Yang dominated the final from start to finish, holding onto first place throughout the event.

Ju Hee Lee of South Korea finished in second place, 2.6 points behind Yang, on 195.6 as he improved on his bronze medal in this event at London 2012.

The Rio 2016 bronze medal went to Server Ibragimov of Uzbekistan, who finished with a score of 172.1 points.

"This is my first Paralympic Games and my first medal," said Yang.

"I'm very excited and I put a lot of effort into this. 

"My family and the Paralympic association put in so much to me, so it is nice to reward them too.

"There's no strategy, 

"I just did daily training very well and it's just basic skill coming through."

Elsewhere in today's shooting action, Iran's Sareh Javanmardidodmani won her first Paralympic gold medal in the women's 10 metre air pistol SH1 final.

The current world record holder finished the competition with a score of 193.4 points which was a Paralympic final record.

Javanmardidodmani claimed her second Paralympics medal after her only previous appearance, at London 2012, saw her finish with a bronze.

The Iranian's closest rivals going into the final were surprisingly eliminated in rounds one and two.

Alieh Mahmoudikordkheili, also of Iran, finished top of the qualifying standings before being eliminated in the final.

A bigger upset was when London 2012 champion Olivera Nakovska-Bikova of Macedonia then bowed out of the competition in the second series after a poor display left her with just 92.8 points.

The silver medal in today's final was won by Olga Kovalchuk of Ukraine with a score of 191.2 points.

Turkey's Aysegul Pehlivanlar finished in third and took the bronze medal as she finished some way off of the top two on 172.3 points.

"I'm very happy that I get the first gold medal for the Republic of Iran and for my delegation," said Javanmardidodmani. 

"I am so very happy,

"This tells my people that disability is not limitation."