CHIBA, JAPAN – AUGUST 06: Kyle Frederick Snyder of Team United States competes against Suleyman Karadeniz of Team Turkey during the Men’s Freestyle 97kg Semi Final on day fourteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Makuhari Messe Hall on August 06, 2021 in Chiba, Japan. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
American wrestler Kyle Synder won his semifinal match and moved on for a chance at gold in the men’s freestyle 97kg wrestling event.
Snyder defeated Turkey’s Suleyman Karadeniz 5-0 in the semifinal match. The 2016 gold medalist previously took down Canadian Jordan Steen 12-2 in the Round of 16 and Abraham Conyedo of Italy 6-0 in the quarterfinals.
The graduate of Ohio State University will face ROC’s Abdulrashid Sadulaev for the gold medal. The two wrestlers have a history together. Sadulaev won gold at the 86kg weight class in 2016 before moving up to the 97kg class. Since then, the two have wrestled twice, each winning once.
Snyder beat Sadulaev at the 2017 World Championships finals, giving the Russian his first lost since 2013. The two met again at the 2018 World Championship, where Sadulaev got his revenge in the finals with a win.
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The match is set for Saturday, Aug. 7 at 7:20 a.m. ET. It can be streamed here:
