The track and field events last night regaled the hosts with five more medals as Tanya Blake and Nikolai Portelli landed silver while Giselle Camilleri, Ricky Baldacchino and Lara Gerada claimed bronze.
Chouhal stormed to an impressive victory in the long jump with a leap of 7.50m, his best this season. For the Moroccan-born sprinter, this was his first ever gold in the GSSE. Yesterday, he was first ahead of Cyprus duo Constantinos Proestos (6.99m) and Andreas Athanasiou (6.97m).
"After my poor race in the 100m I was desperate to get a medal," Chouhal said after the long jump was over.
"I had a fine start and when I saw that after the first two jumps I was over a half-a-metre better off than my rivals, I felt confident in my chances of winning gold. I was also comfortable enough to spare some energy for the 200m race," he added.
Chouhal can double his medal tally when he booked his place in tomorrow's 200m final after winning his semi-final in 21.98s. He will be joined in the same race by Mario Bonello who placed third in his heat with a time of 21.70s.
In the women's 200m race Sue Spiteri and Celine Pace both made it to the final after the former finished third in her heat with 25.74 while the latter placed fourth but still qualified when clocking 25.16s, a national junior record (previous best mark 25.31).
Blake ran to her second medal of the Games yesterday, finishing second in the 400m race. The 32-year-old completed the one-lap race behind Cypriot Androulla Sialou who set a Games record of 52.66s.
Blake's timing of 54.46 is a new national record improving the previous mark of 57.79 set by Sue Spiteri in 2001. Alissa Kalinikou of Cyprus took bronze.
There was also satisfaction for Charlene Attard who bettered her junior national record when she clocked 57.66.
Portelli was Malta's other silver medalist of the day. He was second behind Marios Mardas of Cyprus who clocked 47.51s. Portelli's time of 48.14 is a new 400m national record bettering the previous mark of 48.32 set by Chouhal. Evri Demosthenus took bronze ahead of Karl Farrugia.
Galea retires injured
Camilleri won a bronze medal in the 5,000m event after placing behind Icelandic pair Fri Thorderdottir and Marth Erntsdottir. Here, Carol Galea, gold medalist in the 10,000m on Tuesday, had to retire after only four laps with a foot injury.
Camilleri was elated that her chance to earn a place on the podium finally arrived.
"This is a realisation of a dream," she said. "After watching the 1993 Games here I took up track and field athletics with the intention of winning a medal one day.
"This result is fantastic and makes me even more eager to represent my country in future."
Baldacchino staged another impressive comeback yesterday when he took bronze in the 10,000m. He completed the distance in 31:02.88. The race was won by Toni Bernado of Andorra (30:57.33) ahead of Joan Ramon Moya. Charles Cilia crossed the finishing line fourth on 31:31.97.
The other medal of the day for Malta arrived from Lara Gerada who placed third in the triple jump with a leap of 11.90m. She finished behind gold medalist Maria Diikti of Cyprus who set a new Games record of 12.89m. Cyprus Thomaida Polidorou (12.22m) was second.
In the aggregates' event, the men's team is second just behind leaders Cyprus who have 58 points. Iceland is third on 47 points. The same order exists in the women's category with Cyprus amassing a total of 80 points so far. Malta has 57 and Iceland 42.
The athletics programme resumes tomorrow with Blake eyeing gold in the 1,500m while Chouhal and Bonello will challenge Cyprus' Marcoullides in the 200m.