Jun Wang added the women’s javelin F35 record to the one she already owns in the shot put as she threw 28.44 metres at the China Administration of Sports for Persons with Disabilities’ outdoor facilities.

She was followed up by Enlong Wei in the men’s shot put F46 as he added 11cm to the previous best mark set by Russia’s Nikita Prokhorov in 2013 as he landed a throw of 15.80.

These came on a day when athletes from the host country dominated proceedings.

Paralympic shot put champion Guoshan Wu competed in the discus discipline today and recorded a mark of 42.91m to win gold in the F57 category.

His compatriot Yanzhang Wang, who got silver in the javelin F34 at Rio 2016, was also a winner in the discus with a throw of 38.56m.

There was more home success for in the women’s discus F34/53/54 as Liwan Yang picked up a first place while the F55 shot put was also claimed by China as Juan Yao won.

In javelin competitions, the hosts won the men’s F11/12/13 as Pengkai Shu topped the podium and also in the women’s F12 with Huimin Zhong edging team-mate Liangmin Zhang.

There were a further 10 first places secured by China during the day’s action, with Rio 2016 gold medallists Jianwen Hu and Wenjun Liu winning the men’s 200m T38 and women’s 200m T54 respectively

Victories were also secured by South Korea’s Byunghoon Yoo in the men’s 200m T52/53 while Japan’s Tsuyoshi Hyakutake won the men’s 200m T54.

Action continues tomorrow in Beijing.

Competition concluded today at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix event in Arizona, where the United States’ Cassie Mitchell broke a 28-year-old world record.

Mitchell, who competes in the T51 class, clocked a time of 6 min 25.19sec in the 1,500m T33/34/51, knocking a remarkable 1:34.61 off the previous mark which had stood since 1989.

A discus silver and club throw bronze medallist at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, Mitchell has been competing in elite-level Para-sport for a number of years and in 2011 she won a Para-cycling world title.

The 35-year-old, who had Devic’s disease as a teenager which resulted in her paralysis, also holds the T51 world records in the 100m, 200m, 400m and shot put.

Among the other US Paralympians making their mark at Arizona State University's Joe Selleh Track and Field venue was former world record holder Jarryd Wallace.

He notched up his third consecutive 100m T43/44 win at the event, this time posting 11.31 to take victory ahead of Japan’s Keita Sato in 12.14.

Visually impaired sprinter David Brown, who like Wallace won over 200m yesterday, also secured his second win of the Grand Prix with victory in the men’s 100m T11.

The reigning Paralympic and world champion was the only sub-12-seconds athlete with compatriot Lex Gillette in second place.

Double Paralympic champion Deja Young was another American to taste success, clocking 12.65 in the women’s 100m T45/46/47, while Denmark’s Paralympic silver medallist Daniel Wagner won the men’s 100m T42 in 12.82.

In the men’s 100m, T52 Paralympic champion Gianfranco Iannotta saw off rival Ray Martin, as he did at Rio 2016, with a time of 17.28.

Martin, who finished in 17.52, was also pushed into second place in the men’s 400m and 1,500m T52.

The 23-year-old, who won two gold medals at Rio 2016, lost out to double Paralympic silver medallist Tomoki Sato of Japan in both events.

Sato won a highly-competitive 1,500m race in 3:40.48, while over one lap, he posted 56.35 with Martin 0.22 seconds behind.