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, September 29, 2022 - 10:13 By Vinay Siwach
BELGRADE, Serbia (September 29) -- The World Championships in Belgrade concluded with freestyle action. The USA lived up to the expectation of winning the team title, outscoring Iran to claim the trophy. Japan finished third with two gold medals. The USA won four gold, Iran won two while Albania and Turkey shared one each.
Watch all the 10 freestyle gold medal bouts from the World Championships.
GOLD: 57kg - Thomas GILMAN (USA) vs. Zelimkhan ABAKAROV (ALB)
GOLD: 61kg - Rei HIGUCHI (JPN) vs. Reza ATRI (IRI)
GOLD: 65kg - Rahman AMOUZAD (IRI) vs. John DIAKOMIHALIS (USA)
GOLD: 70kg - Taishi NARIKUNI (JPN) vs. Zain RETHERFORD (USA)
GOLD: 70kg - Kyle DAKE (USA) vs. Tajmuraz SALKAZANOV (SVK)
GOLD: 79kg - Jordan BURROUGHS (USA) vs. Mohammad NOKHODI (IRI)
GOLD: 86kg - Hassan YAZDANI (IRI) vs. David TAYLOR (USA)
GOLD: 92kg - Kamran GHASEMPOUR (IRI) vs. Jden COX (USA)
GOLD: 97kg - Kyle SNYDER (USA) vs. Batyrbek TSAKULOV (SVK)
GOLD: 125kg - Lkhagvagerel MUNKHTUR (MGL) vs. Taha AKGUL (TUR)
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