The Ohio State senior captured his 2nd gold at the Yarygin by defeating Rasul Magomedov of Russia in the finals at 97 kg, 4-1, to top the medal stand once again in what is considered the toughest international wrestling tournament on earth.
Snyder opened the tournament defeating Turkmenistan's Sohbet Belliyev by technical fall, 10-0, in just 108 seconds. In the quarterfinals, Snyder topped Yunus Dede of Turkey, 6-2/
In the semis against highly regarded Vladislav Baitcaev of Russia, Snyder led 1-0 early until he was penalized, evening the score at one. Snyder finally got an ankle take down on Baitcae with just under 40 seconds remaining and finished with four points
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