Du Toit, who lost her lower left leg in a motorcycle accident in 2001, clocked one minute 06.74 seconds, chopping 0.05 seconds off the previous mark she set in 2006.
Du Toit and Polish table tennis player Natalia Partyka are the only athletes in Beijing who will appear in both the Olympics and Paralympics.
Britain's cyclists started the Games with a hat-trick of golds, while Australia took away the other two contested in track cycling.
Sebastian Wolk(12) of Germany competes during a men's wheelchair basketball preliminary match between Canada and Germany at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, September 7, 2008. Canada won the match 62-59
Simon Richardson, 41, broke the LC3/4 one-kilometer time-trial world record to win Britain's first gold medal, before tandem cyclist Aileen McGlynn and her pilot Ellen Hunter lowered the world record to retain the 1km time trial title in B4 category. Kenny then made it a hat-trick of golds for Britain, successfully defending his CP3 individual pursuit title.
Meanwhile, Chris Scott, a four-time Paralympian, and Kieran Modra blitzed the field at Beijing's cycling track to secure Australia's first two gold medals of the Games.
Scott, who has cerebral palsy, said the victory was particularly sweet as Beijing will be his last Games.
Natalia Partyka of Poland returns the ball during a Women's Individual (Class 10) Group A match against Audrey le Morvanat of France at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games table tennis event on Sept. 7, 2008. Partyka won 3-0. The 19-year-old Polish player, who was born with a right arm that ends at the elbow, is the Paralympic champion in Athen 2004. Before defending her Paralympic title, she played in the table tennis team event at Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, which made her one of only two athletes, along with South African swimmer Natalie du Toit, to compete in both Olympic and Paralympic in Beijing
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