On the third day of the IPC Athletics European Championships inbr Stadskanaal, the Netherlands, the sun came out for the first time atbr the event and the host nation starred with a sweep in the women's 100mbr T4344 race led by Marlou van Rhijn. Van Rhijn, who is the world-recordbr holder in the event and has been referred to as "Blade Babe" and thebr women's version of Oscar Pistorius, won the race with a season-bestbr time of 13.62, as her teammates, Suzan Verduijn and Iris Pruysen tookbr silver and bronze, respectively.