Snyder Becomes World Champion in Astana
US wrestler Kyle Snyder won gold at the 2026 World Senior Wrestling Championships in Astana by defeating Japan's Arash Yoshida in the 97 kg final. With this victory, Snyder claimed his fifth senior world title.
The 97 kg final of the men's freestyle competition at the 2026 World Senior Wrestling Championships, held in Kazakhstan's capital Astana, was contested between US wrestler Kyle Snyder and Japan's Arash Yoshida. Snyder won the final bout, becoming world champion and earning the gold medal.
Yoshida had defeated Olympic champions Abdulrashid Sadulaev (Russia) and Akhmed Tazhudinov (Bahrain), but settled for the silver medal.
With this result, Snyder won his fifth senior world title. He won his first world title in Las Vegas in 2015, and also took gold in Paris in 2017, Belgrade in 2022 and Zagreb in 2025.
The 30-year-old wrestler is also an Olympic champion. He won gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics and silver at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Snyder finished fifth at the 2024 Paris Olympics. He won silver at the 2018 and 2021 world championships and bronze at the 2019 and 2023 editions.
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