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WATCH: 10 Greco-Roman finals from Zagreb Open

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)

Olympic champion Macha passes away

Wednesday, May 31, 2023 - 09:40 By United World Wrestling Press

CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (May 31) -- Olympic champion and United World Wrestling Hall of Fame member Vitezslav MACHA (CZE) passed away on May 29 aged 75.

Macha, born in 1948, was the only Olympic champion from the country as he won the gold medal in Greco-Roman 74kg weight class at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. He had defeated Petros GALAKTOPOULOS (GRE) in the final bout. At the next Olympics in 1976, Macha won a silver medal at the Montreal Games to become a two-time Olympic medalist.

In World Championships, Macha stood on the top of the podium twice -- 1974 in Poland and 1977 in Sweden. His European Championships record includes a gold medal at the 1977 edition and four other medals -- two silver and two bronze.

Macha last competed at the 1980 Olympic Games, finishing sixth, before moving into coaching and even holding the post of President of the Czech Wrestling Federation.

UWW expresses its deepest condolences to the Macha family.