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Grand Prix Zagreb Open Ten GR Finals Set

Sunday, January 30, 2022 - 05:34 By United World Wrestling Press

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ZAGREB, Croatia (January 30) -- The finals pair at the two-day Grand Prix Zagreb Open are set. The all-Greco-Roman tournament held the qualification and repechage rounds Saturday in all 10 weight categories.

Turkey and Ukraine dominated the day with six and five finalists respectively. Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Parviz NASIBOV (UKR) managed to reach the final with ease at 72kg and he will face Abdullah TOPRAK (TUR) Sunday. 

The final will begin at 1800 hours local time and can be watched at uww.org.

Zagreb Open Finals

55kg
Koriun SAHRADIAN (UKR) vs Denis MIHAI (ROU)

60kg
Viktor PETRYK (UKR) vs Vitalie ERIOMENCO (MDA)

63kg
Mustafa YILDIRIM (TUR) vs Ahmet UYAR (TUR)

67kg
Morten THORESEN (NOR) vs Murat FIRAT (TUR)

72kg
Parviz NASIBOV (UKR) vs Abdullah TOPRAK (TUR)

77kg
Volodymyr YAKOVLIEV (UKR) vs Albin OLOFSSON (SWE)

82kg
Yaroslav FILCHAKOV (UKR)  vs Filip SACIC (CRO)

87kg
Radzik KULIYEU (BLR) vs Turpal BISULTANOV (DEN)

97kg
Felix BALDAUF (NOR) vs Mikalai STADUB (BLR)

130kg
Fatih BOZKURT (TUR) vs Osman YILDIRIM (TUR)

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Lalovic presents UWW Order of Merit to Croatian Prime Minister

Thursday, April 20, 2023 - 21:54 By United World Wrestling Press

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ZAGREB, Croatia (April 20) -- United World Wrestling (UWW) President Nenad LALOVIC presented the UWW Order of Merit to Andrej Plenkovic, Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia, on Thursday.

The ceremony was held in Zagreb, Croatia, and Vladimir Bregovic, Croatian Wrestling Federation President, was also present for the same.

The Order of Merit was presented in recognition of the successful organization of the European Championships, which is being held in Zagreb, Croatia. The tournament runs from April 17 to 24 in the Croatian capital.

"I am very pleased to present the UWW Order of Merit to Prime Minister Plenkovic and to witness the success of the 2023 European Championships organization," Lalovic said. 

Lalovic also praised the efforts of the Local Organizing Committee, Croatian Wrestling Federation and the Croatian government in ensuring the event is well-organized and a success.

In addition, they discussed the possibility of hosting other high-level wrestling competitions in Croatia in the future. Lalovic expressed his confidence in Croatia's ability to host world-class events and praised the country's rich sporting culture and tradition.