The Slovakian, who won two gold medals at Rio 2016 in September, clinched victory in the R3 mixed 10 metre air rifle prone SH1 competition.

She eased through qualification and then won the final with a score of 254.8.

A new format for finals - where two five shot series are contested instead of a three shot series - is debuting this season.

As a result Vadovicova's total was a new world record as the total number of shots has been raised to 24.

Germany's Rio 2016 silver medallist Natascha Hiltrop was second with 252.2, with France's Cederic Fevre third with 229.3.

Fevre earned the Paralympic gold medal at London 2012 and won the team competition today with compatriots Christophe Tanche and Didier Richard thanks to their combined tally of 1,891.2.

Hosts UAE clinched team silver as Saif Alnuaimi, Abdullah Sultan Alaryani and Abdullah Saif Alaryani totalled 1,878.3.

Thailand’s Jiradet Rodtapao, Atidet Intanon and Chutima Saenlar scored 1,876.0 to win bronze.

In the P3 mixed 25m pistol SH1, Ukraine's Oleksii Denysiuk won with a world record score of 25 points.

The Rio 2016 bronze medallist beat Hungary's Gyula Gurisatti who came second on 20.

Sweden's world champion and Rio 2016 silver medallist, Joackim Norberg, was third on 15.

Competition continues tomorrow with the R1 men's 10m air pistol SH1, R8 women's 50m rifle three positions, R9 mixed 50m rifle prone SH2 and P1 men’s 10m air pistol SH1.