Thousands are gathering at the Olympic Park

BBC

London's Olympic Park is playing host to hundreds of thousands of people on the final weekend of the Paralympics.

On the penultimate day of competition Oscar Pistorius will defend his 400m title as the Stadium hosts London 2012 action for the last time, reports the BBC.

Crowds flocking to the Park will be basking in temperatures of up to 27C ahead of Sunday's closing ceremony.

As competition started on Saturday the host nation was sitting second in the overall table with 114 medals.

Great Britain surpassed their 103-medal target for the 2012 Paralympics in emphatic style on Thursday as Hannah Cockroft, David Weir and Jonnie Peacock picked up medals.

Hopes are high that Weir will bring home his fourth gold medal when he competes in the London wheelchair marathon on Sunday.

Weir, 33, known as The Weirwolf of London, has already won the 800m, 1500m and 5,000m.

Competitors in the men's and women's marathons will start and finish in The Mall, completing one short and three long loops during the 26.2-mile race through central London.

Once the sport has concluded, the closing ceremony will bring the curtain down on what has been one of the most successful Paralympics in the event's history.

Organisers have sold some 2.7 million Paralympic tickets - beating targets by 200,000 and predicted sales by £10m.