Iran, thanks to Mahdi Mohammad Emadi and Ali Eshkevarian, extended their gold medal tally to six, while Serbia claimed their first two through Serdja Stevic and Nadica Božanić  at La Salle Couverte in Hammamet. 

Stevic secured the first victory of the day in the women’s under-59 kilograms class against South Korea’s Ju-A Park, winning a hugely competitive final with a combination of impressive kicks to the head and trunk in the final minute to earn a 32-23 result.

The bronze medals were won by Liliia Khuzina of Russia and Anamarija Georgievska of Macedonia.

Božanić won the other women’s event of the day as she came from behind to defeat Nika Klepac of Croatia in the women’s under-63kg category.

Klepac took a 6-0 lead and extended it to 8-2, but Božanić closed to 7-8 by the last round, whereupon she immediately levelled the score by forcing Klepac into conceding a gam-jeon.

The fight was tied until the last 30 seconds where Božanić landed a powerful front kick to the head. 

Božanić then put the fight out of reach with another kick and punch to the trunk.

The bronze medals were claimed by Jang Yu-Jin of South Korea and Celine Schmidt of Germany.

The men’s under-68kg final saw Emadi overcome CJ Nickolas of the United States in impressive fashion as he earned an 18-10 victory.

Dusan Bozanic of Serbia and Ivan Paulouski of Belarus claimed the bronze medals on offer.

The final gold of the day in the men’s under-73kg went again to Iran as Eshkevarian beat Poland’s Adrian Wojtkowiak 26-6.

Badr Achab of Belgium and Vladyslav Yerko of Ukraine won the bronze medals.