"It was awesome,'' said Dixon, 25, who won four medals at the 2008 Paralympic Games. ‘'I'm coming towards the end of my career and it's exciting to be able to put together some of my best performances and still develop my skills in this sport. The key for me is being able to forget everything when I race and just focus on the job at hand.''

Jenna Skieneh of Windsor, Ont., was 10th.

Other Canadian women's results on Friday: Camille Bérubé of Gatineau, Que., and Sarah Mailhot of Quebec City were seventh and eighth in the S8 100 freestyle; Sarah Mehain of Vernon, B.C., and Stephanie McDougall of Maple Ridge, B.C., were seventh and eighth in the S7 100 butterfly; Anne Polinario of Montreal and Jessica Hodgins of Windsor, were seventh and ninth in the S10 100 backstroke; and Catherine Mitchell of Winnipeg and Amber Thomas of Drayton Valley, Alta., were ninth and 10th respectively in the S 11-12 combined 100 backstroke.

In men's competition, Hill collected a second world mark and gold medal clocking first in the S13 100 backstroke in 59.30 seconds shattering his previous mark of 1:01.51 set in Richmond, B.C., in 2001. Devin Gotell of Antigonish, N.S., was fourth, missing the podium by 0.01 seconds.

Other Canadian men's results: Benoit Huot of Montreal and Alex Parent of Hamilton were fourth and ninth in the S10 100 backstroke; Danial Murphy of Sackville, N.S., sixth in the S5 50 freestyle and Ronald Tang of Toronto was eighth in the S11 100 freestyle.

Murphy clocked a Canadian record 45.85 seconds in his event.

‘'I was very happy with the race,'' said Murphy, in his worlds debut. ‘'My turns in particular were very good. I've loved the experience here.''

Canada's medal total stands at 12 with four gold, four silver and four bronze.

Competition ends Saturday.