Snyder wins third World gold, Diakomihalis claims silver, Gross gets fifth as USA takes fourth men's freestyle World Team title
SOURCE: www.teamusa.org
September 18, 2022

 


BELGRADE, Serbia - 2016 Olympic champion Kyle Snyder captured his third career World Championships gold medal, with a victory in the finals at 97 kg.in the last match of the 2022 World Championships in Stark Arena on Sunday night.

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Yianni Diakomihalis came home with a silver medal at 65 kg after dropping a wide-open gold-medal match to 2022 Asian champion Rahman Amouzadkhalili of Iran, 13-8.

The first period was very active, and included an exchange in which 14 points were scored. The action started with the match scoreless, and after Diakomihalis got a takedown and a scramble ensued, the score was 4-2. The USA challenged, and upon review, officials added additional points and the score was 8-6 in favor of Diakomihalis. Amouzadkhalili got a takedown to tie it at 8-8 at the break. In the second period, Amouzadkhalili scored a step out and two takedowns for the final margin of victory.

This was Diakomihalis' second straight Senior World appearance. Diakomihalis is a native of Rochester, N.Y., and has won three NCAA titles for Cornell.

Diakomihalis won the first U.S. medal at his weight class in men?s freestyle wrestling since Bill Zadick won the gold medal in 2006.


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