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.
Thursday, February 9, 2023 - 10:27 By Vinay Siwach
ZAGREB, Croatia (February 9) -- The Zagreb Open marked the start of the 2023 season and some of the biggest names in women's wrestling took the mat. Japan returned to the ranking series after a gap of four years. China, the USA, Azerbaijan and other strong nations too sent their teams to the competition.
Here are the 10 women's wrestling finals from the Zagreb Open
50kg: GOLD - Jiang ZHU (CHN) vs. Yui SUSAKI (JPN)
53kg: GOLD - Akari FUJINAMI (JPN) vs. Bolortuya BAT OCHIR (MGL)
Round 5: Moe KIYOOKA (JPN) vs. Mariana DRAGUTAN (MDA)
57kg: GOLD - Yongxin FENG (CHN) vs. Sae NANJO (JPN)
59kg: Round 2 • Yui SAKANO (JPN) vs. Anastasia NICHITA (MDA)
GOLD: 62kg - Grace BULLEN (NOR) vs. Sakura MOTOKI (JPN)
65kg: GOLD - Mallory VELTE (USA) vs. Mahiro YOSHITAKE (JPN)
72kg: GOLD - Skylar GROTE (USA) vs. Dalma CANEVA (ITA)
76kg: GOLD - Aiperi MEDET KYZY (KGZ) vs. Yelena MAKOYED (USA)
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