Reardon done Temora and the Riverina proud with a fighting fifth in the Men's 100m T63 final at the Tokyo Paralympics on Monday night.

Reardon, the defending Paralympic champion, got away to a much better start than the heat but was eventually overpowered by some of his rivals in a super-quick final.

Russian T42 athlete Anton Prokhorov edged out Brazillian Vinicius Goncalves Rodrigues by one hundredth of a second to claim the gold medal.

Prokhorov produced a world record time of 12:04 to win the gold.

Reardon was only 0.21 seconds off bronze with a season-best time of 12:43.

Reardon revealed post-race how proud he was to make the start line in Tokyo, let alone take fifth in the final.

"It's always hard when you have one like (Sunday). Trying to come back from that. It was better but it still wasn't perfect," Reardon told Channel Seven after the race.

"Look, I've made another Paralympic final, and what the last four years have been, it's been tough.

"It wasn't much more than six months ago I thought I was done. I was on a physio bed in tears, not knowing if my Achilles was going to hold up again. To scrape back and actually be here is pretty cool.

"Across the board, our (Australian) squad hasn't gone as well as we would have liked...it's been tough but we as Aussies, we always show up and we do our best and even from (Sunday) night, all in all, anyone who watched that race...I'd like to think of myself as resilient and I bounced back and I kind of pushed for it.

"I'm really proud that I made this final. I think for most people it would have derailed their campaign there so to actually compose myself, chase down the field and make the final, its pretty special."

Reardon also revealed the challenges he's needed to overcome since winning gold in Rio in 2016, most notably a troubling Achilles injury.

"Just after world champs in 2017, we came back and it was a bit of a mystery one that popped up and kind of didn't go away for two years," he said.

"I kind of got on top of it then I tore my hamstring. I got on top of that and my achilles came back. Got on top of that and tore a adductor. Then got on top of that.

"Look, no excuse, I was here and in better shape than 12.43. Probably a little bit of lack of racing got me there a little bit."

Reardon, 31, is now keen to take some time away from training to consider his future.

He has just competed at his third Paralympic Games after also claiming a silver medal in London in 2012.

One priority for Reardon is a honeymoon with wife Vanessa after they were married in 2018.

"I need a break, for starters," Reardon said.

"Because of the injuries, it's just kind of been one year into the next into the next into the next. Really, 2017 is the last time I had a proper break and I think I had five days off between here and there and the odd one between now and then.

"Vanessa and I need to go on a honeymoon, which will be good. We got married almost three years ago and we haven't been on a honeymoon.

"Look, I'll reassess where I'm at, it's getting harder and harder, I'm getting older and older. I just don't know."

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A much admired and respected athlete, Reardon also had a message for viewers at home back in Australia in regards to what the Paralympics is all about.

"I really hope everyone's sitting at home, just feels what we're about," he said.

"We're not a sideshow, we're not a pity story, we're people with disabilities who are just out here giving it absolutely everything we can."

Reardon will now turn his attention to supporting his wife Vanessa Low.

After being born in Germany, Low will represent Australia for the first time at a Paralympic Games. She is no stranger to the world stage however, having won gold at the Rio Paralympics in the Women's Long Jump T42.

An accomplished athlete, Low will compete in the long jump in Tokyo on Thursday.

"It is something pretty cool. To be at a Paralympic Games together, our first Australian team together, yeah it's pretty special," Reardon said.

"I know and I believe she's got something big in her. She jumped 5.50ish in Cairns before she came over, so if she gets one on the board, there's probably a 5.50, 5.60 there so that will be hard to beat.

"She's a competitor and she'll get it done."

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