World champion Farokhi and defending champion Hedayati, who celebrated his birthday as well on Tuesday, won gold medals in dominant fashion at 87kg and 130kg respectively.

Farokhi, a gold medalist at 82kg in Zagreb, moved up to 87kg for Novi Sad but had no troubles in switching weights. As he did in Zagreb, Farokhi brought his best game in par terre and rolled to his second gold in one month after a 9-0 victory in the final against Ivan Chmyr of Ukraine, his fifth technical superiority victory.

After being put on top in par terre, Farokhi launched a trap-arm gut and turned Chmyr four times for the win. Ukraine threw one of those ever increasing challenges for no reason but lost it to add one more point to Farokhi's score.

Payton Jacobson of the US and Achiko Bolkvadze of Georgia claimed two bronze medals.

Hedayati, who has not lost an international bout since his 2022 U-20 World Championships finals loss, showed why he will dominate the 130kg weight class for years to come.

In the final, Hedayati defeated Razmik Kurdyan (ARM) 8-0 to claim his second straight U23 world title.

László Darabos of Hungary and Aleksandr Melekhov (UWW) won two bronze medals.