The 30-year-old achieved a distance of 36.88 metres in the women’s F11 discus on the fourth day of the Championships taking place at the Police Officer’s Club Stadium.

Zhang’s second round effort proved enough to take the gold ahead of Chinese Taipei’s Liu Ya-Ting, who threw 33.44m.

Her achievement was replicated by Dongquan An in the men’s F37/38 javelin event, as he produced a best throw of 44.88m.

Pakistan’s Muhammad Awais claimed the silver medal with a distance of 42.81m and India’s Arvind finished third with 30.51m.

China’s medal tally continued to increase on the track as Juntingxian Jia won the T11 100 metres ahead of compatriot Yan Chen, crossing the line in 12.54sec.

Daqing Zhu then marked her return the track after giving birth, winning the T12 100m in 12.48, with Papua New Guinea’s Joyleen Jeffrey second in 15.22.

“I’ve just returned to training after giving birth and I’m not physically fit at the moment,” said Zhu.

“My guide runner and I only started training two months ago.

“I plan to get fitter with training after these Championships and I hope to have a breakthrough in my performance.”

Iran remain top of the overall medals table, with Ahmad Ojaghlou securing his second gold of the meeting, clocking 11.09 in the men’s T47 100m.

His time was just 0.04 outside off the current Asian record and it saw him comfortably beat China’s Haican He and Indonesia’s Setiyo Budihartanto, who finished in 11.36 and 11.58 respectively.

Arash Khosravi secured Iran’s second title of the day by winning the men’s T11 100m in 11.96, edging out Indonesia’s Abdul Halim Dalimunte, who finished in 12.05.

Thailand’s Kitsana Jorchuy completed the podium, crossing the line in 12.16.

Iran have now won a total of 25 medals, 13 of them gold.