The 39-year-old F54 thrower, who carried Tunisia's flag at the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, secured victory with her fifth-round effort of 6.91 metres at the Rades Athletics Stadium.

Compatriot Raja Jebali topped a stellar field in the women’s discus F40/41 as the host nation claimed all three podium places.

The F40 thrower managed a best of 22.96m, just 38 centimetres shy of the world record, to finish ahead of discus F41 Paralympic champion Raoua Tlili.

Tlili took silver with 31.93m, while third place went to Rio 2016 bronze medallist Fathia Amaimia with 25.94m.

Tunisia’s Yousra Ben Jamaa prevailed in the javelin F34.

Her throw of 14.79m matched that of Moroccan Saida Amoudi, but her next best effort was better than that of her rival.

Mariem Soudani of Tunisia won the women’s discus F12/36/44 with the F44 thrower managing a best of 29.38m with her opening effort of the day.

There was also a win for reigning world champion Dimitra Korokida of Greece in the shot put F52/53 with both her fifth and sixth throws measuring 4.24m.

The United Arab Emirates’ Siham Alrasheedy won the women’s discus F52/57 with 24.39m in the penultimate round, while Moroccan Saida Amoudi won the F32/34 event with 17.57m.

In the men’s field events, Greek Paralympic champion Manolis Stefanoudakis was the clear winner in the javelin F54 with 29.08m, while Tunisia’s Ahmed Ben Moslah threw 37.13m to take the win in the F11/37/38 event.

Just three centimetres separated the top two in the men’s shot put F55 with Morocco’s Abdelhak Salibi managing a second-round effort of 9.68m to secure victory ahead of Algeria’s Mourad Bachir. 

Tunisian shot putters Smaali Bouaabid and Mohamed Amara won their respective events with the former, a Paralympic bronze medallist, finishing first in the F40 throw with 8.65m and the latter taking the win in the F41 equivalent with 10.44m.

The shot put F57 was won by Libya’s Rajab Mahmoud thanks to his best effort of 10.58m.

He also took the win in the discus F55/57 after an opening-round effort of 46.06m, while his team-mate Ashteebah Waleed won the shot put F42/44/46 with 11.75m.

Tunisia’s Faouzi Rzig won the men’s javelin F33/34 with 32.55m and was followed in the standings by Saudi Arabia’s in-form F33 thrower Hani Alnakhli with 18.78m.

The home nation took the two top spots in the men’s club throw F32 with Wassim Mtarrab managing a final-round effort of 32.02m to seal the win ahead of early leader Abdennacer Feidi by 0.59m.

The long jump T11/37/38/45 went to form as former Paralympic champion Mohamed Chida of Tunisia took the win after his first-round leap of 6.01m.

Out on the track, Tunisia’s T54 racer Fethi Zouinkhi was first in the men’s 100m T34/54 in 14.64sec and Algeria’s Medjahed Bouhafs won the 100m T52/53 in 24.85.

Ivory Coast’s Addoh Kimou won the T46/47 event in 12.18.

Algeria’s T12 sprinter Djamil Nasser took the tape in the 200m T12/13/20 in 22.94, while there was a win for Saudia Arabia in the men’s 200m T35/36/37 courtesy of T37 sprinter Ali Alnakhli in 25.39.

The women’s 200m T36/37/38 was a race-off between two Tunisian sprinters, but it was three-time world silver medallist Sonia Mansour who came out on top in 29.53.

Team-mate Neda Bahi, the bronze medallist over 400m at Rio 2016, came second in 30.36.

In the day’s middle-distance races, Morocco’s Hafid Aharak got the better of home favourite and former Paralympic champion Mohamed Charmi to win the 1,500m T37 in 4:24.07.

The 1,500m T34/54 saw Tunisia claim the top two positions as T54 racer Yassine Gharbi finished just ahead of T34 Para-athlete and multiple world champion Walid Ktila with a time of 3:25.33.

Tunisian Bechir Agoubi took the win in the 1,500m T13/38/46 in 4.07.68.

Action in Tunis is due to conclude tomorrow.