Adam Maligov and Diana Mstieva were both victorious at the Arena Gripe in the Croatian city of Split.

Maligov was one of eight Russian weightlifters banned from competing by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

This decision, made by the IWF Executive Board, followed analysis of the McLaren Report, as well as the advice of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and re-analysis of Beijing 2008 and London 2012 samples.

He put the disappointment of failing to compete in the Brazilian city behind him by taking gold with an overall score of 388 kilograms in the 94kg event today.

Dmytro Chumak of Ukraine, who won bronze at the 2015 World Championships in Houston in the United States, finished in second place.

He also scored 388kg but was forced into silver medal position because of Maliov's lighter bodyweight.

Aurimas Didzbalis of Lithuania rounded out the top three with his combined score of 386kg.

In the women's 90kg competition, Mstieva narrowly won the the gold medal with her overall score of 241kg.

Mstieva lifted 109kg in the snatch section and 132kg in the clean and jerk.

Valentyna Kisil of Ukraine missed out on the gold by the narrowest of the margins, finishing 1kg behind her Russian opponent.

Kisil finished on 240kg while Tatev Hakobyan of Armenia completed the top three with her total of 230kg.

Action is due to conclude tomorrow with the men's 105kg and over-105kg events as well as the women's over-90kg.