Turkey earned double gold on the first day of women's freestyle competition ©Facebook/UWW

Turkish wrestlers secured double gold on the first day of women’s freestyle competition at the United World Wrestling (UWW) Under-23 European Championships at the Bulstrad Arena in Ruse.

Having claimed a bronze medal at the 2015 edition of the Championships, Buse Tosun was aiming to better the achievement in the 69 kilogram event.

She earned a victory by fall in her semi-final bout with Russia’s Tatiana Morozova to ensure herself of a minimum of a silver medal.

The final proved to be a far trickier affair against Austria’s Martina Kuenz, who had beaten Azerbaijan’s Elis Manolova 6-0 in her semi-final, but ultimately the Turkish athlete claimed the gold medal with an 8-5 victory.

Morozova recovered from her semi-final loss to earn a victory by fall over Belarus’ Yauheniya Andreichykava to claim the first bronze medal before Manolova beat the Bulgarian home favourite Viktoria Bobeva 4-1.

The second Turkish success of the day came in the lightweight 48kg division, where Evin Demirhan was awarded a victory by fall over Norway’s Silje Knutsen Kippernes by officials.

Ukraine’s Ilona Semkiv triumphed in the same manner against Azerbaijan’s Hanna Pavliv to claim the bronze medal alongside Russia’s Milana Dadasheva, who defeated Belarus’ Viyaleta Chyryk 4-2.

Semkiv’s team-mate Olena Kremzer claimed the gold medal in the 55kg event after dominating her bout with Russia’s Alexandra Andreeva.

The Ukrainian was eventually awarded a victory by technical fall, with Azerbaijan’s Almaz Ismayilova replicating the feat in her bronze medal bout against Estonia’s Anastassia Krasnova.

Turkey’s Bediha Gun beat Hungary’s Ramona Galambos 6-4 to secure the final spot on the podium.

Ukraine were denied a second gold medal after Anhelina Lysak was beaten 5-1 by Azerbaijan’s Tetiana Omelchenko in the 60kg final.

The host country ended the day empty handed after Dzhanan Manolova lost her bronze medal bout to Poland’s Katarzyna Madrowska.

Their contest was awarded to the Pole due to scoring with technique of higher value after the tie ended 4-4.

Sweden’s Therese Persson claimed the final bronze medal, beating Belarus’ Veranika Ivanova 5-3.

Competition is due to continue tomorrow with the final four women’s freestyle divisions being contested.