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.
Sunday, June 11, 2023 - 10:30 By Vinay Siwach
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (June 11) -- Women's wrestling at the Ranking Series in Bishkek was expected to be dominated by China, a powerhouse. However, Ukraine had different ideas.
Ukraine showed by in big numbers and outperformed other nations in the third Ranking Series event, winning three gold medals. China and Kazakhstan won two each while India and Kyrgyzstan won one each.
Watch the 10 gold medal bouts from the third Ranking Series event.
GOLD: 50kg - Meng FAN (CHN) vs. Oksana LIVACH (UKR)
GOLD: 53kg - Khulan BATKHUYAG (MGL) vs. Otgonjargal GANBAATAR (MGL)
GOLD: 55kg - Marina SEDNEVA (KAZ) vs. Karla GODINEZ (CAN)
GOLD: 57kg - Alina HRUSHYNA (UKR) vs. Kexin HONG (CHN)
GOLD: 59kg - Yuliia TKACH (UKR) vs. Solomiia VYNNYK (UKR)
GOLD: 62kg - Ilona PROKOPEVNIUK (UKR) vs. Orkhon PUREVDORJ (MGL)
Round 4: 65kg - MANISHA (IND) vs. Purevsuren ULZIISAIKHAN (MGL)
GOLD: 68kg - Feng ZHOU (CHN) vs. Delgermaa ENKHSAIKHAN (MGL)
Round 3: 72kg - Zhamila BAKBERGENOVA (KAZ) vs. REETIKA (IND)
GOLD: 76kg - Aiperi MEDET KYZY (KGZ) vs. Yuanyuan HUANG (CHN)
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