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.
Friday, February 10, 2023 - 11:27 By Vinay Siwach
ZAGREB, Croatia (February 10) -- The Greco-Roman competition at the Zagreb Open was dominated by Iran but it saw Oscar PINO (CUB) win the gold at 130kg, Tamas LEVAI (HUN) reach the final at 97kg and Mohammadali GERAEI (IRI) rolling back the years to win the 77kg gold among other things. The 10 finals of the Zagreb Open provided action and excitement.
Watch all the 10 Greco-Roman gold medal bouts here.
55kg: GOLD - Poya Soulat DAD MARZ (IRI) vs. Ikhtiyor BOTIROV (UZB)
60kg: GOLD - Mehdi MOHSEN NEJAD (IRI) vs. Nihat MAMMADLI (AZE)
63kg: GOLD - Aref Hossein Khoun MOHAMMADI (IRI) vs. Taleh MAMMADOV (AZE)
67kg: GOLD - HUSIYUETU (CHN) vs. Reza Mahdi ABBASI (IRI)
72kg: GOLD - Sajjad IMENTALABFOUMANI (IRI) vs. Selcuk CAN (TUR)
77kg: GOLD - Alexandrin GUTU (MDA) vs. Mohammadali GERAEI (IRI)
82kg: GOLD - Filip SACIC (CRO) vs. Alireza MOHMADIPIANI (IRI)
87kg: GOLD - Istvan TAKACS (HUN) vs. Naser ALIZADEH (IRI)
97kg: GOLD - Tamas LEVAI (HUN) vs. Kiril MILOV (BUL)
130kg: GOLD - Oscar PINO HINDS (CUB) vs. Oskar MARVIK (NOR)
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