Khramtcov overcame Uzbekistan's Nikita Rafalovich in the men's 74 kilograms final and Stankovic beat Thailand's Panipak Wongpattanakit to the women's 49kg crown to become her country's first-ever world champion in the sport.

The results put the two nations joint second in the medal standings behind hosts South Korea, who secured the two golds on offer yesterday.

Khramtcov was given a bye through to the final following the withdrawal of Iran's defending champion Masoud Hajizavareh due to an injury incurred yesterday.

Hajizavareh won his quarter-final after opponent Seif Eissa of Egypt was disqualified for an illegal kick to the neck.

There were serious doubts about whether he would be able to compete today having left the mat on a stretcher and it was confirmed by the announcer that he had pulled out.

The final between Khramtcov and Rafalovich was a topsy-turvy encounter with the latter having twice led, at 1-0 and 3-2, before ultimately losing 6-3.

A third-period body kick put Khramtcov 4-3 to the good and the win was sealed when he landed another two-point shot late on. 

Defeat condemned Rafalovich to a second successive silver medal in the Championships having finished runner-up to Hajizavareh at Chelyabinsk in Russia two years ago.

He had earlier registered a 10-8 semi-final win over Kazakhstan’s Kairat Sarymsakov, who joined Hajizavareh - wearing a neck brace - on the third step of the podium.

Stankovic led the women’s 49kg final from the start, taking a 3-1 lead into the first interval.

Wongpattanakit halved the deficit in the second period and, although Stankovic regained her two-point advantage in the third, it did appear briefly as though her Thai opponent had moved into a 5-4 lead with a head kick, only for it to ruled out for holding.

Having been awarded a penalty point to make the score 5-2 in her favour, Stankovic never looked back and sealed a 10-5 victory.

Stankovic had earlier earned her place in the final with a 12-6 win over Croatia’s Kristina Tomic.

Tomic was one of the two bronze medallists, along with China’s Wenren Yuntao, who lost 10-7 to Wongpattanakit in the other semi-final.

Wongpattanakit’s silver medal is an improvement on the Olympic medal bronze she won Rio 2016 but a downgrade on the 46kg gold she won at the 2015 World Championships.

Prior to completion of the men's 74kg and women's 49kg events, there was also preliminary-rounds action held today in the men's 68kg and women's 67kg categories.

The line-up for the men's 68kg semi-finals sees Rio 2016 gold medallist Ahmad Abughaush of Jordan face Chinese Taipei's Huang Yu-Jen and Olympic bronze medallist Lee Dae-Hoon of South Korea meet Bulgaria's Vladimir Dalakliev.

In the penultimate round of the women's 67kg, 2015 world silver medallist Nur Tatar of Turkey will go up against South Korea's Kim Jan-Di before the clash between the United States' Paige McPherson, a bronze medallist from two years ago, and China's Zhang Mengyu.

The finals in both categories are due to follow tomorrow’s semi-finals.

Additionally, the preliminary rounds of the men's 58kg, women's 53kg and women's over 73kg divisions are also scheduled.

To re-live today's action, check out our Live Blog here.