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, May 11, 2023 - 12:22 By Vinay Siwach
ZAGREB, Croatia (May 11) -- The European Championships in Zagreb gave wrestling fans epic bouts from day one. The continent's freestyle stars fought for the top honors and it was a neck-to-beck battle for supremacy.
Azerbaijan, Turkiye and Armenia won two gold medals each in the competition and Ukraine, Greece, Georgia, and Slovakia took home a gold medal each.
Relive the action from the 10 gold medal bouts of the freestyle competition at the European Championships
GOLD: 57kg - Aliabbas RZAZADE (AZE) vs. Suleyman ATLI (TUR)
GOLD: 61kg - Arsen HARUTYUNYAN (ARM) vs. Zelimkhan ABAKAROV (ALB)
GOLD: 65kg - Vazgen TEVANYAN (ARM) vs. Mikyay NAIM (BUL)
GOLD: 65kg - Haji ALIYEV (AZE) vs. Ramazan RAMAZANOV (BUL)
GOLD: 74kg - Taimuraz SALKAZANOV (SVK) vs. Frank CHAMIZO (ITA)
GOLD: 79kg - Vasyl MYKHAILOV (UKR) vs. Georgios KOUGIOUMTSIDIS (GRE)
GOLD: 86kg - Dauren KURUGLIEV (GRE) vs. Myles AMINE (SMR)
GOLD: 92kg - Feyzullah AKTURK (TUR) vs. Osman NURMAGOMEDOV (AZE)
GOLD: 97kg - Givi MATCHARASHVILI (GEO) df. Magomedkhan MAGOMEDOV (AZE)
GOLD: 125kg - Taha AKGUL (TUR) vs. Geno PETRIASHVILI (GEO)
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