Kyle Snyder (Good Counsel) to compete in U.S. World Team wrestling

[DCSportsFan.com]

2016 Olympic champion and three-time World champion Kyle Snyder (State College, Pa./Titan Mercury WC/Nittany Lion WC) has officially accepted his berth in Final X. He will battle for the 97 kg spot on the 2023 U.S. World Team in men’s freestyle wrestling in Final X, presented by Tezos, on Saturday, June 10 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Final X will determine the 2023 U.S. Senior World Teams in all three Olympic disciplines: men’s and women’s freestyle and Greco-Roman. There will be 30 weight classes contested, 10 in each Olympic discipline. The top two U.S. athletes in each weight class will compete in a best-of-three series in Final X to determine who will wrestle at the 2023 Senior World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.

Snyder has won a World or Olympic medal for Team USA in eight straight years, going back to 2015. Snyder was the youngest U.S. World wrestling champion when he won the 2015 World title in Las Vegas, Nev., then became the youngest U.S. Olympic wrestling champion when he won the 2016 Olympic gold medal in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. He added additional World titles in 2017 in Paris, France and in 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia.

Read more here: https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2023/April/11/Kyle-Snyder-Final-X-Declaration

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