three, it was Germany's Streng who came out on top with a time of 22.37 just ahead of American Wallace,
while winner of this event in Nottwill - Fourie had to settle for third.
The competition was crazy, having Jarryd and Felix here, and I know it was going to be crazy,
I saw them running 2-weeks ago in Manchester. So it was a pretty good race and this is phenomenal, getting together and having these IPC Grand Prix.
At the competition we get to run against your own sprinters and your own class.
For these Grand Prix, It's a good gesture.