Snyder, the top-ranked wrestler in the World at 97 kilograms, navigated three matches on the day, all of which were decided by 10-0 scores. He downed Felipe Cesar Camilo De Oliveira of Brazil and Nishan Preet Singh Randhawa of Canada in the preliminary rounds before defeating two-time South American silver medalist Luis Miguel Perez Sosa of Dominican Republic in the finals.
"It was a pretty good day. I was excited to compete and wrestle here," Snyder said following his gold-medal win. "It was real hot in the arena, so it's good to wrestle in those types of atmospheres where you don't usually get to compete under these circumstances."
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Freestyle medalists
57 kilograms:
Gold: Tyler Graff (United States)
Silver: Aso Palani (Canada)
Bronze: Reineri Andreu Ortega (Cuba)
Bronze: Wber Euclides Cuero Munoz (Colombia)
61 kilograms:
Gold: Dabian Quintana Jaime (Cuba)
Silver: David Moreira (Brazil)
Bronze: Logan Stieber (United States)
Bronze: Tommy Jesus Garcia Sanchez (Dominican Republic)
65 kilograms:
Gold: Franklin Maren Castillo (Cuba)
Silver: Franklin Gomez Matos (Puerto Rico)
Bronze: Dillon Williams (Canada)
Bronze: Wilfredo Aogusto Rodriguez Bocaney (Venezuela)
70 kilograms:
Gold: James Green (United States)
Silver: Luis Isaias Portillo Mejia (El Salvador)
Bronze: Mauricio Javier Sanchez Saltos (Ecuador)
Bronze: Carlos Eduardo Romero Millaqueo (Chile)
74 kilograms:
Gold: Kyle Ruschell (United States)
Silver: Nestor Joaquin Tafur Barrios (Colombia)
Bronze: Luis Esteban Quintana Martinez (Cuba)
Bronze: Pedro Soto Cordero (Puerto Rico)
86 kilograms:
Gold: Yurieski Torreblanca Queralta (Cuba)
Silver: Pedro Francisco Ceballos Fuentes (Venezuela)
Bronze: Gabe Dean (United States)
Bronze: Jordan Steen (Canada)
97 kilograms:
Gold: Kyle Snyder (United States)
Silver: Luis Miguel Perez Sosa (Dominican Republic)
Bronze: Nishan Preet Singh Randhawa (Canada)
Bronze: Andres Ramos Dinza (Cuba)
125 kilograms:
Gold: Dom Bradley (United States)
Silver: Yudenny Alpajon Estevez (Cuba)
Bronze: Korey Jarvis (Canada)
Bronze: Luis Antonio Olivares Diaz (Venezuela)
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