Hanna Lee of South Korea beat Britain’s Neve McPhillie to bag the women's under-59kg gold ©World Taekwondo

The fifth day of the Sofia 2022 World Taekwondo Junior Championships saw South Korea and Iran add to their gold medal tallies.

In the men’s under-73 kilograms, Reza Kalhor of Iran started strongly by winning the first round 9-3 against Munir Furkan Dogru before following up with dominating 11-1 win in the second round and gold.

In the men’s under-78kg, Mohamed Mendy from France went down to South Korea’s Inhyuk Lee 2-0.

Lee took the first round 11-8.

The second round was a high-scoring affair with the South Korean once again winning 23-15 to claim gold.

South Korea’s second gold of the day came in the women’s under-59kg category.

Sarah Chaari of Belgium won the women's under-63kg title in Sofia ©World Taekwondo
Sarah Chaari of Belgium won the women's under-63kg title in Sofia ©World Taekwondo 

Hanna Lee was up against Britain’s Neve McPhillie with the former coming out on top 12-0, 9-5 to claim the title.

Saghar Moradi Sheikhlar was the other Iranian in action, fighting in the women’s under-63kg category.

Sheikhlar was pitted against Sarah Chaari of Belgium with the Iranian taking the opening round 15-8.

Chaari came back in the second round to make the fight interesting and won 9-8.

The Belgian was pumped and full of confidence after that and wrapped the third round  and the medal with a 10-6 victory.

Turkey, Britain, France and Iran won silvers with Morocco, Croatia, Uzbekistan, Egypt, Chinese Taipei, Greece, Serbia and Ukraine claiming bronze medals.