They had previously secured 16 golds, meaning their new total at Sofia's Asics Arena rose to 27.

Ivan Ermakov collected his country's first, triumphing in the junior male A-48 fly event.

He defeated Bulgaria's Lyubomir Bogdanov in the final.

Denis Isvaev won the junior male A-51 bantam, beating Serbia's Novak Stanic.

Russia's third gold medal came through Artem Mytarev in the junior male A-59 light final against Spain's Hugo Arillo Vazquez.

Maxim Emelkin was victorious in the junior male A-68 middle against Bulgaria's Teodor Zdravkov, before Denis Lantratov took Russia's fifth gold medal of the day.

He defeated compatriot Egor Liakh in the final of the junior male A-73 heavy.

In the women's competition, Mariia Zvereva began the gold rush for Russia with victory in the juniors A-42 fin.

Olga Dolgova beat compatriot Amina Cherchesova in the final of the juniors female A-46 bantam event, while Valeriia Kolosova secured gold in the juniors female A-55 welter against Spain's Cheyenne Brito Rico.

Liliia Khuzina got Russia's ninth against countrywoman Uliana Kradinova in the juniors female A-63.

Elizaveta Stepanova won against Spain's Carlota Zanoni Piaget in the junior's female A-68 heavier final, while Linara Muslimova concluded a successful day for Russia with gold in the juniors female A+68 heaviest against Serbia's Olivera Radujkov. 

The full results from today can be found here. 

The action will continue tomorrow in Sofia with the seniors competition.