It is the first time the event in Paris has appeared on the World Para Athletics Grand Prix after it was added to the calendar at the start of the season.

The competition is one of nine overseen by World Para Athletics and is a qualifying step for this year's World Para Athletics Championships, due to held at the Olympic Stadium in London between July 14 and 23.

"The Handisport Open in Paris is the last international Paralympic event to be held in France before the 2024 Host City is named in Lima in September," said Paris 2024 co-chair Tony Estanguet.

"It is a great opportunity for us to celebrate Para-sport in the heart of the city and to embody today the promise of Paris 2024: to give the Paralympic Games and its athletes a prominent stage and to share with the world the values of sport for all."

Paris 2024 claim their bid offers "ideal conditions for all Paralympic athletes" with 90 per cent located within 30 minutes of their competition venue and a 100 per cent accessible Village.

A host city is due to be chosen at the International Olympic Committee Session in Lima on September 13.

Los Angeles is the only other city bidding.

It is possible, however, that one of the two cities could also be awarded the 2028 edition in the Peruvian capital.

On the opening day of action, Fouad Baka of Algeria cruised to an impressive victory in the 800 metres T13, winning in a time of 1min 51.72sec.

Germany's Johannes Floors proved too strong for the rest of the field in the men's 200m T43.

Floors, part of his country's 4x100m T43-47 squad which won a gold medal at Rio 2016, crossed the line in 21.13sec.

Elsewhere in the 200m, there was joy for the host nation.

Rio 2016 400m T13 gold medallist Nantenin Keita won the women's T13 category in 26.46 but was disappointed with her performance.

"‘I am not happy, because the time is not good," Keita, fifth over 100m at Rio 2016, said. 

"I have been injured and that delayed my preparations but it’s the year after the Paralympics and so things are slower.

"Moreover, I’m running the 100m and 200m this year and I’m not the best - I wanted to work on those two."

Mandy François-Elie added further gold for France as she won the 200m T37 in 28.26 and Pierre Fairbank was too fast in the men's T53, winning in 26.67.

Morocco’s Paralympic 400m T13 champion Mohamed Amguoun was the winner in the men’s 200m T13, taking gold in 22.09.

Ukraine’s four-time Paralympic gold medallist Roman Pavlyk dominated the T35/36 200m race, posting a time of 27.78.

Further home success came courtesy of European champion Louis Radius, who won the men’s 800m T37/38 in 2:07.18, and Julien Casoli, who came first over two laps in the T53/54 class for wheelchair racers in a time of 1:38.15.

Out in the field there was a win for Algeria’s F32 thrower and current world number one Karim Betina in the men’s shot put.

He threw 8.46 metres to claim the gold medal. 

Morocco’s F57 thrower Aicha Layli secured two wins today.

First in the discus, throwing 12.16m, then in the shot put with a best of 5.02m.

The Netherlands' Rio 2016 bronze medallist Marlene van Gansewinkel jumped 5.32m for victory in the long jump T44.

That effort puts her just one centimetre ahead of Great Britain's Stef Reid in the current world rankings.

Action is due to conclude tomorrow.