Heims threw 34.18m in the F64 category, enough to lift her above European gold winner Niamh McCarthy.

There was quality on display all around in the throwing events, as the US's three-times world F64 discus champion Jeremy Campbell took gold with a huge 61.48m.

There was disappointment for world silver medallist Tom Habscheid who was fourth in the men's F42-46/61-64 discus, but the Luxembourger will get another medal chance when he competes in the shot put later this weekend.

Belarus’ European champion Aliaksandr Tryputs also won gold, in the javelin F54 with a throw of 29.04m.

In the 400m T11, Paralympic and world champion David Brown of the US beat France's Gauthier Makunda in a tight race – 54.34 seconds to 54.42.

In the T38 1,500m, veteran Frenchman and twice world silver medallist Louis Radius crushed the field, his 4:22.23 enough to beat Denmark's Anders Lagergren and David Leavy of Ireland by more than seven seconds.

Double Paralympic champion Elena Pautova of Russia confirmed her dominance in 1,500m T12 with an easy win over Sevda Kilinc Cirakoglu of Turkey.

There was drama in the long jump, meanwhile, as former world champion Evgenii Torsunov was beaten in the T36 category by compatriot Sergei Biriukov, who leapt 5.85m – winning by a mere 0.02m.

Action continues at 9am local time tomorrow.