Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 00:44 By United World Wrestling Press
Hall of Fame wrestling referee Iván KRUJ has passed away at the age of 87.
Kruj, a native of Hungary, served as a wrestling official at nine Olympics from 1972 to 2004. He concluded his 35-year refereeing career at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. He also served as a national freestyle coach.
In 2009, Kruj was inducted into the International Wrestling Hall of Fame.
Tuesday, May 9, 2023 - 17:19 By Vinay Siwach
ASTANA, Kazakhstan (May 9) -- Kazakhstan gave its best-ever performance at the Asian Championships in freestyle, winning the team title with ease. It won four gold medals out of 10. Six other nations -- Japan, Iran, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, India and Bahrain -- won a gold medal each at the competition.
Watch the 10 gold medal bouts from the Asian Championships.
GOLD: 57kg - AMAN (IND) vs. Almaz SMANBEKOV (KGZ)
GOLD: 61kg - LIU Minghu (CHN) vs. Taiyrbek ZHUMASHBEK UULU (KGZ)
GOLD: 65kg - Rahman AMOUZAD (IRI) vs. Tulga TUMUR OCHIR (MGL)
GOLD: 70kg - Sanzhar DOSZHANOV (KAZ) vs. Zafarbek OTAKHONOV (UZB)
GOLD: 74kg - Kirin KINOSHITA (JPN) vs. Darkhan YESSENGALI (KAZ)
GOLD: 79kg - Bekzod ABDURAKHMONOV (UZB) vs. Bolat SAKAYEV (KAZ)
GOLD: 86kg - Azamat DAULETBEKOV (KAZ) vs. Alireza KARIMI (IRI)
GOLD: 92kg - Arash YOSHIDA (JPN) vs. Rizabek AITMUKHAN (KAZ)
GOLD: 97kg - Awusayiman HABILA (CHN) vs. Akhmed TAZHUDINOV (BRN)
GOLD: 125kg - Lkhagvagerel MUNKHTUR (MGL) vs. BATIRMURZAEV Yusup (KAZ)
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