Markus Rehm is so far ahead of the rest of the world in the long jump that a gold medal almost felt like a letdown since it wasn¡¯t accompanied by a world record.

But Rehm already owns the world record, which he set in June. Now he has a third straight Paralympic title to go along with it.

The German ¡°Blade Jumper¡± dominated the T64 long jump competition again, soaring to the gold medal with a jump of 8.18 meters during the Tokyo Games at National Stadium on Wednesday night.

¡°First of all, I¡¯m happy,¡± Rehm said. ¡°Winning the third gold medal, I think it¡¯s something really special and it¡¯s a beauty, this gold medal. I¡¯ve seen it already, I¡¯ve held it in my hands and I¡¯m really, really, happy to bring it back home.¡±

Rehm had three jumps of at least 8 meters. His worst of the night was 7.95, a distance that would have still beaten silver medalist Dimitri Pavade of France, whose best was 7.39. American Trenten Merrill earned bronze with a jump of 7.08.

Rehm had been hoping to top the world record of 8.62 meters, a mark he set June 1 and a distance that would have given him gold at the Tokyo Olympics.

He admitted to being a little disappointed he wasn¡¯t able to rewrite the record.

¡°I have to analyze it later,¡± Rehm said. ¡°We have a guy from biomechanics, he filmed and we¡¯re going to analyze it later, what maybe the problem was today. Well, if we can talk about a problem, what maybe stopped me from jumping even further.¡±

The German stopped short of committing to compete at the Paris Games in 2024, but is looking forward to returning to Japan next year for the world championships in Kobe.

¡°The next goal is to go on holiday and then come back to training,¡± he said.

¡°Next year, we have the world championships here in Kobe, Japan, and I¡¯m really happy about that because now we have had a little taste of how it is to compete here.¡±

It was also a good night for China at National Stadium.

Shi Yiting added to the country¡¯s runaway lead in gold medals by repeating as the winner of the women¡¯s T36 100-meter sprint. Shi set a new world record with a time of 13.61 seconds.

¡°This gold is for my country,¡± she said. ¡°They have helped us so much with medical care while growing up, and they still help us.

¡°I would like to celebrate when I get back, but it will be difficult as I have another competition to prepare for, the National Games.

¡°Maybe we can have a private celebration.¡±

The win gave Shi her second gold medal in Tokyo. She set a world record of 28.21 seconds in the T36 200 on Aug. 29.

¡°I¡¯m very happy, it¡¯s what I came here to do,¡± Shi said. ¡°My family are very proud, they were in tears when we spoke on the phone the other day.¡±

Gao Fang led a 1-2 finish for the Chinese in the women¡¯s T53 100-meters, finishing in 16.29 seconds to beat Zhou Hongzhuan, who finished in 16.48.

The women¡¯s T54 100-meter gold medal also went to China, with Zhou Zhaoqian racing to the Paralympic title.

Japan¡¯s Momoka Muraoka, who won gold in the women¡¯s sitting giant slalom at the 2018 Winter Games, placed sixth in the event in her Summer Paralympic debut.

Thailand¡¯s Pongsakorn Paeyo won the men¡¯s T53 100-meter title and countryman Athiwat Paeng-Nuea won in the T54 category.

Galina Lipatnikova, representing the Russian Paralympic Committee, won the women¡¯s F36 shot put crown and RPC athlete Musa Taimazov won the men¡¯s F51 club throw.