Malone convincingly won the men's 400 metres T44 and set a Paralympic record of 46.20 seconds.
Malone - known as New Zealand's blade-runner - showed his true power moving through the race and was just too strong to cross the line just ahead of David Behre of Germany and Hunter Woodhall of the USA.
This gold medal today takes Malone's medal haul to two gold and one silver at his first ever Paralympic Games.
The 22-year-old student also won gold in the Men's 200m T44 and silver in the Men's 100m T44.
